{"id":270676,"date":"2021-07-15T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=270676"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:09:29","slug":"earlson-matthew-appointed-acting-chief-cultural-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/earlson-matthew-appointed-acting-chief-cultural-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Earlson Matthew appointed acting Chief Cultural Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_270677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270677\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-270677\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/earlson-matthew-642x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"561\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-270677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlson Matthew, acting Chief Cultural Officer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dominica now has a new acting Chief Cultural Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Earlson Matthew replaces Raymond Lawrence who has worked in that division for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew, who spoke to the media during an interview this week, said he is \u201ctruly excited\u201d about his new position as Acting Chief Cultural Officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that I have a lot to offer and I have also learnt a lot from the people I have worked with in the past, people like Raymond Lawrence, Jacinta David, Gregory Rabess, Ras Mo [Moses],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Matthew, the vision doesn\u2019t really change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is still to preserve, promote and develop culture,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe might have different methods of doing that; it\u2019s a different staff, a different generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThere is always room for improvement, so what we plan to do is make the events a little more appealing to the younger generation and to everybody\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew stated that culture is not for the cultural division; it\u2019s not for the senior generation only, \u201cit\u2019s for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica now has a new acting Chief Cultural Officer. 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