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Ignite 2026: Grants, Residencies & Exhibitions for Caribbean Creatives
As the new year begins, Caribbean artists and creatives have urgent opportunities to expand their practice, connect with international networks, access funding, and deepen their craft. Below is a curated guide to open calls, residencies, grants, and creative support programmes, some of which are closing soon in January 2026, from both regional and global institutions. Exhibitions – Show Your Work Royal Society of British Artists | Annual Exhibition 2026 Deadline: January 9
Entering 2026 with Intention: A Fresh Year for Caribbean Art
As the Caribbean steps into 2026, artists, creatives, and cultural practitioners have new opportunities to deepen their practice, connect with global networks, and showcase the region’s rich artistic voices. The start of a new year is always a moment for reflection, gratitude, and intention, qualities that resonate strongly within the Caribbean art community. Over the past year, Caribbean artists have continued to navigate challenges, explore interdisciplinary approaches, and
Grant Opportunities Closing Soon for Caribbean Creatives
As the year draws to a close, several grant opportunities remain open for Caribbean and international creatives, offering critical financial support across different stages of artistic practice. From emergency relief to unrestricted project funding, these programmes respond to both immediate needs and long term creative development. Creatives are encouraged to review the details carefully and apply ahead of the upcoming deadlines. Creative Resilience Fund Grant Deadline: Dece
David Sykes: Finding Joy in the Everyday and the Unexpected
David creates artworks that explore internet culture, irony, and everyday life. Sometimes, all at once. Working primarily through digital processes, his practice combines humor, observation, and familiar cultural references to evoke moments of joy, even in the unexpected. David Sykes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, "in the 19th century," as he jokingly says. From a young age, he was drawn to art, inspired not by museums or galleries, but by the imagination of his cousin, Camek
Kelly Sinnapah Mary: Painting Presence, Place and Lineage
Where the work is made matters. For Guadeloupean-born artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary, the environment of her studio is inseparable from her practice. “If my studio were elsewhere, my practice would be very different. When I walk into my studio, I hear the crowing of roosters. I feel the sun. I hear my son playing with his cousins.” Her work is rooted in Guadeloupe, shaped by place, daily life and lineage , and engages with a continuous unlearning of colonial worldviews. Through
Cuba in Colour: Leo Morey's Vision
Art has always been a tool to express memory, place and identity, and Cuban artist Leo Morey embraces this with every stroke. His paintings, rich with life and layered with cultural storytelling, serve as a bridge between the home he grew up in and the world he now navigates. Morey’s preferred medium, acrylic on canvas, gives him the freedom to build worlds that feel both nostalgic and vividly present. Born and raised in Cuba, Morey’s artistic voice was shaped by the textures
What the Caribbean Art World Revealed in 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, we look back at what the Caribbean art world gave us. There was no single defining moment or clear turning point. What the year did give us was movement, activity, connection and continuation. The work kept happening, even when attention and support shifted elsewhere. This movement showed up in exhibitions, online spaces, residencies, regional events and collaborations across countries and territories. Artists continued to work with purpose, often wi
Ingrid Pollard and the Question of Belonging
Guyanese-born Ingrid Pollard is a pioneering photographer and media artist whose work has long challenged cultural assumptions about race, identity, and belonging. Born in 1953 in Georgetown, Guyana, and raised in London, Pollard has consistently questioned who is permitted to feel at home within British landscapes, particularly its rural spaces. Her practice centres on visibility, memory, and the quiet politics of place. As a founding member of the Association of Black Photo
Daveed Baptiste and the Power of Cultural Authorship
In a global creative economy still negotiating whose stories are valued, resourced and sustained, Daveed Baptiste’s recent recognition by the CFDA marks a shift in how cultural authorship is being acknowledged and invested in. This is not simply a personal milestone. It is a statement about the growing recognition of diasporic voices as vital cultural and economic forces. Baptiste’s work has long resisted spectacle in favour of substance. Drawing from Caribbean heritage, migr
Supporting Caribbean Artists Beyond Buying Art
Buying art matters. It sustains artists directly, affirms the value of their labour and allows many to continue their practice. For those who are able to buy, it remains one of the most meaningful forms of support. However, not everyone has the financial means to collect art. Limiting support to purchasing alone risks excluding large parts of the community and narrowing how we understand care for culture. Caribalent exists because we believe Caribbean culture is not a commodi
Designing with Nature: Sea Breezes, Light & Local Materials
A visual guide to creating airy, grounded spaces using island climate and natural elements to your advantage In the Caribbean, design is...
A Colour Story: Shades of the Caribbean in Everyday Life
In the Caribbean, colour is not merely visual, it is emotional, cultural and profoundly alive. It clings to walls and dances through...
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