Skip to main content

What Happened When Haiti’s Creatives Gathered in Port-au-Prince

Haiti’s Millennial creatives showcased their talent over the weekend in Port-au-Prince during the second edition of Living Hart. An initiative of fashion designer and philanthropist Gayel”Cutiega” Pierre, Living Hart had its first edition in May. This initial expo was so popular, the founder decided to hold one for the month of July at the venue Yanvalou, located in Pacot, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.

The Second Edition featured entertaining performances by Akoustik and K’Zino, two bands emerging out of Haiti and was hosted by musician Badikamal. DJ Nos was on hand to rock the crowd. Haiti’s Millennial creatives from every imaginable creative sector made their presence felt: photography to visual arts to the performing arts.

Living Hart Haiti
An attendee sits down as her portrait is drawn by one of Haiti’s creatives. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Living Hart-painter

Scenes like this were the essence of Living Hart. An artist doing a live mural, as attendees watched. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Living Hart Haiti
Two attendees are all smiles. Living Hart t-shirt on deck.

Haiti's Millennial creatives showcased their talent over the weekend in Port-au-Prince during the second edition of Living Hart

Participants Ralph St. Fleur and Jetlo on the scene. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Living Hart-Cutiega

The woman of the hour herself…Ms. Gayel “Cutiega” Pierre. [Photo Credit: Ganderson Lebref/Elma’s Flaco]

Living Hart allows her to promote the talent of her fellow creatives, whose opportunities to showcase themselves are thought to be intermittent at best. Now that Living Hart Haiti has concluded, the creative entrepreneur has plans to do launches in a U.S. city—most likely Miami.

Culture, Creatives, Gathered, Haitis, Happened, PortauPrince
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

10 Questions With Singer-Songwriter Mikaelle Cartright

Mikaelle Cartright has a voice that’s like tropical silk. The New York-born, singer-songwriter has a jazzy style that recalls the styles of singers like Anita Baker with a little hint of Shirley Bassey. How did she develop her jazzy style? What role do her parents play in her support system as a singer-songwriter? Read on to find out. Kreyolicious: Your name is Mikaelle, no doubt stemming from the name Michael, which means Who Can Be Like God ? What is the most extraordinary thing that’s happened to your life that has had you saying the same phrase? Mikaelle Cartright: Correct, my name means “Who is like God”. My existence causes me to ask that constantly. My birth was a miracle. My mother almost lost me. She was placed on bed rest somewhere around the fourth month. The muscles of her uterus were giving out and the doctor said I was going to just fall out. The medication, some hormone treatment, was barely available and when Baby Doc fell, it was chaos. My mother was, thank God, ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Haiti’s First Lady of Rap, and Hip Hop Kreyol?

Eunide Edouarin—the Haiti-based rapper more popularly known as Princess Eud —doesn’t like to do interviews. “When I’m being interviewed,” the raptress contends, “I have so many things going on my head at the same time that I sometimes answer questions they never asked me, and I’m kinda shy.” Yet shyness is a quality that very few would identity with Edouarin. Take a performance for example in which the self-described homebody held her own alongside CaRiMi , one of the most popular Haitian pop bands on the market, during one of her first big performances in New York. Slithering sexily onstage, the singer-rapper rapped effortlessly on the band’s hit “Fanm Nan Move”, before dissolving into a verse of her own song “Hey” . It’s utter confidence and bravado that shines through; no signs of timidity. Edouarin is a self-proclaimed traditional girl, but her start in the Haitian rap music game was far from conventional. While hanging at a local radio station in Port-au-Prince, she was invite...
Post a Comment
Read more

Kreyolicious Interview: Mia Lopez, Publicist/Entrepreneur

Mia Lopez is the CEO and President of M.I.A. Media, Inc, a public relations firm based in Miami that caters to the Haitian entertainment industry. Lopez is a low-key person, but among her peers and industry insiders, her work doesn’t go unnoticed. Of her, Patrick Desvarieux, the founder of Kompa Magazine, said: “She is a natural. A people’s person. One of the best at what she does. A master of her craft.” Nick Jean of KalePwa.com calls her a pioneer. “She helped take the Haitian Community into modern times [in terms of her public relations work],” he contends. After being in the mainstream music industry, singer-songwriter Mickael Music wanted to enter the Haitian music market with her Bel Project, but wanted to go about it the right way. She recalls, “I asked around, ‘Who is the best PR marketing person in the Haitian music industry’? For the people that even knew what that meant all said, “Mia Lopez”, as if she [had] created the title in the Haitian music industry. When I say “ev...
Post a Comment
Read more