Category: ARTS & CULTURE

Part 2 By Carl E. Hazlewood It was the time of the summer of love in the United States and in Paris the student uprisings were being fomented; indeed, it seemed that everywhere music underscored youthful passions and obsessions. In the late 60s and early 70s, Guyana was certainly not exempted from aspects of this international youth revolution.  In cosmopolitan Georgetown, Davson and a collection of young artists and intellectuals banded together to found a literary publication called ‘Expression’. This youthful multitalented avant-garde group showed abstract art, published poetry and…

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Raised in Guyana, educated and living in London, and travelling across Europe, North America and Africa at an early age gave birth to overseas-based Guyanese artiste Khadijatou Doyneh’s ‘lifetime travel-bug’ and wish to contribute to creative culture. Khadijatou grabbed her earliest opportunities to leave England to travel out, meeting different kinds of people, learning first hand, observing life, cultures, traditions and diverse relationships. From her late teens she regularly travelled across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and South America. Singer-songwriter, author, spoken word poet, musician, and dancer, Khadijatou is…

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By Venessa Deosaran Guyanese cake artist extraordinaire Corrie Bacchus is combining your ideas with her ability to magically transform sugars and spices into truly unique cakes, edible art sculptures and desserts. Hand-sculpted cake art gives evidence of her passion for creating savoury slices of heaven. Bacchus said since childhood she has been fascinated with baking. Her mother baked every Saturday, and Bacchus always helped in the kitchen, observing her mother’s techniques. Through her business, Corries Creative Cakes, Bacchus hopes to share her sweet creations with the world. “My brothers were…

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By Venessa Deosaran The Guyana Cultural Association of New York’s mission is to document, showcase and celebrate the multiple roots of Guyana’s cultural heritage. Through its work, the association preserves Guyanese cultural heritage, and makes it available through various channels, to inspire future generations of Guyanese at home and abroad. The Guyana Folk Festivals, launched by the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation during the early 1980s, can be identified as one of the forces that inspired the current Guyana Cultural Association of New York (GCA), Inc. The not-for-profit organization has organized the…

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Photographer John Greene finds art in his pictures Photography is the art, science and practice of capturing life’s special moments. It is a field that has become very popular in Guyana, and, with the advent of advanced photography tools and software, many are investing more time and money to pursue it, whether as a hobby or a career. For John H. Greene, a local photographer, capturing a moment requires more than just “point and shoot”; it’s an art. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, John revealed that it…

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With violence against women becoming even more prevalent in Guyana, personal trainer and Jiu-Jitsu pro Andrew Hooper is on a mission to do his part in reducing the abuse by empowering women through self-defence. His focus too is to help children affected by bullying.  In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, he explains his art and his plans on collaborating with various women’s organisations to promote self-defence and anti-bullying techniques. Andrew was born in Tennessee, USA, to an American father and a Guyanese mother who are both pastors of…

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Mayya Lobova, who has worked in Guyana over a period of four years, is showing her paintings in an exhibition, ‘Inspired by Guyana’, which opened last Thursday at Castellani House. According to a press release from Castellani House, the thirty-three paintings, on display in Castellani House’s ground floor galleries, show the artist’s enthusiastic response to the flora, fauna and landscape of Guyana, which she discovered for the first time in beginning work as a translator/interpreter stationed in the Berbice River area of Region Ten. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and…

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By Venessa Deosaran Saralise Ming’s masterpieces are way more than a piece of cake, it’s an art. She talks to Guyana Times Sunday Magazine about telling fascinating stories through her cake creations. Sunday Magazine: Where did your interest in cake decorating begin? Saralise: Cake decorating has always been around me. My mother was a hobbyist cake decorator, and as a child I was surrounded by yummy cakes, cake decorating tools, cake magazines and recipe books. Religiously, I browsed her magazines and books. They never got old, no matter how many…

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In celebration of their indigenous culture, two notable Amerindian individuals spoke proudly to Guyana Times Sunday Magazine about their culture, heritage and projects they are involved in that focus on improving the lives of their families and community members. Lakeram Haynes said he grew up in Rewa but now lives in Kwatamang, Annai. His mother is a Makushi from Yakarinta, Region Nine, and his father is Wapishana from Shea in South Rupununi. “Our culture is our life. We speak Makushi and get everything for our living from our surroundings: house…

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There was a spectacular display of Amerindian arts, craft and culture at the Sophia Exhibition Centre in celebration of Amerindian Heritage Month, which showcases the vast potential of Guyana’s indigenous peoples. At the exhibition, which ran from September 2 to 5, an array of colourful slippers, baskets and fashion accessories made from tibisiri were on display. Women’s groups from Morokabai, Leguan, Pomeroon, Santa Mission, St. Cuthbert’s Mission and other Amerindian villages showcased their craft products. Guyana Times Sunday Magazine interviewed some of the exhibitors who expressed concerns with getting markets…

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