ioj runnings january - june 2011
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
The Hanover Museum is Now Open
IOJ celebrates “Ole Time Chrismus”
Art in Prep Schools Exhibition
Launching the Friends of the
Museums Initiative
Launch of the Jamaica Journal
THE HANOVER MUSEUM IS NOW OPEN
UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Junior Centre Summer Workshop:
Unlocking Potential Transforming
Lives for a New Frontier
Museums of History and
Ethnography- Annual Summer
Workshop
Launch of Volume 2: 76 King Street
Launch of Jamaica Journal
Volume 33 No. 3
National Visual Arts Exhibition
Second Annual Marcus Garvey
Lecture: “Remembering the
Garvey Movement and Its
Legacies for the 21st Century”.
Liberty Hall Open Day:
“Harambee”
Exhibition: “Is Anancy Mek it”
ACIJ/JMB Lecture Presentations
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The Institute of Jamaica For the Encouragement of Literature, Science & Art
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The Museums of History & Ethnography of the
Institute of Jamaica has reopened the Hanover
Museum located at Watson Taylor Drive, Lucea.
The official opening took place on Friday, March
25, 2011, at the Museum grounds.
Declared officially as a heritage site by the
Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) on March
19, 1992, the remains of the Hanover Workhouse
is an important site of memory- a unique relic of
Jamaica’s past and a symbol of the resistance
waged by Africans against enslavement and
punishment. As the Hanover Museum, the
exhibition will showcase material culture peculiar
to the parish including the crop-over tradition of
sugar production and the dominant African
retentions of Hanover’s Nago-Etu communities.
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Top right: The official cutting of the ribbon and
opening of the Hanover Museum
Above: Ms. Staci-Marie Dehaney (Director
Museums of History and Ethnography Division)
Presenting a thank you gift
Bottom right: Dr. James Robertson in one of the
physical constraints used to torture/punish
prisoners at what is now the Hanover Museum.
IOJ CELEBRATES “OLE TIME CHRISMUS”
As the premier agency for the collection,
preservation, and promotion of Jamaica’s
tangible and intangible heritage, the
Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), staged “Ole
Time Chrismus” an event for education,
and entertainment, focused on the
traditional Jamaican Christmas cultural
activities. This celebration of Jamaican
culture was on Friday, December 17, 2010
and showcased Art and craft displays and
merchandise, a children’s art, craft and
play area, cultural exhibitions, traditional
Jamaican cuisine and a live concert
showcasing the Bare Essentials Band.
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ART IN PREP SCHOOLS EXHIBITION
This exhibition includes a competition component that aims to hone and nurture the artistic abilities of younger children. This display was
mounted at the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (ACIJ) from May 18-June 27, 2011.
To left: Traditionally made
food items on display and
for sale
To left: Jonkanoo
performers
demonstrating this
traditional folk form.
Above: Senior citizens
perform traditional folk
dances at the lunch hour
concert.
Left: Art and craft items on
display and for sale.
Far Left: Mr. Vivian Crawford
(Executive Director IOJ) presents the
Art in Prep Schools Award to the
winning School representatives from
Immaculate Preparatory School
Below: Students performing a
drumming piece at the Awards
function.
Above: A creative way to use
bottles. This piece formed a part
of the Art in Prep Schools display.
Left: Art pieces made to
creatively look like the real thing;
slippers made of sponge and paper.
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LAUNCHING THE FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUMS
INITIATIVE
LAUNCH OF THE JAMAICA JOURNAL
Bob Marley beamed a lopsided grin from a blown-up version of the latest Jamaica Journal's cover art on stage at Redbones Blues Café,
New Kingston, on Thursday night, as the newest installment was officially presented to the public. The Journal is a publication of the
Institute of Jamaica, and this edition - a special double issue - is subtitled, 'Jamaican Popular Music Part Two'. Mel Cooke, Sunday Gleaner
March 6, 2011
On the eve of World Museums Day, with
the esteemed high commissioner Burchell
Whiteman as chair, the initiative “Friends of
the Museums”, was launched in what was
both a charming and interactive ceremony,
in the corporate boardroom of the
Guardsman Group of Companies, on Old
Hope Road.
Not only was corporate Jamaica out in full
support, so too were leading art collectors,
patrons of the arts, and benefactors and
resource personnel lending their support to
the initiative.
So it was, amidst art and artefacts of the
foundation era, historical pieces and
artefacts documenting the role of Jamaica
and Jamaicans in world events, pieces
providing a gateway into our past, the
exhibits made for a moving testimonial as to
the urgent need for a national museum.
Above: Bust of Mary Seacole that
forms a part of the Museum’s
collection of Jamaica’s history
Above: IOJ Council Member – Ainsley Henriques and guests of the IOJ Division of
Museums of History and Ethnography at the Launch of the Friends of The Museums.
Below: Ms. Staci-Marie Dehaney (Director Museums of
History and Ethnography Division) showcasing the
pieces in the collection for the guests at the Launch.
Jamaica Journal Editor; Dr. Kim Robinson,
Clinton Hutton and other invited guests. Pat Ramsay; Guest Speaker at the launch of
Jamaica Journal Vol. 33 Nos. 1-2
IOJ Managing Editor; Bobette Bolton
welcoming guests to the Launch.
Gail Ann Galloway
Director Development and
Public Relations (Acting)
Bobette Bolton
Managing Editor
Sajoune Rose
Public Relations Officer
Richard Belto
Photographer
Cleon Golding
Graphic Artist
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