CLICO launches art website

Primary and secondary school children were invited to take part in the educational tour of the gallery and website. The works of three young artists, Cadence Benjamin — photographer; James Hackett — graphic illustrator and Nikolao Noel — contemporary visual artist, were on display.

It is expected that before the exhibition closes on November 4, the threesome will create a collaborative work effort on site.

Yesterday, curator Sonja Dumas was excited about the young guests who were encouraged to explore their creativity as blank sheets of white paper which were affixed to the walls for them to "create a work of art."

On the website itself, the CLICO art collection highlighted excellence in the visual art of the Caribbean. This online gallery features the extensive corporate art collection of the company, seeks to promote Caribbean art education at all levels, features Caribbean artists and their work, as well as essays and discussions on Caribbean works of all types.

In addition, there are articles on Caribbean artists, a publication resource list and a "kids art" section for very young artists.

There is also, a special section with Boscoe Holder’s Caribbean World of Beauty, featuring 12 paintings from the artist’s exhibition of the same name.

Caribbean World of Beauty continues CLICO’s 14-year legacy of highlighting the works of some of the most versatile and prolific painters of the Caribbean.

Some of them include Heather Doram from Antigua and Barbuda, Antonius Roberts and Jackson Petit from Bahamas. Barbados has Shera Bruce, Belize — Pedro Cruz, Colombia — Ramiro Cardona, Cuba — Augustin Bejarano and Luis Encarnacion, Dominica — Arnold Toulon and Earl Etienne, Dominican Republic — Rafael Alba, Grenada — Elinus Cato and Joseph Browne, Guadeloupe — Michelle Chomoreau—Lamotte and Joel Nankin, Guyana — Corwyn Carew, Haiti — TIGA, Calixte Henri, Prosper Pierre — Louis and Prefete Duffaut, Jamaica — Bernard Hoyes and Cecil Cooper, Martinique — Bertin Nivor and Rene Louis, Panama — Teresa Icaza, Puerto Rico — Enrique Mora, St Kitts and Nevis — Joan Didier Mallalieu, St Lucia — Cedric George, St Vincent — Sabrina Kirby and Venezuela — Pablo Benavides.

The Trinidad and Tobago contingent has approximately 40 such artists including the likes of Donald "Jackie" Hinkson, Derek Walcott, Carlisle Chang, Adrian Camps—Campins, Christopher Cozier, Carlisle Harris, Lisa O’Connor, Makemba Kunle, Willi Chen, Shastri Maharaj, Tonia St Cyr, Russel Halfhide, Brian Wong Won, Allister Brizan, Alessandra Reyes, Jason Nedd, Ann Stapleton, Earl Manswell, Roy Henry, Carol Soo Lum and Boscoe Holder.