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Reggae Art Exhibit In Washington D.C

by reggaewire | February 23, 2009 at 01:56 pm

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The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, in association with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will be staging a reggae symposium and art exhibition on Monday, February 23.

Entitled 'Salute to Reggae', the event, which gets underway at 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy's downtown Washington, D.C offices, is in observance of February as Reggae Month.

Featured will be exhibits on reggae superstar Bob Marley; radio features including interviews with a number of reggae personalities; audio visual materials from the JIS inclusive of a reggae piece; and highlights of activities in Jamaica to mark Reggae Month 2009.

Time Magazine's award winning photographer David Burnett will showcase some of his unique photographs on Bob Marley, and will also do a signing for his latest book 'Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley'.

Jamaican artist, Richard Blackford, will also display some of his latest work.
Guest presenter will be renowned Jamaican musicologist, Dermot Hussey, while Ambassador Anthony Johnson, will deliver the welcome address.

The Reggae News Agency

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Bawss Hawgg..

at 15:52 on February 23rd, 2009

This is a charcoal and colored pencil portrait of Bob Marley..One of the most influental musicans of a movement..

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stavsky

at 15:55 on February 23rd, 2009

'found this on a rooftop in the Bronx, while given a "guided tour" by its artist, Sien!

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hayleylake

at 16:14 on February 23rd, 2009

I was honored to tattoo this full back portrait of Bob Marley, a beautiful legend. With much respect, I spent 7 hours on the first session of this piece. The second session was about 5 hours. I absolutely love doing portraits...tattoos, drawings and paintings. If you're interested in more info on how to get one of your own, please check out my flickr.com/photos/bodyartbyhayley AND myspace.com/bodyartbyhayley

ONE LOVE!!

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8270037

at 21:35 on February 23rd, 2009

this is acrylic on canvas. no stencils used
i made this for my bff's birthday and used this picture for reference: http://hpbimg.pepi-apart.com/bob%20marley.jpg - cos she wanted it just like that.

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JamaicaTripper.com

at 13:32 on February 26th, 2009

Our photo is a collage of the ceiling of the Zion bus tour that takes travelers to Nine Mile, Bob Marley's birthplace. We shot the photo while researching an article and creating a photo gallery of Nine Mile for JamaicaTripper.com, our online guide to Jamaica travel.