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Top Indonesian designer to lead Batik workshop
Minister of Culture and Entertainment Olivia Grange (left) greets world-renowned Indonesian fashion designer Indah Darry, who is in Jamaica to lead a free workshop in the art of Indonesian Batik making..
Art & Culture, Entertainment
May 29, 2024

Top Indonesian designer to lead Batik workshop

Indonesian fashion designer Indah Darry is guest of the the
Ministry of Culture and Entertainment to host a free workshop in the art of Indonesian Batik making.

The world renowned designer is known for her ability to seamlessly weave cultural heritage with contemporary design elements.

The workshop — which takes place from May 27 to 29 at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation location at Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston — is being staged by the ministry in association with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia.

Indah Darry has built a reputation in global fashion over the last two decades, showcasing her designs at fashion events including New York Fashion Week, Indonesian Fashion Parade, and Milan — A Thousand Masterpiece.

At a reception last Friday evening, Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange said she was “happy to welcome the very accomplished Indah Darry and her team to Jamaica” and that she was looking forward to the workshop and how Jamaican designers would use the new skill.

Grange thanked the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for facilitating the workshop which falls under her ministry’s economic opportunities programme that has been providing training, certification, grants, equipment and supplies to several communities and groups including villages contiguous to the Blue and John Crow Mountains, Accompong, Port Royal, and members of the Rastafari community.

“We believe that with the right interventions — such as this workshop with top-class trainers — as well as with more coordinated support and investment, we will convert the success of our cultural, creative and sports brand into the kind of hard economic outputs that we require — jobs, growth and competitiveness,” said the minister.

Over 120 Jamaicans will be trained during the workshop, including local trainers who will be able to sustain the programme.

The trainees will participate in a fashion show at the end of the workshop at S Hotel Kingston on May 30.

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