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News March 20, 2023

Shakad Designs takes on a life of its own

As we continue to celebrate women this month, the National Cultural Foundation is highlighting the journey and work of artist and designer Shanika Burnett in the final of this two-part feature. We first featured her mum Ayissa Burnett who is also an artist and designer. Young Shanika Burnett has always ...

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News March 20, 2023

Ayissa Textile Designs imprints on local market

As we continue to celebrate women this month, the National Cultural Foundation is highlighting the journey and work of artist and designer Ayissa Burnett in this two-part feature. Next we will feature her daughter Shanika Burnett who is also an artist and designer. Talented artist and designer Ayissa Burnett’s face ...

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Arts & Culture - Visual Arts March 16, 2023

NCF exhibition in honour of women

There is a visual arts exhibition in Queen’s Park Gallery which is dedicated to women, thanks to the National Cultural Foundation. In celebration of International Women’s Day, an exhibition of inspiring artists who interrogated and explored females in their subject matter, was mounted on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The exhibition ...

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Business for Creatives March 9, 2023

Deadline closes tomorrow for free Basketry workshops

The deadline to register for the National Cultural Foundation’s International Masterclass in Traditional Basketry workshop is tomorrow. The masterclasses will introduce Barbadian basketmakers and weavers to the traditions and innovations of two master craftspersons; Gail Wright, a master sweet-grass basketmaker from the Gullah-Geechee tradition of South Carolina, and our very ...

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Business for Creatives February 27, 2023

An International Masterclass in Traditional Basketry

The National Cultural Foundation An International Masterclass in Traditional Basketry SIGN UP NOW FOR THE NCF’S INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE IN TRADITIONAL BASKETRY The National Cultural Foundation invites basket makers and weavers to sign up for an International Masterclass in the Basketry of Barbados and the Carolinas! Featuring master artisans Gail Wright, from ...

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News January 23, 2023

Spotlight on product quality at NCF forum

How would a consumer respond if a packaged product claims to contain a particular ingredient but does not, or it is labelled as weighing 500 grams but only holds 450 grams? Such incidents could completely ruin the credibility of the brand and impact even the image of the country from ...

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News January 18, 2023

NCF Helping SME Creatives Be Export-Ready

The path to exporting has been made much clearer for participants in the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) highly-informative Accelerate to Export Symposium 2022 for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the creative sector. Staged by the NCF’s Business Development Department at the Courtyard by Marriott late last year, the event ...

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News December 30, 2022

NCF OFFERS FREE TRAINING IN COMMUNITIES

FREE CREATIVE ARTS TRAINING IN COMMUNITIESSIGN UP TODAY! Have you ever wanted to wangle low, join a tuk band or perform your poetry but were not sure what steps to make? Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a skill you always dreamed of! Sign up for the second ...