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Arts & Craft association to open central shopping plaza
In recognizing that Guyanese local artists are faced with the daily and
The location where the shopping plaza is to be erected
overwhelming challenge of marketing their produce, the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association (GACPA) has opted to open a central shopping plaza, where artists from all across the country can go to sell their produce.
About one year ago, former President Bharrat Jagdeo met with executive members of the GACPA to discuss ways forward. The Association was awarded the old Transport and Harbours building obliquely opposite to the Municipal Abattoir on Water Street, Kingston in Georgetown. They were asked to restore and use this premises for the association’s central location. A subvention of $10M was awarded to commence construction which is totaled at $190M. An additional $10M was awarded as a part of the rotating fund.
Ms. Denzil Hollingsworth, President of GACPA, told Kaieteur News that the association has big plans for the three-storey building which will not only house the shopping area, but a roof garden, as a part of income generation as well.
In addition to this, the building will also house a Secretariat and a board room.
Cognizant that the first step in keeping apace with the world’s academic and technological advancements is by working to improve their literacy skills, the members underwent a two-phased administrative training which will help them develop and later exercise various management skills, enabling them to manage the secretariat professionally.
Kaieteur News understands that members of the Board of Directors have already been placed, and are to be engaged.
“We could not have managed this project with the knowledge we had. We had to open ourselves to growth,” Hollingsworth said.
The woman added that the perfectly architected state-of-the-art building along with the new and enormously improved managerial structure will see tremendous improvement for local artists, craftsmen and pottery makers. It will also instill some confidence in young and aspiring artists.
The project is to be completed within a five-year time span, with every necessary amenity.
Meanwhile, GACPA’s key contributors, Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO) and the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), were also on board with a three-week ceramics workshop which ended earlier this month. The venture attracted participants from all across the country, and was administered by Canadian volunteer Rhonda Green, who taught the participants the distinct art of pottery with an emphasis placed on the use of locally produced materials.
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