Helping hand for artists

DEVELOPMENTAL programmes are being put in place to help artists to hone their skills.
 Prime Minister Freundel Stuart announced this at the opening  of the Writers’ Ink Bim Literary Festival and Book Fair  at the Walcott-Warner Theatre, Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, Wednesday night.
The event also saw the bestowing  of the inaugural Writers’ Ink Lifetime Achievement Award  on three outstanding Barbadian educators and authors George Lamming, Austin “Tom” Clarke  and Kamau Brathwaite. Lamming  and Clarke were on hand to collect their awards, while Brathwaite was represented by his wife Beverley.
The awards were presented  by the Prime Minister, who said  his government was mindful of its responsiblities in developing  a society and the crucial role  the arts played.
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