The National Gallery of Jamaica came alive for the gallery’s Last Sundays programme June 30 which began with Sparrow Martin and the Ska Sonics blessing the place with wonderful music and knowledge. And then,150 people filled the the lower and upper gallery for the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) auction. Benefiting the Alpha Institute School of Music,…
The 6th International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100+1 winners of the 2017-2018 contest. This year, we received 1060 posters from 68 countries. The top 100 winners were divided into two categories. The Professional with 60 winners and Student with 40 winners and we also added one more winner, the Grand Winner. On the…
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On Tuesday February 12, 2019 the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) will be opening the 25th Art of Reggae Exhibition held by the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC). At the NGJ, we will have the top 100 designs on view, in addition to the winning 2018 entry by Vinicio Sejas of Bolivia. The posters in…
This year sees the return of The Art of Reggae Exhibition to Liverpool – a successful collaboration between Positive Vibration and the International Reggae Poster Contest. The exhibition, which supports the Alpha Boys’ School in Jamaica, will showcase 100 reggae-inspired posters, designed by illustrators & artists from all over the world. You’ll also be able…
The Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae collaborated with the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) to organise the 21st “Art of Reggae” exhibition which opened in the city of Liverpool, UK on June 6, 2018. The Constellations Gallery and Arts Council England also supported the staging of this distinctive exhibition which features the top 100+1 posters…
The International Reggae Poster Contest opened the first exhibition of 2016 in Nicosia, Cyprus on 26 February at headquarters of the newspaper “Politis”, as part of the “Graphic Stories Cyprus” events , organized by Aggeliki Michalopoulou-Karra and Miltos Karras. On display were 80 posters from the 2015 winning designers from all around the world. At…
In 2012, for the first time in its almost 40-year history, the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) hosted an exhibition of poster art. It was a coup. As was to be expected, there were initial reservations about the elitist gallery descending to the level of pop art. It is certainly true that, in recent years,…
In celebration of the UK premiere of “One Love: The Bob Marley Musical”, we presented in Birmingham Repertory Theatre an exciting exhibition of the 30 most iconic posters of Bob Marley from the International Reggae Poster Contest. The designers been selected to showcase their work are (in alphabetical order): Andrew Kamenetsky | Russia Avi Marciano…
We hope everyone is keeping healthy amidst the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. In the light of this epidemic, IRPC is also taking precautions, which resulted in delays in the progress of our competition and caused delays to have the winners on May 1, as promised. We are doing everything possible to announce the results…