InPulse

InPulse is currently leading a workshop with United For Jamaica. Led by Jordan Harrison, the workshop centers around creating a mural that celebrates and honours the strength of black women. We had a discussion with the children of the community about the theme, and they drew and painted their ideas. @united_for_jamaica @onejhar_

Congratulations to Jordan Harrison on being featured in the National Gallery of Jamaica's recently opened One Nation New Symbols Exhibition, curated by Senior Curator Monique Barnett-Davidson. Jordan's new work titled 'New Testimony' explores the transformative aftermath of his 2019 motorcycle accident and the unexpected strength found in vulnerability as a young black Jamaican man. The exhibition is open until March 2026.

We are thrilled to be participating in the Homo Sargassum Exhibition! HOMO SARGASSUM by the @toutmondefoundation is a multidisciplinary and multisensory exhibition co-written by @vanessa_selk and @louisa_marajo & co-curated with michael.carrasco. Intertwining Art & Science, the Exhibition and Symposium — co-presented with the @fsumofa and @fsuwinthropking — aim at raising awareness about the global ecological, anthropological and socio-cultural impacts of the proliferation of the Sargassum seaweed on Afro-Caribbean communities in the context of colonial/postcolonial policies. Swipe and mark your calendar ! #savethedate #exhibition #homosargassum #art #science #caribbean #florida #caribbeanart #caribbeanartist #sargassum #sargassmseaweed

Congratulations to Project Manager and Jamaican visual artist Camille Chedda on her recently unveiled public art installation titled Chain of Love. This was a Global Co-Commission initiative spearheaded by Alserkal Advisory in partnership with the Global Cultural Districts Network to produce public art that approaches the subject of climate change. Curated by Tairone Bastien under the theme A Feral Commons, the project was supported by Urban Arts Project Company (UAP). Camille worked with the art district Kingston Creative. The location chosen for Camille’s installation was a neglected community park in the community of Parade Gardens, on the corner of Tower Street & South Camp Road. The renaming of the park in honour of a key community member, Joseph Manning, and the forging of this new park identity is an apt metaphor for the renewal of community spirit and their ownership of the space in the future. Camille’s installation and murals highlight the Antigonon Leptopus plant aka Rice and Peas Bush, which had taken over the park. She also focused on community members and the built environment. 'I have transformed the space by using the Rice and Peas plant in order to think about the state of forgetting, hiding, removing, veiling. I don’t want to remove the plant, I want to highlight it. I think about the plant and it reminds me of the community’s stories of people who must be honoured. It exists everywhere but we haven’t noticed it.” - Camille Chedda

Congratulations to Sheldon Green on being featured in the upcoming exhibition "...and I resumed the struggle" at the Olympia Gallery in Kingston Jamaica. The show features various artists, and will open next week Thursday at 6pm.

Congratulations to InPulse Scholar Sheldon Green on being selected for the NLS Group Residency! Sheldon Green plans to work with kite-making methods, playing with representations of human skin, and alterations in its appearances, such as bleaching, tattooing and disease. Green's practice reintroduces and engages kite flying as a culturally significant communal activity, engaging the imagination and serving as a means of escape. @sheldonisalone NLS 2023 programs are made possible by support from OSF, Creative Sounds, and contributions from members of the public. Congratulations his fellow residents : Suelyn Choo, Michaella Garrick, and Sonn Ngai. 1. Ngai, Garrick, Choo, Green taken by Mint Collective 2. Image of one of Sheldon's previous sculptures Reposted from @nlskingston

Today is the final workshop session with Sharon Norwood. 3-6pm at the Ceramic Department. Join us tomorrow to view our collaborative installation entitled Dry Head. It will be open for viewing to the public from 10am to 3pm, with a few words from Sharon and students at 12pm. Located at the Edna Manley College Ceramic Department. #inpulseartproject  #sharonnorwood #ceramicart #afrohair #supportblackart #curlyhair #sharingart #artlover #dopeart #dopeblackart #contemporaryartcollector #contemporaryartcollectors #contemporaryart #modernart  #figurativeart #figurativeartist  #ceramics #contemporaryceramics #jamaicanartist #caribbeanart #jamaicanart #emergingartist #caribbeanartist  #ednamanleycollege #kingstonjamaica

Sharon Norwood has been leading workshops at the Edna Manley College this week. Students are learning various techniques in constructing forms out of local clay. The workshop “Portraiture in the age of Abstraction” will develop hand building ceramic skills, critical thinking and expanding approach to contemporary ceramic. If you would like to participate in the workshops please send us a dm. Our program caters to young people interested in visual art between 13-30 years old, primarily from vulnerable communities. Mon-Fri 3-6pm, Saturday 10am-1pm, Ceramics Department of the Edna Manley College. 📸 @kb.silhouette 1-3,6-8 📸 @camillechedda 4,5

InPulse Art Project invites artist Sharon Norwood for an intensive workshop at @ednamanleycollege ! @sharonnorwoodartist is a Jamaican-born artist based in the US. She works with paint, ceramics and other mediums to explore her identity as a black Caribbean woman. The curly lines in her work are both metaphors for the Black body and a decorative, ornate mark that speaks to drawing. The workshop “Portraiture in the age of Abstraction” will develop hand building ceramic skills, critical thinking and expanding approach to contemporary ceramic. If you would like to participate please send us a dm. Our program caters to young people interested in visual art between 13-30 years old, primarily from inner-city communities. Sharon Norwood will also be speaking on April 27 at 2 pm at the @ednamanleycollege for an artist talk about her practice. @rubisjamaica --- 1. Sharon Norwood in her studio © DR 2. Let Us Dance with Flowers © Sharon Norwood --- #rubismécénat #inpulseartproject #ceramicart #contemporyceramics #jamaica #artworkshop #jamaicanartist #artinitiative#contemporaryart #sharonnorwood #artinjamaica Reposted from @rubismecenat

Sharon is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans several media to include painting, drawing, video and ceramics. Born in Jamaica, she grew up in the Caribbean cultural landscape of Toronto. Her practice explores her identity as a Black Caribbean woman. In her work the curly line is both a metaphor for the Black body and a decorative, ornate mark that speaks to drawing. Norwood’s exhibition record includes solo exhibitions, group collaborations, and site-specific installations. Her work has been exhibited at museums and galleries in Canada, the US and abroad including Carleton University Museum, the Mint Museum, the High Museum, Atlanta Contemporary, The National Gallery of Jamaica, The Telfair Museum, Canton Museum, and Florida State Museum. She has participated in residencies at the Banff Center, the Gardiner Museum, the McColl Center, Hambidge, Vermont studio center, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her work is included in the permanent collections at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in DC, The Gardiner Museum Toronto, and Washington and Lee University in Virginia. In 2018 Norwood became a Joan Mitchell grant nominee.

We are heading into our final workshops with Katrina Coombs. Students are finalising the tapestries they designed. Textile/fibre workshops will run for the next 3 Saturdays, concluding April 22. Saturdays 10am to 1pm

Calling early career visual artists and artists interested in practical career advice! We will be having 3 professional practice workshops this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The topics will include: -Writing an artist statement -Applying and interviewing for artist residencies -Portfolio development -Network communication These workshops will be led by visual artist Oneika Russell. Thursday + Friday - at Rubis Waterlane, 3-6pm Saturday - at NLS Kingston, 190 Mountain View Avenue. 10am-1pm. Featuring guest artist and director of NLS Deborah Anzinger. If you are interested in joining please dm us or email inpulseartproject@gmail.com