CATAPULT Lockdown Virtual Salons

Fresh Milk, Kingston Creative & The American Friends of Jamaica

The CATAPULT LVS Programme is a series of one-hour long livestreamed conversations between dynamic creatives  across the Caribbean region

The <a href="https://freshmilkbarbados.com/projects/catapult-arts-grant/lockdown-virtual-salon/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CATAPULT Lockdown Virtual Salon programme</a> aims to mitigate isolation, especially heightened during the current pandemic, by creating virtual platforms for cultural practitioners to engage in discourse about and explore their evolving practices. These one-hour artist talks from their homes or studios will be live-streamed via the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEdA31RarF-Yxqw49nadWnPoa_JqpUXbx" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fresh Milk YouTube channel</a> at 1PM and 4PM AST, every Tuesday and Friday between September 29th &amp; November 20th, 2020.Each cultural practitioner will be paired with a co-discussant for an open conversation about their work. A live audience will be able to comment and ask questions during the event, which will be open to the public with a focus on reaching a wide cross-section of the English, Spanish, French and Dutch speaking Caribbean arts community, as well as those civil society organisations who are working in the target areas of culture, gender, LGBTQIA+, human rights and climate justice.Lockdown Virtual Salon Schedule:Tuesday, Sep 29, 1PM (AST) - Jonathan van Arneman (Sint Maarten) &amp; Dr. Yanique Hume (Barbados)Tuesday, Sep 29, 4PM (AST) - Sonja Dumas (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) &amp; Dr. Yanique Hume (Barbados)Friday, Oct 2, 1PM (AST) - Helen Ceballos (Puerto Rico) &amp; Yina Jiménez Suriel (Dominican Republic)Friday, Oct 2, 4PM (AST) - Sandra Vivas (Dominica) &amp; Yina Jiménez Suriel (Dominican Republic)Tuesday, Oct 6, 1PM (AST) - Kenneth 'Black' Blackman (Barbados) &amp; Elfrieda Bissember (Guyana)Tuesday, Oct 6, 4PM (AST) - Vivien Elizabeth Armour (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) &amp; Elfrieda Bissember (Guyana)Friday, Oct 9, 1PM (AST) - Amir Hall (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) &amp; Russell Watson (Barbados)Friday, Oct 9, 4PM (AST) - Rachel Chin (Jamaica) &amp; Russell Watson (BarbadosTuesday, Oct 13, 1PM (AST) - Jeana Lindo (Jamaica) &amp; Dr. Marsha Pearce (Trinidad &amp; Tobago)Tuesday, Oct 13, 4PM (AST) - Esther Chin (Jamaica) &amp; Dr. Marsha Pearce (Trinidad &amp; Tobago)Friday, Oct 16, 1PM (AST) - Dominique Hunter (Guyana) &amp; Lusette Verboom (Curaçao)Friday, Oct 16, 4PM (AST) - Brandon Kirk Best (Barbados) &amp; Lusette Verboom (Curaçao)Tuesday, Oct 20, 1PM (AST) - Richard-Viktor Sainsily Cayol (Guadeloupe) &amp; Johanna Auguiac-Célénice (Martinique)Tuesday, Oct 20, 4PM (AST) - Joni P. Gordon (Jamaica) &amp; Johanna Auguiac-Célénice (Martinique)Friday, Oct 23, 1PM (AST) - Niarus Walker (US Virgin Islands) &amp; Alim Hosein (Guyana)Friday, Oct 23, 4PM (AST) - Denise Robinson (Jamaica) &amp; Alim Hosein (Guyana)Tuesday, Oct 27, 1PM (AST) - Rochelle Ward (Sint Maarten) &amp; Kendel Hippolyte (St. Lucia)Tuesday, Oct 27, 4PM (AST) - Evoné Walters (Jamaica) &amp; Kendel Hippolyte (St. Lucia)Friday, Oct 30, 1PM (AST) - Katrina Coombs (Jamaica) &amp; Marieke Visser (Suriname)Friday, Oct 30, 4PM (AST) - Gabrielle Wilkes (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) &amp; Marieke Visser (Suriname)Tuesday, Nov 3, 1PM (AST) - Lisandro Suriel (Sint Maarten) &amp; Tony Bethell-Bennett (The Bahamas)Tuesday, Nov 3, 4PM (AST) - Mariantonia Ordóñez (Puerto Rico) &amp; Tony Bethell-Bennett (The Bahamas)Friday, Nov 6, 1PM (AST) - Lysanne 'GoddessEye' Charles (Saba) &amp; Andre Bagoo (Trinidad &amp; Tobago)Friday, Nov 6, 4PM (AST) - Beatriz Llenín Figueroa (Puerto Rico) &amp; Andre Bagoo (Trinidad &amp; Tobago)Tuesday, Nov 10, 1PM (AST) - Kevin Bhall (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) &amp; DJ Simmons (Barbados)Tuesday, Nov 10, 4PM (AST) - Five Steez (Jamaica) &amp; DJ Simmons (Barbados)Friday, Nov 13, 1PM (AST) - Susan Mains (Grenada) &amp; Natalie Urquhart (Cayman Islands)Friday, Nov 13, 4PM (AST) - Nicholas Rose (Jamaica) &amp; Natalie Urquhart (Cayman Islands)Tuesday, Nov 17, 1PM (AST) - Llaima Sanfiorenzo (Puerto Rico) &amp; Alex Martínez Suárez (Dominican Republic)Tuesday, Nov 17, 4PM (AST) - Samuel Sarmiento (Aruba) &amp; Alex Martínez Suárez (Dominican Republic)Friday, Nov 20, 1PM (AST) - Stephanie Leitch (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) &amp; Raquel Paiewonsky (Dominican Republic)Friday, Nov 20, 4PM (AST) - Awilda Rodríguez Lora (Puerto Rico) &amp; Raquel Paiewonsky (Dominican Republic)--CATAPULT | A Caribbean Arts Grant is a COVID-19 relief programme conceptualised by Kingston Creative (Jamaica) and Fresh Milk (Barbados) and funded by the American Friends of Jamaica | The AFJ (USA). Designed as a capacity building initiative it will directly provide financial support to over 1,000 Caribbean artists, cultural practitioners and creative entrepreneurs impacted by the pandemic and working in the themes of culture, human rights, gender, LGBTQIA+, and climate justice.<a href="https://kingstoncreative.org/catapult-arts-grant" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://kingstoncreative.org/catapult-arts-grant</a><a href="https://freshmilkbarbados.com/catapult-arts-grant" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://freshmilkbarbados.com/catapult-arts-grant </a>IG: @catapultartscarib

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