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Jamaican Georgian architecture is an architectural style that was popular in Jamaica between c. 1750 and c. 1850. [1] It married the elegance of Georgian styling with functional features designed to weather Jamaica's tropical climate. [2] It was used at all levels in society, from the most important public buildings to humble domestic dwellings.
Jamaica's leading annual film event The Reggae Film Festival takes place each February in Jamaica's capital city, Kingston. Members of Jamaica's film industry gather here to make new links and many new projects have grown from the event. Jamaica has many talented film makers but there is a great lack of available funds and resources for filmmakers.
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
Margaret L. Chen (born 1951) is a Jamaican sculptor of Chinese descent. Many of her pieces, such as the Steppe series, reflect aspects of her heritage. [1]Chen was educated at the Jamaica School of Art and Crafts and after graduating she moved to Canada to pursue further study at York University.
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This is a list of Jamaican artists (in alphabetical order by last name) of various genres, who are notable and either born in Jamaica or associated with Jamaica, including sculptors, ceramists, painters, photographers and designers.
Edna Swithenbank Manley, OM (28 February 1900 – 9 February 1987) [1] is considered one of the most important artists and arts educators in Jamaica.She was known primarily as a sculptor, although her oeuvre included significant drawings and paintings. [2]