About Us

The Adventure, Briefly

HISTORY
ArtsEtc Inc. is an independent Barbadian publishing company and cultural resource founded in 2003 by writers Linda M. Deane and Robert Edison Sandiford.

MISSION STATEMENT
To be the premier cultural resource for Barbados, offering readers independent, authoritative, entertaining, and timeless perspectives in words and pictures on all aspects of the nation's arts.

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The NEWSLETTER

A PREMIER CULTURAL GUIDE
From 2003 to 2009, we produced a bi-monthly newsletter called ArtsEtc: The Premier Cultural Guide to Barbados (which we simply call The Premier Guide.) It ran for 25 issues before becoming web-based as artsetcbarbados.com. We had fun doing it! 

 

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ADVENTURES IN EVERYTHING

ArtsEtc Inc. is an independent Barbadian publisher and cultural forum founded in 2003 by authors and literary activists Linda M. Deane and Robert Edison Sandiford.  It provides leading and emerging artists and thinkers spaces to be read, seen and heard.  Through the individual and combined pursuits of its founding directors, ArtsEtc is involved in literary development, education, cultural activism, rights management, and literary event planning. 

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