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Since 2006, Alice Yard has been a conversation with artists, writers, curators, and other creative practitioners

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Join us for a screening of Cuba in Africa, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Negash Abdurahman as we recognise the historic bonds of solidarity between Cuba and Africa!

We will also be honoring Trinidadian citizens Chad Joseph & Rishi Samaroo, who were extrajudicially killed in our waters by the U.S bombing of their boat on 14 October, 2025. We demand accountability for their murders and reject U.S militarisation in our region!

Wednesday 14 October, 5 pm at Alice Yard.

This is also part of a global historic campaign launched by the Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (CEIA). Libre Sankara @afroaboriginal47 will also be speaking live from Gaza.
Swipe to see donations you can bring, if you are able. We will be sending more supplies to Cuba, and persons can also contribute directly to the CEIA fundraiser.

We recognise the historical power of the arts to inspire popular action. This event aims to mobilise our people to contribute materially to the Cuban people during a time of great need, as they have historically done for us in the Caribbean, Africa, and many people around the world. We stand in solidarity with the Cuban people in their defence of their historic revolution. As Caribbean people who recognise the hard wuk of our ancestors to defeat colonialism, we know it is our duty to defend their historic advances against encroaching imperial power today. We also recognise that this struggle is connected across national borders, oceans, and continents. As our former colonisers work together to uphold and advance the systems of power and control established during their rule, we the people of the region and the world must work together to counter their power, and support our Caribbean and Pan-African family in Cuba as they defend their socialist project. taken in Alice Yard by @aliceyardinsta

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A teaser from my piece "Audacity of Black Water"—featured on @artangel_ldn's newly released album, Earth Rising Vol. II

So heartwarming listening to these works and hearing across continents, how sound echoes through music and language as container and conduit of living and feeling.

@aliceyardinsta @lili_maxx

🎧 Listen to the full track & album via the link in my bio.

#EarthRising #Artangel #AudacityOfBlackWater #NewMusic #TrinidadMusic by @aliceyardinsta

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NEW RELEASE 🌎 Earth Rising Volume II: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot 🌎⁠
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Listen now to the second instalment of Earth Rising, in which artists, poets, writers and musicians re-introduce humanity to itself.⁠
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Featuring @clara.arnaud.ecrivaine, @_duruo_, @grubbymittsband, @mlkwd_, @nitinsawhney, @spatasar, @tarawave, @theresa_lola, @TIMPANAmusic, @tongwenmin, @tlkvox, @wenxinzhang and @zanerodulfo.⁠
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Across four continents, these artists examine how we've been divided and set out to find what pulls us back together. They explore alternate cosmologies, synthesise music from different cultures, reveal the defiance embedded in musical instruments, and cherish connection through everyday acts and rituals. ⁠
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🎧 Listen for free via earth-rising.com for the optimum audio/visual experience, or stream via SoundCloud, Spotify, Tidal and all major streaming platforms. ⁠
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🎟️ To coincide with the release, this autumn we are hosting two live performances with Volume II artists @grubbymittsband and @nitinsawhney. Find details via link in bio. ⁠
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Earth Rising Volume II: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot is commissioned and produced by Artangel. ⁠
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International residency partners for Volume II are: @aliceyardinsta (Trinidad and Tobago), @articasvalbard (Norway), @kiosko_galeria (Bolivia), @mccahonhouse (New Zealand), @organhaus (China) and PARTage (Mauritius).⁠
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🔊 Excerpt from Track 7 from the album, Pagan Ship Funeral Rites by Milkweed. by @aliceyardinsta

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Happy Birthday to Alice Yard!!!

So many fond memories!

#aliceyard #grandersonlab taken in Granderson Lab, Belmont by @aliceyardinsta

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‘Graffiti Unleashed’

Graffiti artists over-run Alice Yard; painting murals and tags all over its walls.

In the early 2000s, roughly from 2005, there was a sudden splatter of creative graffiti in and around Trinidad’s capital. One of the earliest was ‘Louse’ but there were also the works of a wandering artist signed ‘Clinton’, the stark alien social commentary by ‘MANF’, the political works of ‘Spade’, the creative ‘WOB’, and later the prolific taggers ‘Howok’, ‘Konk’, ‘Mky’, ‘Cause’, and others, as well as Artists Sabrina Charran and Cheewah.

In August 2009 Alice Yard, a Woodbrook art space dedicated to contemporary and community art, gave its walls to some of these street artists for ‘Graffiti Unleashed’.

Alice Yard, Woodbrook—24th August, 2009.

@aliceyardinsta taken in Trinidad & Tobago by @aliceyardinsta

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De Yard.

Where it all began 'bout nine years ago. Look how much time pass, eh? And look how much change too.

Happy twentieth anniversary to Alice Yard. That space in Woodbrook is a special place + time in our lives; where strangers 'come friends, and friends 'come family. For the #1000mokos project and the once-weekly 'Sticks in de Yard' sessions, that place is home.

Alice Yard's work continues in Granderson Lab and we wishing twenty more years (and beyond!) of growing communities, passions, contemporary art and artists.

Is ah Love!

#sticksindeyard #aliceyard #trinbago #woodbrook #belmont

📸️ @method_moda taken in Alice Yard by @aliceyardinsta

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Alice Yard is celebrating 20 years.
My video ‘Unease’ was the first screening at their space. I’ve included stills and short clips from the original video.

This space has always been welcoming to artists, especially young ones.

‘Unease’ was originally projected onto a cracked wall at Alice Yard in 2006 in a small enclosed dark room.

It examines the idea of the uncomfortable, with direct reference to the female subject – her body, her societal roles, and the politics of her place within the home.

The satirical eight steps to normalcy – or eight steps to being a natural or ideal woman -emotively depicts the psychological experience of several nameless female subjects, who try to fit themselves into accepted roles that they do not desire, or that they are forced to pursue.

There are ambivalent and some antagonistic representations of female tropes: The Wife, The Slut, The Mother to be, and The Girl.

Female angst is still stigmatized as “bitterness”, rather than seen as a real expression of circumstance, and a call to alleviate inequity.

‘Unease’ is a video installation that screened as part of ‘Visibly Absent’ – a series of exhibitions hosted by ‘GALVANIZE in Trinidad, September to October 2006. Projected in a very dark room, in a small concrete box, it was the first art project to be screened at the Alice Yard Space.

Thank you to @aliceyardinsta and congratulations! by @aliceyardinsta

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No end in sight
Marking 20 years // Tuesday 15 September, 2026
from 6 pm, at Granderson Lab

Dear friends and others,

Sometimes twenty years feels like a very long time, and sometimes it feels like we’re just getting started. What were we thinking? It’s not easy to remember exactly. On 15 September, 2006, when we first welcomed people into a space called Alice Yard, we probably had more questions than intentions. We were interested in possibilities, not obligations. We were curious about who would join us in conversation, in imagining, in making.

Over the past twenty years, we have made many new friends, and drifted away from others. We still feel curious. Often we’re indecisive, and that can sometimes actually be a useful thing. Often it’s exciting to think about all the things we, and others, have done in and around this space. It’s hard to make it all fit into one picture, one equation. That can be a useful thing also. We never had any end in sight. We’re still asking questions about the possibilities, and the possible meanings of, play, friendship, generosity, autonomy.

On Tuesday 15 September, 2026, from 6 pm, we’ll be reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Alice Yard, and sharing some of the objects, actions, and ideas that artists and others have made in conversation with us. Come and join us at our base, Granderson Lab, 24 Erthig Road, Belmont, for a chat, a drink, some music, and to help us remember how we got here, and imagine where we’re heading. (Sorry for the short notice, but as always we move at the speed of our own energy. Also as always, all are invited.)

See you on the 15th?

Sean, Chris, Nicholas, Kriston, Shannon taken in Granderson Lab, Belmont by @aliceyardinsta

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Thinking fondly of my growing relationship with @aliceyardinsta, with so much appreciation for the love and support they continue to give to my practice.

Thank you for all that you do in the spirit of community, and for continuing to nourish the creative energy that flows through your space.

Congratulations on 20 remarkable years, and on all that has been made possible along the way. 🤍

Photography: @jerelramsey by @aliceyardinsta

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Earth Rising Volume II: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot is out Thursday 24 September 🌎🌍

Twelve new commissions from artists, poets, writers and musicians in Bolivia, France, Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, China, and the UK, celebrate the sound of rebellion, movement through grief and life beyond borders.

From glitching folk to experimental steelpan, uncanny orchestras and anthemic choirs, this year’s artists are intent on establishing common ground, whether in the unifying thud of a house beat or the ubiquitous life force of Qi.

Fifty years ago, Carl Sagan and his team sent the Golden Record into space aboard Voyager 1 and 2: a snapshot of humanity for anyone out there who might be listening. Rather than introducing humanity to extraterrestrial life, Earth Rising asks artists to make a new contribution, re-introducing humanity to itself.

This year’s artists look unflinchingly at social justice, environmental collapse and displacement, sending forth new contributions to challenge, enthral and resonate.

Featuring @clara.arnaud.ecrivaine, @_duruo_, @grubbymittsband, @mlkwd_, @nitinsawhney, @spatasar, @tarawave, @theresa_lola, @TIMPANAmusic, @tongwenmin, @tlkvox, @wenxinzhang and @zanerodulfo.

Earth Rising Volume II: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot is commissioned and produced by Artangel.

International residency partners for Volume II are: @aliceyardinsta (Trinidad and Tobago), @articasvalbard (Norway), @kiosko_galeria (Bolivia), @mccahonhouse (New Zealand), @organhaus (China) and PARTage (Mauritius).

🌍 Listen from 24 September at earth-rising.com, and on all major streaming platforms.

🎧 Subscribe to our newsletter at the link in bio to be the first to hear the album.

🔊 Excerpt from track 2 of the album, Audacity of Black Water by Sharda Patasar. by @aliceyardinsta

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Exciting news everyone! We are extending the exhibition days 🥳 For the community, the neighbors, for the ones who didn't get to see it, the ones who want to see it again 🖼️

Our TriniDaDa mailbox is also waiting for that mail art that didn’t make it on time. 📬🐌💌

The exhibition is at Alice Yard, at the Granderson Lab.

Thank you @aliceyardinsta for the love 💚 taken in Granderson Lab, Belmont by @aliceyardinsta

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Unfold 3 by @aliceyardinsta

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