Behavioural Scientist, Literary Artist & Cultural Activist
...then my living shall not be in vain
Arts & Culture
MAJOR RECENT CULTURAL AND ARTS PROJECTS
Designed and launched the Healing Arts Project. Teaching children to write for children, using expressive arts to channel positive energies or vulnerable and at risk youth. This project also trains artisits to work with at risk populations in communities.
HAND UP - An 8 country research report on the state of young artists in the Caribbean. Presented to the 18th Meeting of Caribbean Directors of Culture, July 2014.
Designed and facilitated 4 day workshop for secondary school teachers on writing age appropriate plays for children.
MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS ON ARTS AND CULTURE
Membership for Arts Organisations
Publications
Conference Presentations
Films Produced
Plays Written
Recent Awards
LATEST NEWS
Situation Analysis of Young Artists in the Caribbean (UNDP - CARICOM) and a Review of the Cultural Policies of 9 countries in Caricom.
Director of the President's Film Enowment (Guyana). Co -designed 3 months training programme for novice filmakers.
On the Down Low - Guyana's Cottage Music Industry. An examination of the structure, genesis and dynamics of Guyana's "unknown" music industry and its relationship with new technologies in production, recording and distribution.
The Creole (1846 - 1907). Unraveling Modalities of Survival of the First Coloured Newspaper in Guyana (work in progress).
Research on Guyanese and Caribbean Folklore Characters and the Masquerade form.
GUYANA
2012 - 2014: Board Member, Moray House Trust
2011 - present: Founder, CineGuyana Inc.
2010 - 2012: Executive Director, The President's Film Endowment Fund
2010: Board Member, The Guyana Learning Channel
2009 - present: Chairperson, Theatre Guild of Guyana
2008 - present: Chairperson, The Theatre Guild Guyana
2008 - 2013: Board Member, Merundoi
2008: Artisitic Director of CARIFESTA X, the Caribbean's Premier Arts and Cultural Festival
1998 - 2000: Volunteer and Arts Tutor at the Scared Hearts Walk-IN Center for Street Children
INTERNATIONAL
2012- 2014: CAPE – Panel Member for new Performance Arts Subject
2012- present: CXC – Assistant Chief Examiner, Drama.
2006: Co-designed and coordinated the first Guyana Film Festival in New York.
2006: International Judge. First Derek Walcott Literary Award (TTTW, Trinidad and
Tobago).
2005: Guyana New York Cultural Committee with special responsibility for the Guyana Film Festival in New York 2005 to present.
2001: International Judge. National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago, International Judge for Secondary Schools Drama Festival, November 5 – December 6, 2001.
2001: International Adjudicator, International Theatre Association, Caribbean Drama Festival, Trinidad and Tobago, October 9 –11, 2001.
2000: International Judge: The Caribbean Schools Drama Association, International Observer, Kingston ,Jamaica, November , 2000.
1996-2000: Board Member, National Committee for Culture and Communications, United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Guyana.
1999: International Judge. The Caribbean Broadcasting Union, International Judge at Caribbean Song Festival, Havana, Cuba, December, 1999.
1999: International Judge. National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago, International Judge for Secondary Schools Drama Festival Finals, San Fernando, Trinidad, and Tobago November, 1999.
1996-1998: Founding Member and fund raiser for The Genesis Home for Battered Women and Children, Guyana.
GRANTS AWARDED FOR THE ARTS
2012 - 2013: The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce for support to CineGuyana in the creation of “Femme” - 3 short films on women’s issues.
2010 - 2011: Government of Guyana, President’s Film Endowment for creating filmmakers in Guyana. CineGuyana 1, 8 short films created.
2010: USAID-HED Grant to support making of Films on Guyana. 188 people trained.
2010: Office of the President support for making student documentaries about Guyana. 5 documentaries produced.
2003: UNESCO Cultural Grant to produce teaching materials for children on Caribbean folklore. Book of 5 plays produced.
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