Cito Velasquez: the king-maker
Cito Velasquez, born 1929 The only thing that remains the same is change,” says Cito Velasquez. “Carnival is always changing, and even...
Irvin McWilliams: the man of the people
Irvin McWilliams, born 1920 “To see a McWilliams band is to see an immense ‘action’ painting with the life of humanity breathed into...
The admirals: George Harding & Jason Griffith
George “Diamond Jim” Harding, 1915–1999 & Jason Griffith, born 1927 Traditional sailor mas dates back to the late 19th century,...
Carlisle Chang: the artist
Carlisle Chang, 1921–2001 “Carlisle Chang is in the realm of myth . . . His work — like himself — has a sense of timelessness,...
Stephen Derek: the globetrotter
Stephen Derek, born 1952 Few of today’s bandleaders can claim to have mastered all the traditional costume-design skills that thrived in...
Wayne Berkeley: the showman
Wayne Berkeley, born 1940 “Here was a man who wasn’t bluffing. An artist disdaining the Carnival cliché, the foil stuck on a costume...
Peter Minshall: the dramatist
Peter Minshall, born 1941 “It is doubtful that the work of any single individual has had so instantaneous and so searing an impact on the...
Art buzz (January/February 2004)
A calendar of their own An artist friend once told me the two things he needed most were space to paint and money with which to do so (it...
