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Annual Marathon

Telford Taylor, artist, was instrumental in organising the annual Pakuri Village annual marathon. The event took place on Sunday April 5th. It attracted runners from Santa Mission, Laluni and Long Creek. The Long Creek runner won the event.



Telfor Taylor, George Norton and a guest at the marathon..



Randy taylor, sculptor runs towards the finishing tape



"Oldest runner" Lynua Clenkien, artist, enters the play field.



A section of the crowd who gathered to cheer the runners on..

Palace of the Peacock - Homage to Wilson Harris

A mural was painted on the wall of the Art Department, University of Guyana during the recent West Indian Literature Conference. The mural is entitled "Palace of the Peacock - Homage to Wilson Harris"

George Simon was assisted by art student, Anil Robets in the execution of the mural.

Kaieteur falls at the CBJ Airport

Last December Philbert, Lloyd and myself were invited to on a Kaieteur Falls at the CBJ. Here is what the finished piece looks like:

Carifest Child art

Serpent

Dominican Artist

Lokono Artist Jacob Federick from Dominica arrived in Georgetown October 15. He is here to find a cotton hammock weaver from the Rupununi with the intention of inviting that individual to Dominica to teach his people the art of cotton hammock weaving. I was happy to meet Jacob at the Walter Roth Museum. This is his third visit to Guyana having first visited the country some 10 years ago on a reconnnaissance missiomn in preparation for a historic trip by boat, the 'Glee Glee', from Dominica to the Pomeroon River.

I was honoured to have Jacob as my guest. I took him on two trips to my village, Pakuri(St. Cuthbert's Mission). He and I travelled to Annai, North Rupununi by coach and then to Lethem on the Brazilian border. We were hosted at Annai by the Rock View Resort proprietor Coln Edwards. At Annai he had meetings with several hammock weavers who were recommended to him by village elders. He wanted to meet someone skilled in both the Macushi and Wapishana weave. Finally, he settled for Bernita Roberts who was a skilled teacher/instructor and who was in the process of getting a group of women to produce hammocks for the local and foreign markets. It is hoped that Bernita will travel to Dominica in mid-November and return mid-December.

Carifesta Art

Here are a few pieces of art work that were exhibited at the Convention Center during Carifesta X


This Ivor Thom piece is one of the many bronzes that were on show. Ivor now lives and works in the US. He was trained at the Burrowes School of Art.

These two wooden pieces by Winslow Craig are examples of his work. Winslow is a graduate of the Burrowes School of Art. He works principally in wood but has executed pieces in metal.




Desmond Ali is a self trained artist. He is known for his sculpture but he had on show a few of his recent paintings.



A Desmond Ali relief sculpture



An example of Desmond's paintings

Trevor Alfred is a ceramicist. He was trained at the Burrowes School of Art and operates from his studio on the East Bank of the Demerara River at Supply village.




Winston Strick is a painter and leather craftsman. He once taught at the Burrowes School of Art. He was trained in the US. Winston works in Georgetown makes stunning sculptures using leather. Here is an example:



Betsy Karim is a self trained artist and has come onto the art scene with some fantistic artwork done in embroidery. The pieces on show foe Carifesta were painted on on fabric. here is an example of her work.


Apart from the Umana Yana and the National Cultural Center paintings, I executed two other works, one for the Presidential Box at the National Park and the other for the Arawak building at the Amerindian Village at the Sophia exhibition center.

Here is the National Park piece, which measures 4ft.x 40ft.and entitled " Homage to Miro"

The left side


The right side..

The other at the Arawak House is called " Fertility Dance"