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Valda Jackson
Valda Harris (née Jackson; born c. 1959) is a Jamaican-British painter, sculptor and writer. Life Valda Jackson was born in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica. In 1964, aged five, she moved to England with her two sisters to join her parents. The family lived near Birmingham. At school in the 1960s and 1970s, she experienced racism from teachers and pupils. She only studied art after leaving school, attending evening classes at Birmingham's Bournville College of Art to gain A-Levels in art and art history. In 1986 she moved to Bristol to study at Bower Ashton College of Art and Design, where she was the only Black student studying fine art in her year. She has continued to live in Bristol. Jackson is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and has exhibited throughout the United Kingdom. Her first exhibition was at Bristol's Malcolm X Centre. In 1992 and 1993 she was a prize-winner at the Millfield Open Show, and she has also exhibited work at the National Portrait Gallery, Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Saint Thomas, once known as ''Saint Thomas in the East'', is a suburban parish situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, within the county of Surrey. It is the birthplace of the Right Honourable Paul Bogle, designated in 1969 as one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes. Morant Bay, its chief town and capital, is the site of the Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865, of which Bogle was a leader. Representative George William Gordon, a wealthy mixed race businessman and politician from this district, was tried and executed in 1865 under martial law on suspicion of directing the rebellion. Governor Eyre was forced to resign due to the controversy over his execution of Gordon and violent suppression of the rebellion. Gordon was designated in 1969 as a National Hero. Brief history Saint Thomas was densely populated by the Taíno/Arawak when Christopher Columbus first came to the island in 1494. The Spaniards established cattle ranches at Morant Bay and Yallahs. In 1655, when the English c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |