Partners
The institutions
behind the work.
ArtsEtc's editorial and programmatic work is supported by a network of cultural institutions, foundations, rights bodies, and allied publications across the Caribbean and beyond.
Cultural Institutions
The bodies that anchor literary and cultural life in Barbados.
NIFCA partner
National Cultural Foundation of Barbados
ArtsEtc sponsored the NIFCA Winning Words Anthology for the NCF from 2010–2021 and co-sponsors the Carolle Bourne Award for Literary Innovation.
Teaching partner
Barbados Community College
Robert Edison Sandiford has taught research methods part-time in the Division of Fine Arts at BCC since 2001.
Heritage strategy
Barbados National Commission for UNESCO
Commissioning body for Linda M. Deane's Path to a Heritage Strategy for Barbados (2003).
Foundations & Funders
Programmes and grant-makers backing ArtsEtc's public-facing work.
Grant funder
Commonwealth Foundation
Funder of 4 Love of Barbados — a storytelling and publishing project under the Read2Me-Write4Me umbrella.
Literary prize
Frank Collymore Literary Endowment
Multiple ArtsEtc authors have been recognised by the Endowment, including Linda M. Deane (first prize, 2021).
Rights & Advocacy
The organisations protecting and licensing Caribbean writers' work.
Rights body
The Barbados Copyright Agency (B-COPY)
Linda M. Deane is a founding director; Robert Edison Sandiford is a board member.
Regional licensing
Caribbean Reproduction Rights Organisations' Agency (CARROSA)
Manages the protection and licensing of copyrighted content by Barbadian and Caribbean writers, publishers, and artists.
Allied Publications
Caribbean and diasporic journals that have published ArtsEtc authors.
Literary journal
Bim: Arts for the 21st Century
Long-running Barbadian arts journal that has featured ArtsEtc writers across multiple volumes since 2007.
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Australian poetry journal
Cordite Poetry Review
Published Linda M. Deane in Issue 81: New Caribbean (May 2017).
New York literary collective
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Published The Understanding Between Foxes and Light (2013) featuring ArtsEtc writers.
Regional journal
Moko: Caribbean Arts & Letters
Featured ArtsEtc writers in the Firing The Canon special issue (Nov/Dec 2015).
African-Canadian journal
Kola: A Black Literary Magazine
Montreal-based magazine on which Robert Edison Sandiford serves as associate editor.
Want to partner with ArtsEtc?
We collaborate with cultural institutions, schools, festivals, and allied publications across the Caribbean and the diaspora. Get in touch to talk about residencies, anthologies, and programmes.
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