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Edna Swithenbank Manley, OM (28 February 1900 – 9 February 1987) [1] is considered one of the most important artists and arts educators in Jamaica.She was known primarily as a sculptor, although her oeuvre included significant drawings and paintings. [2]
This is a list of Jamaican artists (in alphabetical order by last name) of various genres, who are notable and either born in Jamaica or associated with Jamaica, including sculptors, ceramists, painters, photographers and designers.
Anzinger was born in St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica in 1978. She began her tertiary education at the University of the West Indies, Mona in 1996 and went on to complete a BS from Washington College in 2001, [3] where she majored in Biology with a concentration in Plant Physiology, and a PhD in Immunology and Microbiology from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago with a concentration in HIV ...
A number of leading Jamaican artists collaborated with Manley to open the first art school in Jamaica, including Albert Huie who became one of the tutors. [2] 64 paying students enrolled in the first year and due to unexpected interest expanded the school at 11 North Street. [1] Cage Gallery at Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts
Mary Seacole, Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a "British hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War; Jean Springer, Jamaican mathematics professor; Garth Taylor, Jamaican ophthalmologist, professor, and humanitarian; Manley West, Jamaican pharmacologist who developed a treatment for glaucoma
This is a list of women artists who were born in Jamaica or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Kofi Kayiga (born December 1943), [1] formerly known as Ricardo Wilkins, [2] is a Jamaican-born artist and educator, who migrated to the US, after periods spent in the UK and Uganda. [3] He has exhibited widely internationally and since the 1960s has taught fine art at various institutions, becoming a professor at the Massachusetts College of ...
She was featured in the National Gallery of Jamaica's Six Options: Gallery Spaces Transformed (1985), which was the first exhibition of installation art in Jamaica. [5] Facey also works in drawing and fine art print media, and she has illustrated two children's books, both on environmental themes: Talisman the Goat (1976) and Chairworm and ...