JEFFREY Gamble of Jeffrey Gamble Productions, and Shala Monroque, of Nicey Farms Culture Club are pleased to announce a first-ever new artistic programme launching in Saltibus, “Take your Shot and Frame Your World,” an intriguing photography workshop for the students of the Saltibus Primary School ages 10-12.
The programme mission is to nurture the genius in every child of Saint Lucia, helping to unlock and train their hidden talents in the arts. Inner vision creates outward reality; utilising the magic of the camera students will learn how to connect with self and the natural environment, framing the world as they see it and to communicate that vision to the world at large.
“Take Your Shot: Frame Your World” at the Saltibus Primary School is the first of an ongoing inaugural Photography Programme as part of the curriculum of visual and business arts envisioned by Jeffrey Gamble & Shala Monroque across the island’s Primary Schools. Each workshop is tailored to the specific primary school community.
About the Facilitators
Jeffrey Gamble born in Saint Lucia is an award-winning photographer, visual artist, philanthropist, educator and entrepreneur. At age eight, Gamble developed an interest in drawing and photography on the island. He migrated to the United States in his early teens to attend public schooling in New York City. He studied photography at The Fashion Institute of Technology; soon after he went on photograph celebrities such as DMX and Biggie Smalls. In the last 12 years Gamble has developed Photography programs with the City of New York teaching students how to reconnect with themselves and their community through photography.
Shala Monroque is a cultivator, muse, creative consultant and curator of talent and ideas in the fashion industry, art community and beyond. Born in Saint Lucia, Monroque has advised at Gagosian Gallery and Prada S.p.A. (Milan). She has graced the covers of Town & Country and New York Magazine where she was described as “being a central inspiration for two of this era’s most powerful visual taste makers” [Miuccia Prada and Larry Gagosian]. In 2016, Shala founded Nicey Farms in Saltibus, a regenerative farm residence in St. Lucia; an off-the-grid destination and respite for global creatives from the worlds of fashion, art and technology to reflect, create and innovate.