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The School of Arts, Entrepreneurship & The Environment.

Caribbean InTransit aims to create a satellite School of the Arts, Entrepreneurship and the Environment .  The initiative will establish a platform for South- South dialogue as well as international relationships. To partner in this initiative, contact us at marielle@caribbeanintransit.com

Membership

Membership Caribbean InTransit’s Membership  Program offers opportunities for artists, students, audiences, schools, arts organizations as well as public and private entities. For Students, Schools and Arts Organizations: Membership provides opportunities to showcase works, projects and programs to new audiences, grants access to networks and educational materials. For Audiences: We offer an extraordinary cultural experience across the […]

Caribbean InTransit Partners

As a cultural commission and a showcase for contemporary expression, Caribbean InTransit fosters international and regional  partnerships.  Through our festivals, journal, workshop series and Google Talk Hangout Series, we forge meaningful and ongoing relationships with public and private organizations, scholars, cultural producers and their organizations and entrepreneurs  to build a community of value. Driven by the […]

IDB Creatives of the Caribbean- a Caribbean InTransit festival

ART is a Lifestyle: Caribbean InTransit Festivals  Caribbean InTransit is producing and partnering with significant and high impact entities in creating access to a chain of arts festivals.  Caribbean InTransit is an arts for social transformation non-profit registered in Virginia and Trinidad & Tobago. We curate cultural experiences and opportunities for our members, develop change-makers […]

Project 35 Volume 2, Alice Yard, Tuesday Nov. 12. 2013

http://aliceyard.blogspot.com/2013/11/project-35-volume-2.html (image attached: still from My Father Looks for an Honest City (2010), by Basim Magdy) Project 35 is an itinerant video exhibition selected by 35 international curators, and organised by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. First launched in 2010, it now includes a second programme of single-channel videos, again drawing from ICI’s extensive network of curators to […]

POLITICS/AESTHETICS : A TRANSNATIONAL TURN? 1-2 May 2014 at Northwestern University

POLITICS/AESTHETICS : A TRANSNATIONAL TURN? Graduate Student Symposium 1-2 May 2014 at Northwestern University   Keynote speaker: Françoise Lionnet (Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles)   The Department of French and Francophone Studies at Northwestern University is pleased to announce an international graduate student symposium in the literary and visual arts on May […]

Opportunity for a 6 week study program hosted by the U.S. government

Opportunity for a 6 week study program hosted by the U.S. government on the following themes: Contemporary American Literature, Journalism and Media, Religious Pluralism in the United States, U.S. Culture and Society, U.S. Foreign Policy, and U.S. Political Thought. Please use the form attached to apply, clearly stating the program of interest. Send all applications […]

Sustainable Art Communities: Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean

  Sustainable Art Communities: Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean   A complete set of video clips of presentations, roundtable and panel discussions is now available for the first part of this two-year international project. Go to:   http://www.openartsarchive.org/oaa/archive/818   The footage covers proceedings of the first project conference which took place at the […]

Guidelines For How To Do An Art Critique

By: Tauseen  Seyed & Moaad Bkr Disclaimer: This is not a formal art critique from an art historical perspective but rather contextualizes artistic practices within notions of democracy. For example, we are interested in how publics represent themselves and vie for visibility within public space, public art versus art for the public and symbolic violence.

ALWAYS CONFRONTATIONAL? Public Art vs. Art for the Public

By Joan Ronstadt “Public art” and “Art for the public” are two different concepts that are easily interchangeable.  Public art refers more to commissioned pieces that are often twisted metal sculptures placed in publicly designated areas like plazas. These pieces are typically commissioned by foundations, the government or large institutions. Art for the public typically […]