CaFA Fair Barbados 2026, 

Old Spirit Bond, Bridgetown 

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 

Thursday, March 12, 2026: Open 10.30 am – 6 pm;

Film Screening (Arte Congo),

7 pm Arte Congo, film screening and conversation

with Director Arturo Lindsay at

UWI Errol Barrow Center for Creative Imagination

Cinematheque, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados

Dr. Arturo Lindsay is an artist/scholar/educator and Professor Emeritus, Spelman College, Atlanta. He is a native of Colón, a seaport city on the Caribbean coast of the Republic of Panama. His art and scholarly practices are informed by the research he conducts in the African diaspora. His research focuses on the presence of African spiritual and aesthetic retentions, rediscoveries, and reinventions in the African Diaspora.

Friday, March 13, 2026: Open 10.30 am – 8 pm; Caribbean Fashion Showcase - Sustainable Fashion Trends featuring Soul-R Fashion and others TBA, 5 – 7 pm

Saturday, March 14, 2026: Open 10.30 am – 8 pm

• Youth Engagement with comic artist/illustrator Shawn Alleyne
• (begins at 12 noon)
• Paint and Sip with visual artist S. Ross Browne (2 – 3.30 pm)
• Interview and filmography with Actor/Director/Visual artist Tyson Hall (credits include Raising Kanan, The Godfather of Harlem).
• Conducted by Professor Andrew Millington,
• UWI Faculty of Culture, Creative and Performing Arts. (5 pm)

This event will include a 30 – 45-minute discussion on Hall’s journey as an actor and fine arts painter, a 30 – 60 second highlight reel, screenings of upcoming projects, a Q&A, and photo opportunities.

Sunday, March 15, 2026: Open 10.30 am – 6 pm;

• (2 pm) Discussion: Black and Diaspora artists in the Gallery Dynamic
• (panelists TBA) (2 pm)

• (4 pm) Dana McBroom Manno, Artistic Director of PAKA (Passing Ancestral Knowledge Along Theatre Dance Company), performs “JOURNEY”; theatrical excerpts by Dana McBroom Manno, Noel Ntambu Hall, Edgar Nkosi White & Ed Bullins (4 pm).

As a University Professor, Dana has taught Master Classes in theatre and dance, around the world.  Professor McBroom Manno has performed on stages in the U.S., the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and New Zealand. She is honored to represent the Montserrat Arts Council and her home island of Montserrat.

View paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture and installation by

over 40 Caribbean & Diaspora Artists

Gala Opening Tickets – BDS$75 (includes daily re-entry); Daily Tickets - BDS$10 

Students with ID cards and persons 16 years and under – free admission

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