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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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Arts & Culture - Literary Arts January 13, 2023

Inward stretch, outward reach: Moving into the new normal post COVID

By John Hunte PhD Resurgence: This series of essays curated by the National Cultural Foundation’s Literary Arts Officer, Karra Price, features the thoughts and commentaries of Barbadians immersed in various aspects of daily endeavour. This essay examines culture as it relates to the impact of the pandemic on the arts. It therefore ...

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Arts & Culture - Literary Arts January 6, 2023

Riding the rollercoaster: Learning during and post pandemic

by Alissa Walsh Resurgence: This series of essays curated by the National Cultural Foundation’s Literary Arts Officer, Karra Price, features the thoughts and commentaries of Barbadians immersed in various aspects of daily endeavour. This essay examines the effects of the pandemic on the educational system, seen through the eyes of ...

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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 ...

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Arts & Culture - Literary Arts December 29, 2022

Spirituality beyond the pandemic

by Father Michael Clarke Resurgence: This series of essays curated by the National Cultural Foundation’s Literary Arts Officer, Karra Price, features the thoughts and commentaries of Barbadians immersed in various aspects of daily endeavour. This essay examines spirituality in the context of a global pandemic. To say nothing in our ...

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Arts & Culture - Literary Arts December 22, 2022

A new ‘new normal’ for entrepreneurship

Resurgence: This series of essays curated by the National Cultural Foundation’s Literary Arts Officer, Karra Price, features the thoughts and commentaries of Barbadians immersed in various aspects of daily endeavour. This essay examines the ways in which entrepreneurship grappled with a changing economic landscape amidst a global pandemic. By Blessings Olaniyi ...