Poster Monday: Women in Reggae Music

Poster Monday: Women in Reggae Music

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Poster Monday: Women in Reggae Music

We present the first poster spot of August, “Women in Reggae Music” that belongs to Zuo Biao Peng (AK Bill) from Hong Kong, China. AK Bill is a designer whose posters have been awarded and selected in a large number of collections and contests such as: Reggae Shadows After Dark International Poster Contest / 1st place, 1st USA Intercontinental Poster Competition / Silver Prize, Korea IOAF Asia ACS International Ocean Art Festival / Bronze Conch Award, Hong Kong Global Design Award / Bronze Award, National Art Exhibition / Bronze Award (Art), GDC Award 2021/ Merit Award,The 14th Poland ART MOVES International Billboard Art Festival / TOP 15, 2021 Typography Day Poster Design Competition / TOP 25 and many more.

“Women have long been the driving force behind reggae music.Music is equal and women can enjoy and experience the same. The distinguished careers of these women were critical to the development and expansion of Jamaica’s greatest cultural export. they Spread the great truths of love and peace, anti-war, and racial equality to the world with lively reggae music” tell us Zuo Biao Peng.

If you would like to learn more from AK Bill and his work visit his facebook  and remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

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Competition: International Reggae Poster Contest

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Competition: International Reggae Poster Contest

The International Reggae Poster Contest has announced their 7th annual poster competition. After 6 successful annual competitions (2011-2018), the International Reggae Poster Contest is now biennial.

Competition dates are as follows:
Submissions open: November 1, 2019.
Submissions close: March 1, 2020. No extension will be given.
Voting dates: March 15 to April 20, 2020.
Announcement of winners: May 1, 2020

The Jury panel will be announced shortly.

Theme of the contest:
Reggae Music: Messages from Jamaica to the World.

In the world of design and the arts, there are many poster competitions. Some focus on music, such as jazz and rock; and others on social awareness. But there is only one competition worldwide on reggae music. One of the reasons this music has spread across the globe is because reggae speaks to our heart and our mind about a wide range of social and political issues. For this 7th contest,  we would like entries to focus on the messages that reggae and all the other genres of  Jamaican popular music music are spreading globally.  We are looking for creative visual expressions that capture the energy and the vibe of Jamaican culture, at home and internationally.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 7th edition of the International Reggae Poster Contest 2020 will open for entries on November 1st, 2019 (12am EST time), and will run until March 1st, 2020 (12am EST time).  No extension will be given. The top 100 posters will be selected by a jury panel comprising international design professionals.

Organizers: International Reggae Poster Contest

If you would like to learn more about this exhibition take a look at their website.

For more more news and information about posters please visit our news page here.

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Exhibition: International Reggae Poster Contest

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Exhibition: International Reggae Poster Contest

The International Reggae Poster Contest is currently exhibiting some fantastic posters at the National Gallery in Jamaica. The show features winning reggae-inspired posters from the sixth International Reggae Poster Contest which feautures 101 posters from 1,060 entries.

The aim of the poster competition is to build awareness about reggae music, and to establish a world-class “Reggae Hall of Fame Museum and Performance Centre” in Kingston, Jamaica. It also strives to help raise global awareness for Alpha Boys’ School, an institution for underprivileged youths in Kingston, Jamaica.

Exhibition:
This exhibition runs until May 26, 2019

Organizers:
International Reggae Poster Contest

If you would like to learn more about this exhibition take a look at their website.

For more more news and information about posters please visit our news page here.

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Exhibitions: International Reggae Poster Contest

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Exhibitions: International Reggae Poster Contest

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The International Reggae Poster Contest is organizing two great exhibitions that will feature winning reggae-inspired posters from their 2016 competition. The Art of Reggae Exhibition is being held in the departures terminal at the Sangster International Airport in Jamaica. The display will feature 100 posters from the annual contest. The Freestylee Roots exhibition will be the second organized event taking place at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. This show will feature politically engaged posters from Michael Thompson who was the co-founder of the International Reggae Poster Contest.

The 2016 International Reggae Poster Contest that had 1270 entries submitted by 748 graphic designers from 75 nations. The aim of the poster competition is to build awareness about reggae music, and to establish a world-class “Reggae Hall of Fame Museum and Performance Centre” in Kingston, Jamaica. It also strives to help raise global awareness for Alpha Boys’ School, an institution for underprivileged youths in Kingston, Jamaica.

Exhibition Schedule – Art of Reggae Exhibition:
17th Nov. 2017 (Sangster International Airport) – Opening at 5pm

Exhibition Schedule – Freestylee Roots:
18th Nov. 2017 – 26th Nov. 2017

Organizers:
International Reggae Poster Contest

If you would like to learn more about this exhibition take a look at their website.

For more more news and information about posters please visit our news page here.

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Exhibition: Art of Reggae

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Exhibition: Art of Reggae

Art of Reggae Exhibition
For the first time, winners from the 5th International Reggae Poster Contest will be exhibiting their posters in the Ostroda Reggae Festival this August in Poland. The Art of Reggae Exhibition features 40 reggae-inspired posters that were created by artists from across the globe. This show will be a celebration of reggae music reflected through the vibrant works of design and illustration. All of the posters were carefully selected from the 2016 International Reggae Poster Contest that had nearly 7000 poster entries for the competition. The aim of the poster contest is to build awareness about reggae music, and to establish a world-class “Reggae Hall of Fame Museum and Performance Centre” in Kingston, Jamaica. It also strives to help raise global awareness for Alpha Boys’ School, an institution for underprivileged youths in Kingston, Jamaica. The exhibition will take place on Friday 11th August at the Chamber Room of the Ostróda Amphitheatre.

Exhibition Schedule:
11th Aug. 2017 – 13th Aug. 2017

Organizers:
Ostroda Reggae Festival, International Reggae Poster Contest

If you would like to learn more about this exhibition take a look at their website.

For more more news and information about posters please visit our news page here.

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Poster Monday: Poster Monday: Reggae Peace

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Poster Monday: Poster Monday: Reggae Peace

Today, we present the poster “Reggae Peace” by Carlo Cadenas. Carlo is a graphic designer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born in Baruta and grew up in San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela. He studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at Instituto de Diseño Darias, and Advertising at Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt, both in Venezuela. When he moved to Buenos Aires, Carlo worked at Tribal DDB Argentina, and afterwards decided to go on working freelance. His posters have been exhibited in the Global Biennale of Graphic Design (Golden Bee), International Poster Biennial in Mexico, Lahti Poster Triennial, International Reggae Poster Contest, Typography Day, Show Us Your Type and others. His typography work has received the Type Directors Club Award with the Certificate of Typographic Excellence, the LAD Award and the CLAP Award.

The poster “Reggae Peace” we are featuring for this Poster Monday edition was created for the International Reggae Poster Contest. The poster depicts a symbol of peace – the “White Dove”, but this bird is not only a symbol of global peace, it also represents the bird of Reggae Peace. According to Carlo, “When we are in the presence of a feeling of serenity and calm it is because something helps us get there. That mood raises the best intentions in people, expresses our true thoughts and helps the acceptance of a reality that inspires the best change. When we hear music, we do so for many reasons, because we like it, because we identified with it, because it interprets us and it helps us to know ourselves. Music can inspire us with rhythms and launch us into a state of inner and outer joy. Reggae is the music of thoughts, the melody of the soul and the tune of words. It is the melody that inspires us to serenity, compassion, understanding and peace, because when we are in the presence of Reggae music, we are in true peace, we are feeling the Reggae Peace”.

If you would like to know more about Carlo Cadenas visit his behance account. If you would like to submit a poster to be featured on Poster Mondays find all the info you need to participate on our submissions page.

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Music, love, positive vibes – winners of Reggae Poster Contest

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Music, love, positive vibes – winners of Reggae Poster Contest

Earlier this month the winners of the 2014 International Reggae Poster Contest were announced on the contest’s Facebook page. We are totally in love with the fresh and colourful posters that were chosen for this third edition of the competition. The jury chose 100 winners and 22 honorable mentions, as well as their top five posters.

The top 5 winners were:

  1. Andreas Wikström, Sweden
  2. Avi Marciano, United States
  3. Dariush Allahyari, Iran
  4. Lucie Blazevska, Czech Republic
  5. Luis Daniel Pérez, Mexico

Poster Poster congratulates all the selected designers. If you want to check the rest of submissions and know more about authors – visit the website of the competition.

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Reggae Poster Exhibition at SRE

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Reggae Poster Exhibition at SRE

The International Reggae Poster exhibition opened last week at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Relations (SRE) in Mexico City. The inauguration was conducted by Vanessa Rubio Márquez, Assistant Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sandra Grant Griffiths, Jamaica ambassador in Mexico.

Reggae is one of the most important cultural events in Jamaica and a stamp of his influence abroad . This genre is also important element contributing to the identity of the people of Jamaica, which has led the government of that country to promote its inclusion in the list of intangible cultural heritage of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The competition is organized every year in Jamaica during February to commemorate the ” Reggae Month ” to highlight the globalization of this genre and its positive impact internationally. The exhibition, jointly organized by the Embassy of Jamaica in Mexico and the Foreign Ministry , will be open until 7 March. You can see pictures and more information about the exhibition here. The international Reggae Poster Competition is currently open for entries for it’s 2014 edition. Find all the information on their website.

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