Crochet classes started February 7th. Learn to crochet classes are held every Thursday morning from 9:30 am and on Saturday afternoons from 2 pm. The class is not full there is still available space.
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October 2018 – The Grenadines Show
Showcasing Art from the Grenadines
Youlou Arts Foundation has been busy organizing the Saturday morning art class for children between the ages of 5 to 12. We restarted the classes late September and have been going steadily since.
The children have been creating some beautiful work with their instructor Daviana Basilio
Below completed art work by the children.
The Youlou Art Centre is proud and happy to announce the upcoming show of cultural ambassador, and well known local artist, Dinks Johnson. His upcoming show titled “Expressions” will be on display from August 4th through the end of September.
Dinks Johnson who is considered to be the country’s foremost visual artist will be showcasing his latest work.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception, which will be held at the Youlou Art Centre on Saturday, August 4th. from 5 to 8 pm
Sea Monsters, are they real?
Youlou Arts Foundation is asking the children of SVG this question.
You are inviting children between the age of 5 to 12 to attend the children’s art program to be held at the Youlou Art Centre from July 23rd until August 3rd. registration forms are available at the Youlou Art Centre, the Theo Saunders Shop and the Youlou Art Centre.
The annual visual arts program titled “From The Sea Part 2” will feature Sea Creatures and Monsters. It is all about encouraging the children of SVG to focus on all things from the sea.
By using their imagination and creativity children will make sea creatures and monsters using paper mache. Many other fun and creative activities will be taught.
Nelson a paper mache sea horse was made in preparation for this year’s activities.
I urge you to register your child/children for the “Growing Young SVG Artists” program.
For more info. you can call the Youlou Art Centre 457 4493
July is almost here! Soon the long school vacation will be upon us and you are probably wondering what to do with your child/children.
Here to the rescue is the Youlou Art Centre. The Centre is announcing their 2018 mid year vacation activities for children. On Monday, July 23rd through August 3rd is the start of the annual visual arts program called “Growing Young SVG Artists”. This programme is for children between the ages of 5 to 12. It will be offered in 4 locations. In Kingstown/Villa area, Barrouallie, Georgetown, and Spring Village.
The program is held Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 noon.
Registration forms can be obtained from the following people and locations.
Kingstown/ Villa : The Youlou Art Centre, Villa and the Theo Saunders Shop in Kingstown.
The Georgetown : The point person is Ms. Setranella Young
The Barrouallie: The point person is Nadia Mucket
Spring Village : The point person is Ms. Heather Stewart.
The 2018 programme is titled “From The Sea Part 2”.
The focus will be on all things from the sea, with emphasis on the octopus. Some of the activities in this year’s programme are creating a mural, making a octopus book, and making a sea creature from paper mache.
New this year is a Sewing Workshop
This workshop will only be offered in the Kingston/ Villa area.
It starts on Monday, July 23rd through Friday, August 3rd. from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.
The Sewing Workshop is for children between the ages of 8 to 12. Children will make and decorate a Tote Bag and a make Stuffed Toy. The cost is $50 for the workshop. Please call to register.
If you are interested in attending any of the sessions, call to 457 4493 or email the Centre at youlouartcentre@gmail.com to register.
On May 9th the Youlou Art Centre will be hosting a “Let’s Paint Tonight” event.
The centre will be hosting 12 people from Coreas, a popular business place in the middle of Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This event is held on the second Wednesday of each month. The cost is $50 per person. The public is invited to attend and create in a relaxing atmosphere.
Expressing Art In SVG
The Youlou Art Centre in keeping with its mission to focus on showcasing the work of local artists and artisans of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is inviting the public to view the art work of 4 local artists.
An opening reception for the artists is planned for Saturday, April 28th from 5 to 8 pm. The featured artists are: Kingsley Roberts, Anthony McDowall, Marc Erdrich and Sean Roache, whose work will be on showcase from April 21st to June, 30th, 2018.
Photographer Kingsley Roberts who is known for photographing everyday life in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, currently has his photograph of the iconic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, in Kingstown, on the cover of the 2018 Telephone directory. He is a prize winning photographer who has been practicing his craft for over 30 years.
Kingsley is originally from Sandy Bay and is of Carib descent. He recalled he became interested in photography in the 60’s when an American visited his village with a camera. Kingsley owns Photographic Elegance and also operates from his residence at Dorsetshire Hill.
Anthony Mc Dowall has always had a passion for art making. He studied art while a student at the Emanuel High School in Mesopotamia. He has had various work experiences. He has been a farmer, a policeman, ran a mini mart and bar, and currently he works for an insurance company. He restarted his painting career when his daughter entered secondary school. He realized he could be a role model for her.
McDowall is inspired by nature. He sees his art as an avenue to make the statement, “Beauty is in everything we see.” His paintings are about the natural beauty of St. Vincent. He wants the public to cherish their surroundings and detests the destruction of the environment through littering and other means of controllable pollution.
Reluctant to call himself a photographer, Marc Erdrich prefers to call himself an imagist. He started his career as a journalist which entailed writing as well as taking pictures and spanned many decades. During his career as a journalist, he harnessed his talents in the literary arts and has tried his hand at play writing, wrote short stories and essays. While living in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, he has been assembling all these various skills into something resembling the creative process.
The result has been a number of theatre projects under the guise of a production company called Theatre Arts. He has had several photo exhibitions and a number of writing and graphic design projects. Marc has been living in St. Vincent for the past 20 years. He said, “I prefer to ply my trade quietly and without fanfare. I am at an age when it gives me great pleasure to see young Vincentian artists creating new work. There is a lot of talent here begging to be seen and heard and if by sharing my work it encourages others, then my “art” has succeeded.”
Abstract painter Sean Roache is a policeman, but his heart is in the world of art making. All his life he has been surrounded by a creative mother, who has encouraged and nurtured his creative side. Roache said he grew up watching his mother painting abstract designs on fabric which were then made into clothing. He witnessed her approach to art making as something special. He could see this style of painting allowed the painter power to add, and display a range of emotions and ideas. Sean is in total agreement with the statement: “Abstract Art expresses underlying thoughts in an indirect way, in a code that is unique to the sender and the listener”. He acknowledges the fact that abstraction in art takes courage and the reward is a pouring out of one’s thoughts and experiences – a freeing of the soul. As a youth Roache attended the “Growing Young SVG Artists” program, organized by the Youlou Arts Foundation.
The Youlou Art Centre launched just over a year is owned and operated by Youlou Arts Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on developing and preserving the arts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
For more information contact the Youlou Art Centre, Villa Beach.
Tel: 457 4493: email: youlouartcentre@gmail.com
On April 3rd through April 13th the Youlou Art Centre will be hosting an art program for children age 5 to 12.
We are very excited about this program. We will start 9 am until 12 noon.
On February 14th, Valentine’s day the Youlou Art Centre will be hosting a “sip and paint ” event.
The centre is encouraging the adults to come out and be creative. We are hoping for a fun night.
Here is the poster announcing the Children’s Art Classes slated to start March 3rd.
Last Saturday, Feb. 10th there was an Open House at the Youlou Art Centre. There was close to 30 children who attended the event and had a wonderful time. 
