Our Instructors
Alison West-Martin
1971 – 1975
BA. Honours 3D Design.
Hornsey College of Art. London - England
(now Middlesex University.)
1975 – 1965
Art Teacher’s Certificate.
Hornsey College of Art.
2002 – 2004
M.F.A. in Drawing & Painting
Instituto Allende, Affiliated with University
Of Guanajuato - Mexico
Paintings, drawings and prints of pre-Colombian
Mesoamerican Sculpture and Architecture.
1976 – 1982
Head of Art Dept. / Senior Teacher
Ferncourt High School - St. Ann Jamaica.
1983 – 2006
Design/Drawing Lecturer
School of Visual Arts, Edna Manley College
Kingston, Jamaica.
1989 – present
Design/Drawing Lecturer
Caribbean School of Architecture,
University of Technology - Kingston, Jamaica
January 2002- present
Artifact Illustrator for Department of History and Archaeology
University of the West Indies - Kingston, Jamaica.
She has had extensive group and solo exhibitions in Jamaica, San Miguel Mexico as well as the United States.
Two of her solo exhibitions were “Stairways to Heaven” held in 2004 at the Mutual Gallery in Kingston Jamaica and the Pergola Gallery San Miguel de Allende Gto. Mexico.
Her publications include:
Illustrations for educational CD-ROM of James Lee Collection. Taino ceramics and stone artifacts in conjuction with Dept. of Archaeology. UWI.
Allison Sinclair - Introduction to Ceramics, Fun with Clay
Allison Sinclair is trained ceramic artist and a graduate of the Jamaica School of Art. An external examiner for the Ceramic Department at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts for several years, she has also been called to serve as a judge for the JCDC Fine Arts Competition on several occasions and for other various art competitions both for children, adults and senior citizens.
