The National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace,
St. James, Barbados
246-417-6610
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For the love of Pan
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) was gifted with a full complement of steel pans to the tune of $25,800 compliments the Massy Foundation. Already a staunch supporter of steel pan here in Barbados with its well established title sponsorship of Pan Pun de Sand for the past 14 years, Massy, ...
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3 Years for TMHMT and W.I.S.E
Nurturing and developing a new crop of young creative writers through direct training, as well as improving the skills and techniques of our teachers, remain the core objectives of the Writers In Schools & Education (W.I.S.E) suite of programmes facilitated by the Cultural Development Literary Arts Desk of the National ...
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An expression of history through ‘Other Lives’
Way beyond the purist discussion of technique, texture, theme and talent there is a conversation, a moment of reflection and a lesson in the exploration of self that is how Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Mrs. Carol Roberts-Reifer described the effect of Other Lives on ...
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Come Town Fuh Christmas
This evening, Friday, December 14 while scores of Barbadians were going about their shopping, they were treated to some pop up performances with seasonal music spreading Christmas cheer through the capital city Bridgetown. From Jubilee Gardens and Heroes Square to Swan Street and Broad Street and others in between, Poonka and Ruk-a-Tuk International accompanied ...
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Reverence for Andrea
The management and staff of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) paid reverence for Mrs. Andrea Gollop-Greenidge with a moment of silence at a staff meeting held on Monday, December 10th. Mrs. Gollop-Greenidge was a part of the original team of Cultural Officers in 1973 at the newly formed NCF and ...
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Legendary Charm and Wit
The management and staff of the National Cultural Foundation are deeply saddened by the passing of Calypso legend Don Jose Lamont Marshall known in the entertainment fraternity affectionately as ‘Sir Don’. His was the gift of language, telling us stories about ourselves in the calypso idiom, cleverly weaving words into ...
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Living the Legacy
“Living the Legacy” that is theme for the 45th Anniversary Gala of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) as we acknowledge and celebrate this platform for Barbadian creative aspirations and for the appreciation of excellence in the arts. In keeping with the general theme for this NIFCA 45 ...
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NIFCA part of our cultural DNA
Forty-five years ago this month, this festival held its first finals at the Ursuline Convent and has continued annually ever since. Those of you who frequent the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) would have often heard it said that it was originally conceptualised by the late Arden Clarke ...
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Quality work at Literary Arts
Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) NIFCA Literary Arts is one of the few if not the only competition in which every single entrant, winner or not, has a chance to sit down with the judges and to find out how they can do better and where they went wrong, a fact ...
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