LAURA FACEY

"HEARTWOOD tells the story of the inner pulse of my work"

Heartwood is Laura’s upcoming monograph spanning 50 years of sculpting. It is a celebration of Laura’s life’s work, an ode to her country of birth, its history and its people.

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PADDLIN’ SPIRIT

DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY Amanda Sans Pantling
PRODUCTION COMPANY – Nice Time Productions
YEAR: 2016

Paddlin’ Spirit is a 30 minute documentary film about Laura Facey whose work explores the indescribable cruelty of slavery but also the resilient nature of the human being.

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LABORATORY OF THE TICKING HEART

Exhibition, 2022

GUIDE MY WAY HOME

Laboratory of the Ticking Heart Exhibition, 2022

THREE GRACES

Laboratory of the Ticking Heart Exhibition, 2022

LAND OF LOOK BEHIND

Laboratory of the Ticking Heart Exhibition, 2022

THE TEAM

Melda Dalling And The St Ann Senior Citizen’s Cultural Group

Melda Dalling And The St Ann Senior Citizen’s Cultural Group Sanctifying Laura’s Art Work titled GUIDE THEIR WAY HOME, 2022, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston

TALISMAN THE GOAT / TALISMAN LA CABRA

Excerpts read in English, Braille and Spanish by Riley Cooper, Kiran Lopez Moleon, Destiny Morrison, Keino King and Aidan Lopez Moleon.

Sponsored by IDB (Inter-American Development Bank)

CEIBA

2016, cottonwood, cow skins, metal, rope, cedar, 30ft.

RADIANT COMBS

New work by Laura Facey, directed by Melinda Brown, producer Marie Bruce, director of Photography William Richards, edited by iSHAC A ZULU.

Music by Melda Dalling and the St Ann Senior Citizens Cultural Group. 2012

THEIR SPIRITS GONE BEFORE THEM

Videography by Tony Patel, 2006. Editors Ramone Wynter, iSHAC A ZULU

Music: Della (vocals), Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith (guitars & bass), Uziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson (percussion) Composer & Arranger: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith. Note: This music production is owned by Paul Banks t/as Firehouse Red Productions.

AWAKENING

Performance Piece arranged by Laura Facey

Singers – Melda Dalling and the St Ann Senior Citizens Cultural Group, Dancer with Yabba – Jennifer Lee, photographed by Olivia McGilchrist, 2004

MAKING OF REDEMPTION SONG

Videography Colin Young, multimedia Michael Robinson, 2002 – 2003

Heartwood

"HEARTWOOD tells the story of the inner pulse of my work"

HEARTWOOD will be published in 2026 by the Mill Press. This series of essays by Annei Errey details 50 years of Laura’s journey, how her artwork has healed her and beyond. Keep up-to-date on the release.

Read BETWEEN THE GRAIN, an introductory essay for the monograph by Kerry Chen
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Talisman the Goat, 1976

Written & Illustrated by: Laura Facey

This is a bilingual story, in English and Spanish, about Talisman a very unusual goat, who leaves his home, on Goat Island, to go in search of fresh water. He traverses extraordinary landscapes to finally arrive at Fresh Water Cave. There he encounters Alcos. But who is Alcos? – a delightful Jamaican environmental tale, beautifully illustrated.
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Chairworm and Supershark, 1992

Written by: Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Illustrations by: Laura Facey

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Radiant Earth, 2014

RADIANT EARTH is an interactive digital publication featuring the artwork of Jamaican artist Laura Facey.

Published by Elizabeth Beecher Publishing

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Paddlin’ Spirit, 2014

Presented at the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, UK on 19th July 2014 and presented again in Kingston, Jamaica on 29th September 2014.
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