![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kaz-Kweyol-pic-642x342.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dominica\u2019s Kaz Kweyol Productions Ltd<\/strong>\u00a0in collaboration with the Alwin Bully Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0will be hosting the first ever Dominica Artists in Residence Programme at the Old Mill Cultural Centre, Canefield, Dominica from Tuesday 7th<\/sup>\u00a0to Thursday 16th<\/sup>\u00a0November, 2023.<\/p>\n The Artists in Residence Programme<\/strong>\u00a0is a nine-day training exercise organized by Kaz Kweyol Productions Ltd <\/strong>of Dominica in collaboration with the Alwin Bully Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0with funding from the Creative Caribbean <\/strong>– managed by UNESCO, CARICOM and the University of the West Indies (UWI) with funding from ACP-EU. The Residency Programme is aimed primarily at emphasizing ways to preserve Dominica\u2019s rich and vibrant traditional masquerade forms, including the Sennse, Bann Mov\u0117, and Souswel Souwi, and exploring ways of enhancing the techniques and methods for building a sustainable traditional carnival industry.<\/p>\n The Residency will be divided in various segments to allow for sharing of experiences, transfer of knowledge and an opportunity to examine practical solutions for preserving the tradition and building a new ethos for the future development of the art-form as an important aspect of the Dominican and Caribbean carnival sector.<\/p>\n The workshop will be facilitated by a team of leading exponents of the traditional masquerade forms from Trinidad & Tobago, Martinique and New Orleans along with local experts, in mask and costume building. The facilitators are expected to lead the workshop through a series of interventions focusing on the transfer of knowledge and skills in mask-making, costume building and design techniques for traditional carnival costumes, working on practical solutions to building authentic masquerade forms. The workshop will also explore and expose participants to the use of other materials and innovative ways to incorporate traditional forms in the modern\/ contemporary carnival space and to better monetize these forms for the benefit of mas makers and carnival stakeholders.<\/p>\n The workshop is scheduled to run from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 pm each day, except on Saturday 11th<\/sup>\u00a0November (workshop will be from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), while Sunday 12th<\/sup>\u00a0November is a free day for participants. A half-day conference to discuss the \u201cHistorical, Philosophical and Theoretical Underpinnings for the Preservation of the Traditional Costume in Dominica and the Caribbean\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0will be held on Friday 10th<\/sup> November, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica\u2019s Kaz Kweyol Productions Ltd\u00a0in collaboration with the Alwin Bully Foundation\u00a0will be hosting the first ever Dominica Artists in Residence Programme at the Old Mill Cultural Centre, Canefield, Dominica from Tuesday 7th\u00a0to Thursday 16th\u00a0November, 2023. The Artists in Residence Programme\u00a0is…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":311489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,16,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-educationyouth","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n