Edna Manley College Students win Art for Human Rights competition
10 December 2018
- Three students of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts won 1800 USD in cash prizes as the top three winners in the Art for Human Rights visual art competition in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the adotpion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Three students of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts won 1800 USD in cash prizes as the top three winners in the Art for Human Rights visual art competition in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the adotpion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The three were awarded at the special Art for Human Rights event on Human Rights Day, 10 December supported by the UN Jamaica, European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.
First place and US$1000 went to Sashoy Burey, second place and US$500 to Sasha-Kay Hinds and third place and US$300 to Kobi Bailey.
Approximately 30 art pieces entered into the competition will be on show at the College’s Cage Gallery until January 2019, followed by a nationwide tour in the first quarter of 2019.
The Art for Human Rights series also included: live painting of 70th anniversary commemorative murals at Emancipation Park on Sunday 9 December accompanied by drumming.
Jomain McKenzie
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