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The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to present the panel discussion We Have Met Before, Revisited, which will take place at the National Gallery on Friday, October 13, 2017, starting at 1:45 pm. The discussion is presented as part of the Edna Manley College’s Rex Nettleford Arts Conference 2017, for which the National Gallery serves as a partner institution. The panel discussion will be chaired by Nicole Smythe-Johnson, Independent Curator. The panellists are: Moji Anderson, Lecturer, Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI-Mona; Olayinka Jacobs-Bonnick, British Council Country Director, Jamaica; Leasho Johnson, Jamaican artist in We Have Met Before; and Herbie Miller, Director, Jamaica Music Museum, Institute of Jamaica.

The panel discussion is part of the programming for We Have Met Before, which on view at the National Gallery until November 4, 2017 and which is presented in collaboration with the British Council. The exhibition explores a group of contemporary and artistic interpretations of legacies of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and chattel slavery in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Each of the four featured artists - Graham Fagen (Scotland), Joscelyn Gardner (Barbados), Leasho Johnson (Jamaica) and Ingrid Pollard (Guyana/England) – delves into archival material, popular culture and personal perspective to develop and substantiate visual iconographies that present actual and imagined narratives about the African enslaved and their descendants. Combined, their work invites new perspectives and dialogues on what is well-established subject in Caribbean art. We Have Met Before is presented in collaboration with the British Council.

The present panel discussion is the second such event to accompany We Have Met Before. The first panel discussion was held on September 23, the day after the exhibition opening, and focused on the perspectives of the artists in the exhibition. The second edition, We Have Met Before, Revisited, explores the broader implications of what is addressed in the exhibition, in terms of its cultural, social and political implications, including the gender dimensions and the critical responses to date. The panel will also consider other cultural expressions of Slavery and its afterlives, especially in the literary and performing arts, and the ways in which creative forms can contribute to the engagement or re-engagement of those histories with contemporary audiences; especially for those who may believe themselves to be chronologically and psychologically removed from those events.

In keeping with the conference theme, the discussion will consider the relationship between these issues and the “millennial” – a term that has come into vogue in the last decade or so and coined to identify the generation of individuals who came of age at the beginning of the 21st century or who were born since. The social and cultural experience of the “millennials” coincides precisely with a number of human achievements, for example the advances of the digital age, which have significantly transformed the ways in ideas and narratives can be expressed, accessed and perpetuated. This experience is also framed in a widening array of urgent global crises—social, political and environmental—that call for new forms of engagement and activism, even though most of these crises are rooted in histories such as those addressed in We Have Met Before. Bearing this in mind, this discussion considers that cultural representations of slavery for 21st century Jamaica and the wider Caribbean must resonate with the social and cultural experiences of such groups and the urgencies of the present moment, in tandem with the changing roles and responsibilities of the artist.

The panel discussion We Have Met Before, Revisited is free and open to the public. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view the We Have Met Before exhibition, as well as the other exhibitions that are currently on view at the National Gallery, including the Annabella and Peter Proudlock Collection. The panel discussion will also be live-streamed on the National Gallery’s main Facebook page.

Orange Street

National Gallery of Jamaica

Panel Discussion - "We Have Met Before, Revisited"

The best steak no mistake!

$1500 Gets you a 10 oz Filet Mignon entree with a glass of wine

East Kings House Road

Barbican Beach Bar

Steak Nights

Phoenix Avenue

Spades Lounge

Midnight Sun

The Regency Bar & Lounge invites you to the only TGIF After-Work Jam with Moet & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot & Retro Music.

Wrap up your business talks here, network, meet and greet or just vibe with great friends, champagne and fizzy cocktails.

Come to Fizzy Fridays & shine!

The Regency Restaurant

Fizzy Fridays

Seafood specials with music from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Seafood Fiesta : Fridays After work Linkup

EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY STARTING 7/28/2017, RECORDING ARTISTS ACROSS THE ISLAND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE A 15 MIN PERFORMANCE SET BETWEEN THE HRS OF 6PM TO 12AM AT $2000.00 THEN ON TO THE NIGHT EVENT MUSICALLY DRIVEN BY PORTMORE'S FINEST (MILLION DOLLA VOICE, SIX KIILA, SHOTTY SHANE, AND DJ PEELOUT.) PAYMENTS ARE ACCEPTED MONDAY TO THURSDAY CUT OFF TIME IS 4PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CALL 1876-787-0641 FOR PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS 

(WE WILL BE ACCEPTING PAYMENTS STARTING MON JULY 17)

Portmore Pines Plaza

Portmore ROOF on Fridays

Every Friday on the rooftop at 100 Hope Road, enjoy seafood of all sorts! Conch soup, conch fritters, Hellshire-style fried & steamed fish, fried lobster, curried shrimp, festival & bammy, fried ripe plantain, bread pudding, ice cold jelly and more!

Check out our $1000 cue specials which includes: Appleton Special, White Overproof Rum & Campari.

Seafood prices are based on pound.

Old Hope Road

100 Hope Road

Captain's Deck @ 100

Strictly Roots, Rockers, Dub, Reggae at Reggae Hostel. Come hold an International vibe each and every Friday from 6pm to 12am.

Reggae Hostel

Roots Embassy

Filtered music of all genres and drink mixes.

Progress Friday

New Kingston

Holborn Road

876 Terrace Bar and Grill

Grub N' Dub

Jump into the Jamaican inspired easy to follow calorie burning, dance fitness class party that makes working out a vibe filled experience.

For class detail contact House of Dancehall Shona Lee Thompson: 1 (876) 665-0565, 1 (876) 817-4570 sthompson@whirlwindintlgroup.com houseofdancehall.com

Cargill Avenue

House of Dancehall

Dancercise

TrainFit Club invites you to be part of its dynamic running group "Come Run B4 The Sun"! 

Join us as we build fitness levels and stamina. Our training is also geared toward prepping for organized road races and includes resistance workouts (in the sands, the hills etc.)

We meet in Kingston on Tuesdays at 6:30pm and Fridays at 4:30am for a road run (locations and routes are announced each week). Warm up/cool down with the team and be energized! 

Participation is open to all fitness levels. Drop in for $400 or ask about our membership rates. Fees include coordinator/instructors, route escort, bottled water, secured parking, registration and bib collection for road races, sands training and more!

Contact Malene Carr-Mullings (Coordinator/Instructor) Tel: (876)381-5675/ Stokely Rose (Club President) Tel: (876) 366-0435 or Email: trainfitclubja@gmail.com for more details.

University of the West Indies

COME RUN B4 THE SUN

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Make sure to stop by the Hanover Parish library and check out the Heritage Display.

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