Announcing the “Drawing Self-Emancipation” Youth Competition and Exhibition
The HeritEgde Connection Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of the Drawing Self-Emancipation Youth Art Competition and Exhibition. This competition invites young creatives aged 16 to 25 in Barbados to produce artworks that reimagine and reinterpret advertisements for ‘runaway slaves’.
The competition challenges young creatives to disrupt the historical narratives within these notices by reimagining the individuals described not as fugitives, but as self-emancipating people who courageously pursued freedom. Moving beyond the moment of escape, artists are invited to visualize the self-determined futures of these individuals – centering self-empowerment, agency, resistance, and possibility.
Key Dates:
Submission open: 1 June 2026
Submission deadline: 4PM, 30 June 2026.
This is an exciting opportunity for youth to express their perspectives on Barbados’s history and reparatory justice through artistic expression and to further their art career. There will be awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and the opportunity to be exhibited.
For more information on submission guidelines, visit:
Website: https://heritedge.
Instagram: @heritedgeconnection
Or contact us at: connect@heritedge.org
The HeritEdge Connection Inc would be grateful for your support in sharing this opportunity across your network. Attached, you will find an overview of the competition along with a promotional graphic.