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Shakirah Bourne
SCRIPTWRITER
Shakirah Bourne is a Barbadian writer, editor
and owner of freelance writing and editing
company, getWrite! She holds a BSc in
Management and Psychology, and in 2010,
Shakirah was awarded a National Development
Scholarship to pursue an MA in Arts & Cultural
Management at Queen Margaret University in
Edinburgh. She was one of ten candidates
selected to participate in a Master of Fiction
Writing Class conducted by the honourable
George Lamming, one of eleven participants
selected for the prestigious Cropper Foundation
Caribbean Writers Workshop 2010 in Trinidad,
selected from applicants all around the
Caribbean and Latin America. Her stories have
won various awards locally and internationally,
and she has been published in many reputable
journals including the Caribbean Writer, POUI,
and Journal of Caribbean Literatures. She has
written scripts and animations for the Caribbean
Digital media Centre (CDMC), UNDP, UN
Women and other international organisations.
She currently holds certificates in Screenwriting
from the Barbados Community College and the
University of Edinburgh. She was a Part-time
Lecturer in Writing Laboratories at the Errol
Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination,
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus,
and has conducted training sessions in
Screenwriting for the National Cultural
Foundation.
Ricky Redman
GRAPHICS AND
IMAGING
Ricardo is currently the CEO and Chief
Creative of Acute Vision Incorporated. In 1991,
he was awarded the first of ten European
Council/Barbados Design Centre Scholarships
and went on to graduate with a BA Hons in
Visual Communication from University of
Central England in 1994. On returning to
Barbados, Ricardo’s early experience was
primarily in design and imaging with specific
experience in Design Management. He spent a
year as a freelance Creative Consultant designing,
producing artwork and consulting. Most of his
work at that time was for the entertainment
industry as a Graphic Designer and
Photographer best known for being accomplished
in the use of state-of-the-art technology.
He co-founded Acute Vision Inc. in November
1995
with his wife Donna, and has led the
growth of the company from a local high-end
design and imaging boutique to one of the most
comprehensive providers of creative, multimedia
and market communications services in the
Caribbean. Acute Vision currently works with a
diverse range of regional and international
clients from corporate, financial and
governmental institutions to tourism and the
entertainment industry. From 2009 to 2012,
Ricardo was also the Creative director of the
Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership and its
LIVE UP Campaign, and for over a decade,
worked primarily as a consultant to most of their
regional and international clients. In 2013, he
shifted focus to charting a new course for their
business by assuming the position of Chief
Creative of Acute Vision Inc.
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