Shadows After Dark – INTERNATIONAL POSTER COMPETITION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING The recruiting, transporting, transferring, receiving and harbouring of a person by force, coercion or other means for the purpose of exploitation are all gross violations of human rights. Human trafficking is a reality in Jamaica and worldwide. The two main forms of human trafficking in…
After the cancellation of North Miami’s 1st Annual Caribe Arts on November 20, 2021, due to bad weather in Miami, the International Reggae Poster Contest is happy to announce that the exhibition will take place on January 22, 2022. North Miami’s 1st Annual Caribe Arts host the 28th Art of Reggae exhibition and the Shadows…
After we successfully auctioned nine posters earlier this year, we are back with another beautiful bang! International Reggae Poster Contest supports Help Jamaica! and donates 20 beautiful posters from the winning posters of the Competition, 2020. We are auctioning the posters. Each poster got a very unique style, so there should be one for everybody’s taste.…
The International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100+1 winners of our 7th Contest. 667 designers participated this year, sending 1100 posters from 79 countries. The contest comprised Professional and Student categories. Of the 100 winners, 60 are in the Professional category and 40 are Students. In addition, there’s the Grand Winner. And…
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…
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,…
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…