Susan Payetta – Carriacou Museum

The Kalinago History of Wooden Boats

By Susan Payetta | December 19, 2023 - 11:18 am |December 20, 2023 Latest news & updates

Carriacou featured in video produced for Grenada National Pavilion’s “Walking on Water” at 2023 Venice Biennale

Family of Cultural Icon Winston Esau Donates Instrument and Costumes to the Museum

By Susan Payetta | February 12, 2021 - 11:52 am |November 10, 2023 Latest news & updates

Many of us wish it was parang weekend in Carriacou joining with BBH Serenaders singing one of their famous lines, “Camm Flaa wounded but he ain’t dead.” However, it is the day we say our final goodbye to a family man, a leader, a cultural icon and businessman, Mr. Winston … Continue reading →

Passing of former chairman of CHS Stephen Alexander

By Susan Payetta | January 26, 2021 - 12:38 pm |December 20, 2023 Latest news & updates

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It is with great sadness that the executive and members of the Carriacou Historical Society received the news of the passing of Mr. Stephen Alexander, the immediate former chairman of the Carriacou Historical Society and Museum. On behalf of the executive, members and on my own behalf, allow me to … Continue reading →

Museum Temporarily Closed

By Susan Payetta | November 24, 2019 - 3:29 pm |November 10, 2023 Latest news & updates

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Urgent appeal for donations to help fund rebuilding of the Carriacou Museum exhibit area. The Carriacou Museum has experienced an unforeseen and serious termite infestation throughout the museum during July. As a result, the museum is temporarily closed to visitors for repairs and restoration. All artifacts and historical materials had … Continue reading →

Carriacou 1967

By Susan Payetta | June 11, 2019 - 11:23 am |November 10, 2023 Latest news & updates

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In 1967, Dennis Furbush spent a week with a fisherman’s family in L’Esterre where he shot this extraordinary footage. Continue reading →

Maroon Exhibit

By Susan Payetta | June 10, 2019 - 1:57 pm |November 10, 2023 Latest news & updates

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A cultural mainstay of Carriacou is the maroon. A bedrock of the culture, maroon continues to bind communities and unify the island’s citizenry. Annually held at the end of each dry season, it remains a wonderful celebration to share, give thanks for Carriacou’s bounty, and ritually invoke abundance for the … Continue reading →

2019 AGM

By Susan Payetta | June 10, 2019 - 1:41 pm |November 10, 2023 Latest news & updates

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On April 25, 2019, CHS & M held its Annual General Meeting upstairs at the Museum. It was well attended by a broad cross-section of the community: members, local residents and representatives of the government. The pledged support from the Minister of Carriacou & Petite Martinique Affairs, the Honorable Kendra … Continue reading →

CHS & M Project to Present Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”

By Susan Payetta | June 10, 2019 - 1:12 pm |November 10, 2023 Latest news & updates

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For many years Kayaks have embraced the works of William Shakespeare and adapted the themes of power, ambition, and jealousy in segmented presentations of his play, Julius Caesar at Shakespeare Mas’. In an effort to teach the play, CHS & M launched an enactment of Acts I through III of … Continue reading →

Author Archives: Susan Payetta

The Kalinago History of Wooden Boats

Family of Cultural Icon Winston Esau Donates Instrument and Costumes to the Museum

Passing of former chairman of CHS Stephen Alexander

Museum Temporarily Closed

Carriacou 1967

Maroon Exhibit

2019 AGM

CHS & M Project to Present Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”

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