Dodd and PottingerThe Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) has, this year, named 12 recipients of the prestigious Musgrave Medal awarded for achievements in various fields of endeavour - 11 individuals and one cultural group.
Veteran artist David Pottinger and musicial producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, head the list, and will be awarded gold medals for achievements in art and music respectively.
Silver medals will be presented to Brian Heap for drama education, Barrington "Barry" Roy Moncrieffe for dance, and Herbert Denham Repole for architecture, Dr. Arnoldo K. Ventura for science, Joan Marcia Tucker for music education, and the Cari-Folk Singers in the field of music.
In the bronze medal category, Leonard George Daley will be awarded for work in the field of art, and Marilyn Brice-MacDonald and David Augustus Reid for work in the field of music.
Additionally, the Musgrave Youth Award, which will be awarded for the second year, will be presented to Chantal Patrice Ononaiwu for her work in the field of law.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony scheduled for Wednesday October 9, at the Institute's headquarters, 10-16 East Street in downtown Kingston, starting at 3:00 p.m.
A statement from the Institute said that Mr. Reid's award is considered timely, as this year Jamaica celebrates 40 year of Independence.
"His was the voice first recorded for the presentation of our National Anthem for review by Parliament in 1962," the statement from the Institute explains.
Silver medallist Barry Moncrieffe was a founding member of the National Dance Theatre Company in 1962, the year of Independence.
Honouring awardees
In addition to recognising this year's awardees, the Institute also announced that it "will highlight individuals who were awarded medals in 1962, through an exhibition that will be part of the Musgrave Awards event."
These awardees were Lucille Iremonger, silver medallist, for work done in the field of Literature, and bronze medallists Ivanhoe Williams for photography; R.J. Lewin for local history, H.V. Ormsby-Marshall for literature, and Frances Mary Goldworthy for library development. This exhibition is being done in commemoration of Jamaica 40.
The Musgrave Medal, which was conceived in 1889, was intended as a memorial to Sir Anthony Musgrave, former Governor of Jamaica, who founded the IOJ in 1879.
The Board of Governors of the Institute of Jamaica commissioned a medal bearing his name, to be awarded annually.
The medal was designed by well-known British Sculptor, Alfred Toft and according to contemporary records, was first awarded in 1897, originally in recognition of excellence in Art and Craft Competition organised by the Institute.
