As the Artist Director of Sunshine International Arts his main role in the company is to design, working along side culturally diverse artistes to achieve a high quality project. Ray has many years experience of fashion and costume design working in India, London, Australia and Trinidad. Ray is especially interested in the traditional handicrafts and arts of the area he has worked in looking closely to the artisans and their skills. His preferred medium is textiles, which he feels has…
Studied Set and Costume Design at Wimbledon School of Art. Rajha has over 5 years experience in producing large-scale costumes for the Notting Hill Carnival.
She also freelances in the Masks and Puppets Department of Disney’s Lion King. Stage and Costume designs include The Wall and Love Wars for Cardboard Citizens, Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro Operas for the Beauforthuis, Holland, Brokenville for the Oval House theatre. Tomorrow Never Knows and Chasing at the Hen & Chickens,…
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Tricia Cooney - For over 20 years Tricia has combined costume making, community arts and a love of mythology in her work as an artist, exhibiting wearable art and leather masks and creating large festival performances with community groups.
In 1988, with other artists working in a similar way, a professional street theatre/ theatre of celebration troupe, CIRCUS SOLARUS, was formed.
Tricia was awarded a 2001 - CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP - Research and study tour to look at the carnival…
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Documentation of local craft traditions in Jaisalmer. Swasti has organised artisans for an income generation program. Her work in skilled up gradation in embroidery and product development through a participatory training approach (beneficiary group- 1971 war displaced people).
Field based study of the prevalence of the embroidery technique of SUF in western Rajasthan. An attempt to get closer to the artisan’s expression by understanding the technique and comparing…
…Read MoreThe school specializes in stilt walking, folk dancing, drumming, unicycle riding, juggling and fire eating. The school has students from the ages of 2 years old to 74 years old.
The school is popular for its street art of stilt walkers also known as “Moko Jumbies”. The school has taken part in Trinidad Carnival every year since 1993 and has received many awards for the stilt walkers in Carnivals, Festivals and Workshops throughout the Caribbean such as Tobago, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Grenada,…
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