MORE funds are coming to assist members of the local creative industries who have been displaced due to the economic fallout associated with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Kingston Creative’s “Best Pitch Forward” Returns With More Capital for Creatives
Posted on October 25, 2021
Returning for a second year, Best Pitch Forward is now accepting applications from entrepreneurs for a chance to pitch business ideas to a panel of investors and win cash prizes. This project by Kingston Creative, JAMPRO, IDB Lab and the Development Bank of Jamaica provides creative entrepreneurs with an opportunity to gain investment and training from industry experts on how to package and pitch their business.
Kingston Creative to host inaugural “Kingston Culture Forum” on Friday September 24, 2021
Posted on September 8, 2021
Kingston Creative will launch an annual summit this month, the Kingston Culture Forum. The Kingston Culture Forum is a conference convening cultural and creative industry stakeholders in the public, private, academic and social sectors. The theme for the event will be “Downtown Kingston: creative economy, placemaking and sustainable urban development”.
Covid-19 kicked me out my comfort zone…#CovidEffects
Posted on August 31, 2021
For years, I have been delving in the visual arts as a photographer, exploring and now specializing in multiple genres in the art of photography. At no point in time have I ever considered venturing into the world videography. While my camera is quite capable of recording video, I have never felt the urge or the need to explore the video features of the device.
Women and transformational leadership in the age of C-19
Posted on April 27, 2021
This is a lightly edited version of a presentation to the Soroptimist Club of Kingston on the occasion of the club's 44th Stella Gregory Awards:
These are not normal times, so let's take a moment to acknowledge all the women whose lives, work, and families have been upended in some way by ...
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has collaborated with the Duke Street Refurbishing Project (DSRP), the Kingston Restoration Company (KRC) and Kingston Creative to support the development of a creative city and art district in downtown Kingston....
Protecting intellectual property in a digital world
Posted on April 23, 2021
In commemoration of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, Kingston Creative is encouraging Jamaican creative entrepreneurs to get educated about the importance of protecting intellectual property....
CVM recently invited our ED, Andrea Chung to speak on The Cultural Agenda, about post-pandemic recovery of Jamaica's Cultural and Creative sector, Kingston Creative's new IDB Bank-funded CreaTech programme, IP protection and a new Digital skills partnership with Heart Trust/ NTA....
Honey Bun, Digicel foundations launch business diagnostic app
Posted on April 15, 2021
The Honey Bun Foundation has launched, the Gapp App, a business diagnostic tool for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The purpose of the Gapp App is to help businesses grow and become successful by giving them the ability to periodically access their operations and processes. I...
Kingston Creative unveils new mural dedicated to the environment
Posted on March 31, 2021
There’s a new mural in town, and it’s been commissioned by the Kingston Creatives participants. Kingston Creative, a non-profit organisation that intends to position Kingston as the Creative Capital of the Caribbean. Pretty big shoes to fill, so they start the best way Jamaicans know-how, by mak...