WOMA 2012 First Look

Thanks to Georgie Tuson for providing these first look photos! We had a live broadcast on UStream and evening was packed with our regulars and new faces. We were very excited to have participating artists like Danielle de Bruin and Rashelle Brown joining us from the UK and the US. We will be posting more soon!

WOMA 2012: Home & Away

Caribbean Art project and 4Hr Nap Collective will host Women Make Art (WOMA) 2012, “Home & Away”, an art exhibition featuring over 30 women artists from the Caribbean and the diaspora. The show includes emerging and professional Grenadian artists as well as artists from Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti, Aruba, and the Bahamas and working in Canada, the US, the UK and Germany.

This diverse group of women will share works that have interpreted the theme “Home & Away” in unique ways. Through their use of diverse media: painting, illustration, photography, and mixed media these artists seek to deal with many aspects of the identity and place - of distance, of the working woman, and of life in the diaspora.

Chan says “This year we decided to expand our reach and invite artists from the region to join us. We are not disappointed – we are showing works by some of the region’s top contemporary artists like Olivia McGilchrist (Jamaica) and Florine Demosthene (Haiti/NY).” On the Grenadian art selection, Byer is excited, “We have full range of work – painting, digital art, photography, weaving and metal work, with artists like Malaika Brooks-Smith-Lowe, Cecilia Younger, Géraldine Le Leannec and Kato Charles.” The show will also feature a guest street artist installation outside the Gallery building from Trinidad-based team Pinky and Emigrante.

Caribbean Art project (CAp) has previously hosted exhibitions with prolific Grenadian and international artists. Their mission involves informing, educating, documenting and exhibiting Caribbean artists, building a database, and allowing individual development and sales opportunities, as well as facilitating development in artist and collector communities. Erik Johnson and Meg Conlon direct the organization, and have partnered with 4Hr Nap once more for this show. 

4Hr Nap is an art collective that visual artists Stacey Byer and Tracey Chan have created as a framework for creativity, inspiration, exhibition and education. Their vision is to contribute to local and international art communities; create opportunities for Caribbean artists through exhibitions and events; and collaborate with other professional artists and groups. Their talents form a fluid team with dynamic energy that offers fresh, innovative ideas. They have been working together since March 2011, curating Grenada’s first all women art exhibition, Women Make Art (WOMA) and November 2011’s “Paradise”.

The exhibition’s opening reception on Saturday, March 31st is at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Gallery, Paddock, St. George’s (Springs-Belmont Junction - below Europa). Weekday openings are Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, Thursday 6-8pm, and weekends, 11am - 5pm or by appointment. The show runs until Saturday 14th April, 2012.

Inspiration: Cultural Globalization

Grenada Artists Call - Update

We have a quick update to our guidelines for Grenada-based artists for WOMA 2012: Home & Away. Many of our local (Grenada-based) artists who do not normally work small have approached us to relax this restriction to allow them to participate. We have heard you and have decided to adjust our submissions as follows for exhibition submissions!

• Grenada-based women artists may submit pieces larger than 9" x 12" and local 3D artists may now submit work. Please submit all final artwork dimensions with the online submission. 
• For 3D works, all dimensions are needed, as well as how you intend to display it. 
• Overseas-based artists are still under the 9" x 12" size restriction. 
• Submissions that do not meet our guidelines will not be considered. 

The organisers will not accept liability for any damages to artworks that are damaged during shipment. This is done at the artist's risk only.

Online submission deadline is still February 29, 2012.

Please see our full call here and remember to submit when you have all the information and work is finished. We will not be accepting entries that are incomplete or via email. The form is available here and on Facebook.
We look forward to seeing your work!

WOMA 2012 Call for Entries

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Women Make Art is back for 2012 with another 4Hr Nap and Caribbean Art project (CAp) collaboration. We are now accepting artwork submissions for this year’s exhibition, “Home & Away”. Our objective is to interact and engage with more women artists as we create regional and international solidarity through the project. The exhibition will run from March 31 - April 14, 2012 at the Gallery, St. George’s, Grenada.

Read the rest of our call here and submit artwork.

You can also find the form available on our Facebook page.

We look forward to seeing your work!

WOMA 2012

Happy New Year folks! I know, it's high time we updated you all - but we've been busy. We're officially back for our second Women Make Art show (guess it's annual now huh?) with WOMA 2012: Home and Away, carded for March 31st 2012, in Grenada. Get ready - we'll have details coming to you very soon. Stay tuned - submissions start in a couple days.
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