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The Second Caribbean Fine Art Fair to be Held in the Barbados

artwork: Miguel Angel  Matos - "Visual Acustico III" - Oil on canvas, 120 cm. x 145 cm. - Courtesy the artist. This work will be on view at the Caribbean Fine Art Fair, Barbados from March 7th until March 11th.


Barbados.- For the second year, in the English-speaking Caribbean, over 35 exhibitors of paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, original limited edition prints and new media exploring the cultural traditions of the Caribbean will be exhibited at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, located at Two Mile Hill, Barbados, West Indies.  The Caribbean Fine Art Fair (CaFA) opens Wednesday, March 7th 2012 with a Gala Reception featuring David Boothman & Friends and the presentation of the Caribbean Luminary of the Arts Award, and runs through Sunday, March 11th. Three seminars are scheduled to examine particular issues. ‘Caribbean Art: Exploring our relationship with Latin America’ will feature panelists examining the growth of Latin American art, the correlation with increased interest and scholarship in Caribbean art and the avenues for increased recognition of Caribbean art within the region and beyond.