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A Research Guide to Jamaican Art
This document serves as a comprehensive research guide to Jamaican art from pre-Columbian times to the present, highlighting notable artists and listing various resources such as online databases, periodicals, and exhibition catalogues. It also outlines the historical context of Jamaican art and cultural heritage, featuring contributions from prominent institutions and databases. Notable sections include the national library of Jamaica, the digital library of the Caribbean, and various exhibitions that showcase significant works and biographies of artists.
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- 1. A Research Guideto Jamaican Art Pre Columbian to Present Kai Alexis Smith Prof. Ken Soehner Introduction to Art Librarianship Pratt Institute Fall 2011
- 2. The first researchguide to Jamaican Art Created December 2011 http://jamaicanartresearch.wordpress.com/
- 3. Notable Jamaican Artists BarringtonWatson David Boxer Edna Manley Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds
- 4. Artists list andgrowing…
- 5. Resource Types 6 OnlineDatabases 1 Dictionaries 2 Encyclopedias 4 Exhibition Catalogues 2 Indexes 4 Periodicals 3 Monographs 9 Other Online Resources
- 6. Dictionary • Official Language:English • Most commonly spoken Jamaican Patios/ Jamaican Creole • Patios : the dialect of the common people of a region, differing in various respects from the standard language of the rest of the country • Published in 1967, Still relevant
- 7. Historical Resources Jamaican NationalHeritage Trust — Government Resource — Objective: promote, preserve, and develop Jamaican material cultural heritage — Jamaica history including Pre-Columbian, Columbian/ Spanish, English and Independence — Tiano Petroglyphs and Pictographs — Free http://www.jnht.com/
- 8. Historical Resources The NationalLibrary of Jamaica Jamaica Unshackled The Slave Trade Biographies of Jamaican Personalities Free http://www.nlj.gov.jm/
- 9. Online Databases Digital Libraryof the Caribbean, dLOC — multiple international institutions in the USA, South America and the Caribbean — dLOC: Caribbean Map Collection — Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library (CNDL) — Free http://www.dloc.com/
- 10. Indexes UCLA Latin AmericanInstitute and the UCLA International Institute. (2011) HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) — Scope 1970 to present Black Studies Center, 2011 — 1827 to preset Both require a subscription
- 11. Museums and Galleries NationalGallery of Jamaica — No images of collection — Active and current blog http://natgalja.org.jm/ioj_wp/ The Mutual Life Gallery — Artist Biographies — Low resolution images Both can be accessed freely. http://mutualgallery.com/aboutus.html
- 12. Architecture Architectural Heritage ofthe Caribbean: An A- Z of Historic Buildings by Andrew Gravette — — — — Published 2000 Scope: Colonization to 1950 architectural dictionary black and white illustrations Caribbean Modernist Architecture : Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana / AAA034. “Concrete Expressions: A Sketch of the Birth and Development of a modernist Architecture in Jamaica, 1945-1975” — Published 2009 — Scope: 1945 to 1975 — Black and white illustrations
- 13. Exhibition Catalogues Modern Jamaicanart by David Boxer, Veerle Poupeye. 1998. — Large colorful images of the art work — Nice art historical essays on modern and contemporary — Index of artists
- 14. Exhibition Catalogues Redemption Songs:The Self-Taught Artists of Jamaica / curated by Randall Morris. Winston-Salem, NC: Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University. 1997. — Colorful images — Introduction about the Intuitive Movement — Artist biographies — 21 Objects and over 100 Objects featured
- 15. Periodicals — ARC Magazine(Arts. Recognition. Culture.) — Jamaica Journal published by the Institute of Jamaica — ACIJ research review (The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (ACIJ) and the Jamaica Memory Bank (JMB)) published by the Institute of Jamaica — Arts Jamaica 1982-1985
- 16. Other Online Resources PetrineArcher-Straw's blog — Caribbean Art Historian — Professor at Cornell University — Diaspora Dialogs blog — Caribbean Artist A-Z — Free http://www.petrinearcher.com/
- 17. Online Exhibition Island Thresholds:Contemporary Art from the Caribbean at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2005 http://www.pem.org/sites/island/#
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