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Le premier incubateur consacr? aux arts visuels en Ha?ti

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Le Nouvelliste : Depuis le d?but du mois de mars, la fondation AfricAmericA a mis en oeuvre le premier incubateur en Ha?ti d?di? aux arts visuels. En quoi consiste ce projet ?

Maksaens Denis : Ce premier incubateur consacr? aux arts visuels en Ha?ti, dans le cadre du programme CIIF Ha?ti, Fonds d’innovation pour les industries culturelles et cr?atives de la Banque carib?enne de d?veloppement (CDB), permet ? un groupe de professionnels du secteur des arts visuels d’acqu?rir de meilleures comp?tences techniques et commerciales, notamment en mati?re d’int?gration du march?. Le programme ?tait destin? aux artistes confirm?s et ?mergents du secteur des arts visuels ? Port-au-Prince et ? Croix-des-Bouquets, Noailles. Il a ?t? mis en oeuvre par la Fondation AfricAmericA et ses partenaires : le Mus?e communautaire Georges Liautaud, l’Association des artistes et artisans de Croix-des-bouquets (ADAAC) et l’Institut d’?tudes et de recherches africaines d’Ha?ti (IERAH).

Le Nouvelliste : Quels sont les arts visuels prioris?s dans le cadre de ce projet ?

Maksaens Denis : Nous avons, suite ? un appel ? candidatures, obtenu au niveau de la s?lection des profils tr?s vari?s d’artistes du milieu des arts visuels. La s?lection, qui s’est arr?t?e ? 30 candidatures, dont 14 femmes et 16 hommes, regroupe des artistes plasticiens pratiquant la peinture, la sculpture, le m?tal d?coup?, les drapeaux vodou, etc.

Le Nouvelliste : Quels sont les artistes, institutions ou groupe d’artistes qui ont b?n?fici? de ce fonds d’innovation pour les industries culturelles et cr?atives ?

Maksaens Denis : Conform?ment aux objectifs du projet, 30 artistes individuels plasticiens et plasticiennes ont pris part au programme, dont 8 de la Croix-des-Bouquets issus du village de Noailles, r?put? pour le fer d?coup? : Claude Edouard Avril, Marie Guerlande Balan, Jacques Obenson Bathard, Falaise Bertin, Mans Peter Cajuste, Chrisna?ka Desrosiers, Edner Germain, Nicolas Mont?s. Une kyrielle d’artistes de Port-au-Prince compl?tait la liste avec des profils plus diversifi?s provenant de divers quartiers, dont plusieurs de Bel-Air : Jean Robert Alexis, Max Gr?goire Benjamin, David Boyer, Gregory Yves C?sar, Mireille Delism?, Lh?risson Dubr?us, Pascale Faublas, Marguerite Johanne Florent, Slanda Fran?ois, Frantz Jacques, St?phanie Jeanty, Marie G?rald Morilus, Marie Ketty Paul, Hugueton Venel Pierre, Lesly Pierre Paul, Stechelie Samedi, Yvena Santil, Val?rie Christel St. Pierre, Marie Nicole St. Pierre, Myke Surpris, David Th?baud, Youseline Vital.

Il a ?t? particuli?rement int?ressant et enrichissant de rassembler ces artistes avec des pratiques artistiques diverses, certains ?mergents, d’autres confirm?s. De belles rencontres ont eu lieu et les plus jeunes remercient Africamerica d’avoir cr?? ce carrefour d’?changes si inspirant avec non seulement les enseignants-mentors mais aussi des b?n?ficiaires qui ont d?j? une renomm?e sur le march? local et international.

Pour le recrutement des artistes

Le Nouvelliste : Pour que le fonds arrive r?ellement vers l’artiste ou l’artisan, il y a eu tout un processus ? suivre. Lesquels ?

Maksaens Denis : D’abord, la Fondation AfricAmerica a lanc? pour le recrutement des trente artistes b?n?ficiaires un appel ? candidatures ouvert. Les participant.e.s int?ress?.e.s ?taient invit?.e.s ? remplir un formulaire d’application en ligne. Ils et elles devaient avoir une pratique artistique d’au moins cinq (5) ans, avoir particip? ? au moins deux expositions collectives ou individuelles, ?tre disponibles pour dix heures de formation par semaine pendant quatre mois, fournir des photos comme preuve de leur travail. Une cinquantaine d’artistes plasticiens avaient postul?.

Le Nouvelliste : Nous sommes un peuple d’artistes. Mais l’art meurt dans l’oeuf en Ha?ti puisque beaucoup d’artistes n’arrivent pas ? voler de leurs propres ailes. Et puisqu’il s’agit ici d’incubation, quels accompagnements v?ritables ce projet offre-t-il ?

Maksaens Denis : La Fondation AfricAmerica est le premier collectif de professionnels en arts visuels d’Ha?ti. Depuis 2004, elle accompagne dans une perspective de d?veloppement la communaut? artistique de Noailles. La fondation a ?galement initi? le premier forum multiculturel d’art contemporain en Ha?ti. Elle a pu donc proposer un programme d’accompagnement coh?rent avec les r?alit?s de ce march? en Ha?ti pour cet incubateur. Le curriculum con?u conjointement avec l’Institut d’?tudes et de recherches africaines d’Ha?ti (IERAH), dans le cadre de ce projet, portait sur plusieurs domaines, ? savoir le montage d’exposition, l’entrepreneuriat culturel, l’utilisation des outils num?riques, l’histoire de l’art ha?tien. Les participant.e.s ont eu ?galement des sessions de mentorat, des ateliers pratiques avec des suivis personnalis?s, des visites d’ateliers et un cycle de conf?rences. Par la r?alisation d’un tel programme, l’?quipe p?dagogique avait dans la vis?e d’am?liorer l’ancrage socio?conomique des arts visuels dans notre pays.

Deux concours pour stimuler les artistes et les artisans

Le Nouvelliste : Les b?n?ficiaires de l’incubateur ont pris part ? deux concours : le prix f?minin d’arts visuels et le prix artistique Georges Liautaud. Parlons de ce concours. Le projet continuera-t-il d’accompagner les gagnants ?

Maksaens Denis : Dans le cadre du programme, les artistes participant.e.s avaient l’opportunit? de prendre part ? deux concours : le prix f?minin d’arts visuels et le prix artistique Georges Liautaud. Nous avons re?u un total de 28 oeuvres comptant pour la participation de 22 artistes aux deux comp?titions. Les femmes pouvaient concourir dans les deux cat?gories. Un jury compos? de Xavier Dalencour, artiste plasticien, Judith Michel, charg?e de programme culture, Keziah Jean, photographe professionnelle a d?sign? trois laur?ats dans chaque cat?gorie : pour le prix f?minin d’arts visuels : Marie Guerlande Balan (1re laur?ate) ; Youseline Vital (2e laur?ate) ; Mireille Delisme (3e laur?ate) ; pour le prix artistique Georges Liautaud : Dubr?us Lh?risson (1er laur?at) ; Marie Guerlande Balan (2e laur?ate); Mans Peter Cajuste & Jacques Obenson Bathard (3e laur?ats ex aequo). Les premiers laur?ats recevront une r?compense de 1 500 dollars, les deuxi?mes 1 000 dollars et les troisi?mes 500 dollars.

Le Nouvelliste : En quoi consistera cet accompagnement ?

Maksaens Denis : L’incubateur a officiellement pris fin le 16 juillet par une c?r?monie de cl?ture. Mais la Fondation AfricAmerica continue d’accompagner les artistes ? plusieurs niveaux. Cet accompagnement se traduira par des conseils, un suivi personnalis? pour l’utilisation des outils num?riques. Des projets d’exposition en Ha?ti et ? l’?tranger sont en cours ? partir de 2023.

Le Nouvelliste : Quels sont les enseignants et mentors qui ont accompagn? les artistes et artisans ?

Maksaens Denis : L’?quipe p?dagogique ?tait constitu?e de diff?rents artistes comme Tessa Mars, Mosa McNeilly, deux artistes plasticiennes de renomm?e internationale qui ? elles seules ont assur? 21 heures au total de formation aux participants. Nous avons fait appel ? des maitres du fer d?coup? ? Noailles pour du mentorat : Serge Jolimeau, Falaise P?ralte, Jean Eddy R?my, Ricoeur Bruno, plusieurs artistes ont assur? les conf?rences, dont Pascale Monnin, ?lodie Barth?l?my, Barbara Pr?zeau Stephenson, Josu? Azor. Mafalda Nicolas Mondestin, Mario Benjamin ont re?u les participants dans leurs ateliers. Le Centre d’art a re?u ?galement les b?n?ficiaires lors de la journ?e d?couverte sur la branche capoise de la collection du centre.

D’autres personnalit?s sont intervenues, le doyen de l’IERAH, Sterlin Ulysse, Godson Antoine, Philippe Saint Cyr de la fondation Caseli, moi ?galement artiste vid?aste plasticien.

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World Champs: McLeod, McPherson into women’s 400m final; Young out Loop Jamaica

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Candice McLeod and the veteran Stephenie Ann McPherson are through to Friday’s final of the women’s 400m at the Eugene World Athletics Championships after contrasting semifinal runs on Wednesday.

Jamaica’s third entrant, Charokee Young, the second fastest woman in the world this year, placed fifth in the third and final heat in a time of 51.41s and did not advance.

McLeod qualified comfortably by placing second in her heat in a time of 50.05s behind the winner, Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas, who hardly broke a sweat in registering a season’s best time of 49.55s. Anna Kielbasinska of Poland was third in 50.65s.

McPherson’s 50.56s for third in heat 2 was good enough for her to advance as one of the non-automatic qualifiers. Fiordaliza Cofil of the Dominican Republic won the heat in 50.14s with Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands second in 50.18s, a national record.

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World Champs: Taylor through to 400m final on season’s best time Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica’s Christopher Taylor ran a season’s best 44.97s to qualify for the final of the 400m at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday.

This means the 22-year-old former Calabar High standout, has now qualified for a second straight final at the senior level in global championship. He placed sixth in last summer’s Tokyo Olympics with a personal best 44.79s.

Running in heat one on Wednesday, Taylor battled bravely to finish third. The race was won by Michael Norman of the United States in 43.30s with Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith second in 44.38s.

The other Jamaican in the semis, Nathon Allen, who has not been in the best of form this season reported for the start of his race but jogged out of the blocks before walking off the track.

Reports out of Eugene are that he is not injured and will be able to take part in the 4x400m relay.

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Transgender prisoner gets two inmates pregnant in women’s prison Loop Jamaica

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In 2021, a transgender person who lived life publicly as a woman since 2003 won a lawsuit against the New Jersey Department of Corrections, forcing authorities to change their policies.

Policy changes included requiring housing in line with gender identity and not sex assigned at birth. One of the people who benefited from the policy was transgender inmate, Demi Minor, 27, who was placed in the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility.

However, Minor has now been moved from Edna Mahan Correctional Facility after allegedly impregnating two female inmates.

Minor, who does not appear to be happy with being moved from an all-female facility, acknowledged the change in prisons in a series of tweets on Twitter in early July, 2022.

Minor said:

This week I was moved from a female facility to a male facility, I mean this type of hatred towards who I truly am has to stop, but know this… I will never stop rising above.

In connection with the prison move, Minor has also alleged mistreatment and abuse by prison authorities, including being beaten by “billy clubs”.

Minor indicated, however, that, notwithstanding the struggle, Minor will continue fighting.

The time for this oppression and mistreatment of transgender people has come for this to stop. I am more than a story, more than a headline; I am me, a unique woman housed incongruently with my gender identity.

Reacting to Minor’s comments, the New Jersey Department of Corrections reportedly said that they are investigating Minor’s allegation of abuse.

Meanwhile, Minor will continue serving a 30-year sentence for manslaughter and is said to be eligible for parole in 2037.

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World Champs: Navasky Anderson finishes 7th in heat, out of 800m semis Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica will not be represented in the final of the men’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon as the country’s lone representative, Navasky Anderson, finished seventh in his heat and failed to advance to the semifinals.

Only the first three finishers in six heats were guaranteed a place in the final.

Anderson is the Jamaican national record holder with a personal best of 1:45.02 seconds which he ran in June at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships on the same Hayward Field track where the World Championships are taking place.

Much was expected of the former St Jago High School athlete, a junior at Mississippi State University, after he erased the 45-year-old record of 1:45.30 seconds set by Seymour Newman on May 13, 1977 at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Had he run close to his personal best he would have advanced as the winner of the heat, Moad Zahafi of Morocco, clocked 1:46.15 seconds with Gabriel Tual of France second in 1:46. 34 and Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi third in 1:46.45.

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World Champs: Clayton makes 400m hurdles final; Salmon, Russell out Loop Jamaica

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All three Jamaican women place third in their 400m hurdles semifinal race at the Eugene World Athletics Championships, with only Rushell Clayton advancing to the final as a non-automatic qualifier.

Clayton, of Swept Track Club, did all the running out of lane eight in a personal best 53.63 seconds; however, she was passed on the line by Shamier Little of the United States, who finished second in 53.61 seconds.

The race was won by Femke Bol of the Netherlands in 52.84 seconds.

Both Janieve Russell and Shiann Salmon just missed advancing.

Janieve Russell. (Photo: Marlon Reid)

Russell finished third in her heat in a time of 54.66 seconds after being in second position approaching the final hurdle.

She was edged out of second place by Anna Ryzhykova of Ukraine who ran a personal best 54.61 seconds.

The race was won by the defending champion and former world record holder, Dalilah Muhammad of the United States in a season’s best 53.28 seconds.

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For her part, Salmon, running out of lane three in her heat, finished third in 54.16 seconds.

The race was won by the world record holder, Sydney McLaughlin of the United States in 52.17 seconds, the fastest time of all semifinalists. Gianna Woodruff of Panama was second in 53.69 seconds.

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Firefighter slapped with shooting and other gun-related charges Loop Jamaica

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Twenty-four-year-old Jordon Gabbidon, a firefighter of Oral Way, Nannyville Gardens in St Andrew, is scheduled to face the court following an incident in his community on Friday, July 8.

Gabbidon has been charged with shooting with intent, illegal possession of firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and malicious destruction of property.

Reports from the Half-Way Tree police are that about 9:15 pm, a police team from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC) was conducting operations in the area when they gathered intelligence about a group of men who were travelling in a Toyota Mark X motorcar.

The motor car was subsequently intercepted on Colonel Harris Path in St Andrew.

Two men were fatally shot in a reported ensuing confrontation with the police team when they were said to have exited the vehicle and opened gunfire at the police.

The Toyota Mark X motorcar was later searched and the following items were found and seized:

* Two P-80 pistols

* A Glock 17 pistol

* Three empty magazines

* Seventeen 9mm cartridges

* Two Apple iPhones

* A Samsung cellular phone

Investigators are still working to formally identify the deceased men, but they are believed to be 27-year-old Orane Lee, otherwise called ‘Indian’ or ‘Pablo’; and Prince Davis, a 26-year-old painter.

Investigators believe the deceased men were from Nannyville Gardens.

Gabbidon, who reportedly managed to elude the law enforcers at the scene, later turned himself in to the police and was said to have been pointed out on an identification parade on Monday, July 18.

He was later charged following a question-and-answer interview with investigators.

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CCC Employees Complete Cleanup After Carnival – St. Lucia Times News

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On Wednesday, the Castries Constituency Council (CCC) employees took to the streets to clean up the litter left behind by Carnival revellers during last lap activities the day before.

“We had a shorter route. However, some of the clean-up that we wanted to do at night did not take place but we got a start early in the morning to ensure that we were able to close it off because you can’t have staff trying to clean up the roadway amid vehicular traffic,” Castries Mayor Geraldine Lendor-Gabriel told St Lucia Times.

She disclosed that the crews were back on Wednesday morning to complete the job since some activities took place later in some locations.

“After the crew had done some clean-up there were still other activities,” the Mayor explained.

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She said some areas impacted by Carnival included drains into which revellers threw litter.

In this regard, Lendor-Gabriel said the CCC wanted to ensure that the capital returned to its pre-Carnival state.

“We have placed a lot of focus in the last few months on cleaning up not only Castries but a lot of the communities and one can see the results,” she noted.

“We’ve not seen the level of flooding that we usually experience in Castries after heavy rain,” the Mayor told St Lucia Times.

“That means the efforts are paying off,” Lendor-Gabriel declared.

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Law requiring prescription for birth control enforced in St Lucia Loop Barbados

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Birth control pills can help you avoid pregnancy, but they can also have other benefits.

While birth control is the most common reason people use the pill, more than half of users rely on it to regulate their periods, relieve endometriosis symptoms, prevent ovarian cysts, and help with PCOS, cramps, PMS, and anemia.

Birth control contraceptive pills have been very easy to obtain in St Lucia in recent years. Although the Pharmacy Act of 2007 states that contraceptive pills are a prescription-only drug, until recently, purchasers were often not required to present their prescriptions.

The Pharmacy Council observed that many pharmacies throughout the island were selling contraceptives without a prescription, which is against the law, and has recently enforced this law.

“That law has always been there, we are just enforcing it. If you check the Pharmacy Act of 2007, the requirement is you need a prescription to purchase contraceptives. There are a lot of things that we need to enforce. We see it happening too often and people are just walking into a pharmacy and buying contraceptives without a prescription. The pharmacies are dispensing contraceptives without prescriptions so we are enforcing the laws and pharmacies need to abide by the laws.”

While contraception requires a prescription, morning-after pills (emergency contraceptives) can be purchased without one. According to the Council, morning-after pills are a pharmacy-assisted drug that does not require a doctor’s visit.

“The emergency contraceptive pill is a pharmacy-assisted drug which means it can only be purchased from a pharmacy authorized by a pharmacist and the consumer has to be counseled by the pharmacist. You don’t need a doctor’s prescription to get the emergency contraceptive pill.”

“There are different forms of contraception, there are different formulations, there are different ingredients in contraceptives and that is the reason why you need a prescription. You have to be examined by a physician and the physician will be in a better position to determine which form of contraceptive is better for the patient.”

The Pharmacy Act of 2007 states:

A pharmacist shall at all times have regard to the laws and regulations applicable to pharmaceutical practice and maintain a high standard of professional conduct.

A person who contravenes a provision of this Act for which no penalty is specified commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

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Emergency personnel are at the scene of a rescue mission at Staple Grove, Christ Church.

Around 6:31 pm fire officials received a report of a man falling into a well.

One water tender from the Worthing Fire Station and a rescue tender from the Bridgetown Fire Station responded to the incident. The team is led by Station Officer Tremelle Perch from Barbados Fire Service .

Staple Grove Main Road is cordoned off from South District to the exit by St David’s near Blackman and Gollop Primary School.

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