Wayne Modest, New Roots: Caribbean Ontologies from Africa to the Ghetto 

New Roots: Caribbean Ontologies from Africa to the Ghetto Between July 28 and November 2, 2013 the National Gallery of Jamaica staged its exhibition, New Roots:10 Emerging Artists, with an ambitious set of accompanying public events. 

Joy Gregory, Artists in the archives of the lost and forgotten

Artists in the archives of the lost and forgotten When Derek Bishton and his wife Merrise bought a small beach house retreat in Reading, just outside Montego Bay, they discovered among the things left in the property a storeroom filled with dressmaking materials. They belonged to Trevor Owen, the former owner of the house, who had passed away a few years previously. My interest in forgotten or marginalised historical figures such as Matron Bell and Mary Seacole led to an invitation by Derek to create an event which would cast new light on the life of Trevor Owen.

Rosemarijn Hoefte, Suriname: Migration dynamics, ethnic relations and cultural policies 

Suriname: Migration dynamics, ethnic relations and cultural policies Suriname is a prime example of a Caribbean colonial creation, built under European hegemony by enslaved Africans and Asian indentured labourers and their descendants.

Glenda Heyliger, Artist - Aruba "Artworks"

Charles Campbell, Creative Contingencies

Charles Campbell will examine the notion of sustainable artistic production through the lens of his own practice. Looking specifically at his Transporter Project, Campbell explores the various contingencies as play in its making. Begun partly in response to a conference on human trafficking, the Transporter Project pulls together numerous threads from Campbell’s wider art practice, which looks at the interplay between heavily loaded political narratives and utopian ideals, painting, sculpture and performance, and personal and public spaces.

Annalee Davis, Beyond economic vulnerability: How can we move towards healthy cultural eco-systems?

Beyond economic vulnerability: How can we move towards healthy cultural eco-systems?

The Open University collaborated with the artist Olivia Plender in her solo show at Milton Keynes Gallery, providing archived TV programmes from the Art and Environment course, first presented in the late 1970s. These were shown on television screens as part of Plender’s installation in the Long Gallery which explores the use of television as an educational resource. Over the course of 2012 the exhibition travelled to the Arnolfini Gallery Bristol and the Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow.