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A photography show called Costumed Faces will be displayed in
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., from July 13 to 23 as part
of the City's annual Caribana celebrations. This exhibition, by
talented photo documentarian Jenny Baboolal, focuses on the
masked faces of children at Carnival time in Trinidad and
Tobago.
Costumed Faces has been on display in the National Museum of
Trinidad and Tobago. The exhibition focuses primarily on the
beauty of the masked faces, but these photographs are not just
painted faces among feathers and beads.
The series of images are a medium for reflection on the whole
process of carnival - from design to jump up.
Another art exhibition, organized by the Association of African
Canadian Arts, celebrates the carnival arts. This show will be
on display at the Royal Ontario Museum from July 23 to August
13. Curated by Joan Butterfield, the show includes 160 works on
canvas as well as parade costumes and bronze and ceramic pieces.
The annual Caribana celebrations in Toronto began in 1967 as a
centennial gift from people of Caribbean origins. The carnival
arts - 'mas, calypso
and steelpan - originated in the celebrations of freed African
slaves and share much in common with the carnival celebrations
of other cultures.
Now in its 43rd year, Toronto's Caribana festival has become a
major international event and is the largest cultural festival
of its kind in North America. The official launch of the 2010
Scotiabank Caribana Festival will take place at noon on
Thursday, July 15 at Yonge-Dundas Square. The Caribana parade
will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 31.
More information is available at
http://www.caribanafestival.com.
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