Activity: art exhibition
Start date: Saturday 5th September 2026
End date: Friday 11th September 2026
Opening hours: 11.00 AM to 3.00 pm daily
Venue: Moray House Trust
Admission: Free
This was our third exhibition using cricket bats as a canvas and working at the intersection of sport and art. That was a deliberate choice. Cricket is part of our common cultural canon in the West Indies. Even if we aren’t all captivated by art, most of us watch, talk about and/or participate in cricket.
We asked artists to tell a story, to create a narrative on the bat. We shared
three examples of how stories can be told in different ways. One example is a sculpture, one is a song and one is a poem. The sculpture is an intricate rendering of a cricket match in the Corentyne. The song tells a mythical tale of everyman characters at an informal game. The poem celebrates one West Indian cricketer’s confidence and charisma at the crease: his batting, it suggests, was an extension of his way of being in the world.
The exhibition lasted for one week from Saturday 5th September to Friday 11th September.
Once again, the Gallery also hosted visits from several local schools and children’s homes. Students were provided with a guided tour of the exhibition and a chance to create their own bats, in an initiative sponsored by Republic Bank.
The Gallery extends warm thanks to all of the artists who submitted work for this exhibition, all who visited the exhibition and in particular to those who purchased artwork and took the trouble to share their appreciation with the artists.
