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The International Reggae Poster Contest announces its 7th call for entries. Main theme of the contest: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame: Celebrating Great Jamaican Music. The theme of this year’s contest: Reggae Music: Messages from Jamaica to the World. In the world of design and the arts, there are many poster competitions. Some focus on…
After 6 successful annual competitions (2011-2018), the International Reggae Poster Contest is now biennial. Today, we announce the 7th Call for entries. Competition dates are as follows: Submissions open: November 1, 2019. Submissions close: March 1, 2020. No extension will be given. Voting dates: March 15 to April 20, 2020. Announcement of winners: May 1,…
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 Alpha Institute is pleased to announce limited edition International Reggae Poster Contest prints will be available to the public using Alpha’s online store. Proceeds will support Alpha’s educational and vocational programmes. The new “IRPC Limited Edition Alpha Prints” series of poster art is made possible by the International Reggae Poster Contest and its partners,…
On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, the 25th Art of Reggae Exhibition opened at the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ). It features the top 101 entries in the 2018 contest and highlights the winning poster by Vinicio Sejas from Bolivia. A reception was held on March 31 to celebrate the exhibition. O’Neil Lawrence, Senior Curator at the Gallery,…
Welcome to the 25th Art of Reggae Exhibition, showcasing the 101 top-ranking entries in the 6th International Reggae Poster Contest! It is a great pleasure for me to be here today at the National Gallery of Jamaica, 7 years after our very first exhibition was mounted in this space. I must thank Geoff Lewis of Paperboy…
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,…
