Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort

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HaitiThe Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO) and the Caribbean Heritage Magazine online join in solidarity with Haitians in both Haiti and the Diaspora as they endure the trauma of the January 12, 2010 devastating earthquake.

The US State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747 (due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording). The Haitian embassy is still in the early stages of contacting American Citizens through the Warden Network. Communications are very difficult within Haiti at this time.

CHO encourages sympathizers to support established relief efforts such as the International Red Cross at www.icrc.org and entertainer Wyclef's organization www.yele.org.

Celebrate Caribbean-American Heritage Month

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EVERARD POWELL, Artist - Extraordinary

Having graduated from the Jamaica School of Art (now the Edna Manley School for the Visual Arts) with honours, Everard majored in ceramics and since went on to gain exposure by participating in exhibitions and trade shows locally & abroad. He has earned accolades including gold, silver and bronze medals by participating in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's Annual Festival Fine Arts

Competitions. He has also participated in the Jamaica-Canadian Clay projects in 1982, and in 1984 was awarded an OAS Fellowship to study Ceramics in Florence Italy.

Everard Powell is both a well-trained fine artist focused on stylized figurative and abstract works, as well as a ceramic artist who incorporates clay in framed bas-relief pieces. He has exhibited in a number of galleries all over the world including Italy, Germany, USA, Korea, England, the Caribbean and many other countries, an artist of many talents, and many ideas.

His works hang in the homes of international personalities, Prime Minister and others. He has done a number of murals and was commissioned to do the Marcus Garvey Life Time Achievement Award for the Jamaican Film Festival held annually in Jamaica.

JUST ART
2b GALLOWAY ROAD
KINGSTON 13
JAMAICA, W.I
TELEPHONE: 876-923-8564

 

CHO Coordinator of Willard Wigan Tour

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Muhamed

As a young child Willard Wigan battled with the agony of the then undiagnosed dyslexia. Cruelly, his teachers reprimanded his aloofness by parading him in front of the entire school allowing others to taunt and jeer at his below average performance. Destined to be a failure and continually told that he would amount to nothing, it was the constant encouragement from his Jamaican-born mother that led Willard to rise above his learning misfortune, discover his God-given talent, and nurture his skills to become the most successful micro-sculptor the world has ever known.

 

The Caribbean Heritage Organization is pleased to be the coordinator of the Willard Wigan North America and Caribbean tours and is proud to partner with the Institute of Caribbean Studies-DC and Los Angeles-based Wade & Associates to promote and market what has been described as the 8th Wonder of the World.

 

Please contact CHO for press and tour information.