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The International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100 winners of its 9th Reggae Poster Contest on the theme of Jamaican Roots of Hip-Hop. On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in 2023, the International Reggae Poster Contest celebrates the innovative Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool Herc, who laid the foundation of the genre.…

The International Reggae Poster Contest announces its 9th call for entries. The theme of this year’s contest: Jamaican roots of hip-hop. Check out the Brief and How to Participate.

On Saturday July 1, 2023 the National Gallery of Jamaica successfully hosted its third auction for the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) in support of The Alpha Institute. The auction consisted of the top one hundred posters that were featured in the 29th Art of Reggae Exhibition. Also auctioned were nine posters from Maria Papaefstathiou’s The Queens of Reggae Series, which…

On Saturday July 1, 2023 the National Gallery of Jamaica will be hosting a charity auction of the posters from The 29th Art of Reggae Exhibition and Maria Papaefstathiou’s The Queens of Reggae series. The event will mark the closing of the exhibition and all proceeds will go towards The Alpha Institute. The event begins…

The International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100 winners of our 8th Reggae Poster Contest on the theme of Women in Reggae Music. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary and Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence, the IRPC contest honours women in and of reggae and all other genres of Jamaican popular music. We…

The International Reggae Poster Contest® extended the submissions of posters for Women In Reggae. New Deadline: April 15, 2022. The Mission of the contest: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame – Celebrating Great Jamaican Music OBJECTIVE: The objective of the International Reggae Poster Contest is to build awareness for positive reggae music and to celebrate…

The International Reggae Poster Contest® was launched in 2011 and received more than 1150 posters created by 678 designers from 80 countries. In the world of design and the arts, there are many poster competitions. Some focus on music, such as jazz and rock; and others on social awareness. But there is only one competition…

The Art of Reggae Exhibition is a successful collaboration between Positive Vibration and the International Reggae Poster Contest. The exhibition, which supports the Alpha Boys’ School in Kingston, Jamaica, showcases 100 reggae-inspired posters designed by illustrators & artists from all over the world, including Jamaica, Iran, Ghana, Brazil, Russia, the U.S, China, the UK and beyond. As well…

The International Reggae Poster Contest and VP Records are pleased to announce the top 100 winners of our limited-edition poster competition on human trafficking, ”Shadows After Dark.” The competition was launched on November 27th, 2020 to highlight the consequences of human trafficking and advocate for its prevention. The recruiting, transporting, transferring, receiving and harbouring of…

The Intl. Reggae Poster Contest announces that the “Shadows After Dark – Human Trafficking” closed with 2190 entries by 1157 Designers from 70 countries! The voting procedure started on Monday, 7, June and it will take place on the following dates: ➡ Pre-Selection: 7 June – 22 June 2021 ➡ Final Selection: 5 July –…

Shadows After Dark – INTERNATIONAL POSTER COMPETITION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING The recruiting, transporting, transferring, receiving and harbouring of a person by force, coercion or other means for the purpose of exploitation are all gross violations of human rights. Human trafficking is a reality in Jamaica and worldwide. The two main forms of human trafficking in…

After the cancellation of North Miami’s 1st Annual Caribe Arts on November 20, 2021, due to bad weather in Miami, the International Reggae Poster Contest is happy to announce that the exhibition will take place on January 22, 2022. North Miami’s 1st Annual Caribe Arts host the 28th Art of Reggae exhibition and the Shadows…

After we successfully auctioned nine posters earlier this year, we are back with another beautiful bang! International Reggae Poster Contest supports Help Jamaica! and donates 20 beautiful posters from the winning posters of the Competition, 2020. We are auctioning the posters. Each poster got a very unique style, so there should be one for everybody’s taste.…

The International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100+1 winners of our 7th Contest. 667 designers participated this year, sending 1100 posters from 79 countries. The contest comprised Professional and Student categories. Of the 100 winners, 60 are in the Professional category and 40 are Students. In addition, there’s the Grand Winner.   And…

We hope everyone is keeping healthy amidst the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. In the light of this epidemic, IRPC is also taking precautions, which resulted in delays in the progress of our competition and caused delays to have the winners on May 1, as promised. We are doing everything possible to announce the results…

The International Reggae Poster Contest announces its 7th call for entries. Main theme of the contest: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame: Celebrating Great Jamaican Music. The theme of this year’s contest: Reggae Music: Messages from Jamaica to the World. In the world of design and the arts, there are many poster competitions. Some focus on…

After 6 successful annual competitions (2011-2018), the International Reggae Poster Contest is now biennial. Today, we announce the 7th Call for entries. Competition dates are as follows: Submissions open: November 1, 2019. Submissions close: March 1, 2020. No extension will be given. Voting dates: March 15 to April 20, 2020. Announcement of winners: May 1,…

The National Gallery of Jamaica came alive for the gallery’s Last Sundays programme June 30 which began with Sparrow Martin and the Ska Sonics blessing the place with wonderful music and knowledge. And then,150 people filled the the lower and upper gallery for the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) auction. Benefiting the Alpha Institute School of Music,…

The Alpha Institute is pleased to announce limited edition International Reggae Poster Contest prints will be available to the public using Alpha’s online store. Proceeds will support Alpha’s educational and vocational programmes. The new “IRPC Limited Edition Alpha Prints” series of poster art is made possible by the International Reggae Poster Contest and its partners,…

Welcome to the 25th Art of Reggae Exhibition, showcasing the 101 top-ranking entries in the 6th International Reggae Poster Contest! It is a great pleasure for me to be here today at the National Gallery of Jamaica, 7 years after our very first exhibition was mounted in this space. I must thank Geoff Lewis of Paperboy…

In 2012, for the first time in its almost 40-year history, the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) hosted an exhibition of poster art. It was a coup. As was to be expected, there were initial reservations about the elitist gallery descending to the level of pop art. It is certainly true that, in recent years,…

On Tuesday February 12, 2019 the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) will be opening the 25th Art of Reggae Exhibition held by the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC). At the NGJ, we will have the top 100 designs on view, in addition to the winning 2018 entry by Vinicio Sejas of Bolivia. The posters in…

WORLD’S LARGEST INDEPENDENT REGGAE LABEL VP RECORDS CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY Keepers of the genre to mark the occasion with year-long celebration NEW YORK, NY – VP Records, the world’s largest reggae music company, announces a year-long calendar of activities in celebration of its 40 years in the United States. The year will feature a variety of…

The International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce that the 24th Art of Reggae exhibition will be held in Jamaica. It will be hosted by MBJ Airports, operator of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The exhibition opens in the departure terminal on November 30, 2018. The exhibition will feature the top 100 posters from…

This year, BASS celebrates the golden anniversary of Reggae music by focussing on the global impact of the genre. Concerts, film screenings and other events will take place throughout October. Some of Reggae’s biggest names from Jamaica and the UK will perform including Toots and the Maytals, Freddie McGregor and Carrol Thompson. A highlight of…

We wish to inform all designers that the Contest will now be biennial, not annual, as in the past. The 7th Call for entries will be announced at the start of 2020. In 2019, the Contest will celebrate 6 successful years. We will continue to host exhibitions showcasing the best posters produced since the inception…

For the first time, the Reggae Jam Festival will host the ”Art of Reggae” exhibition. It will showcase 60 reggae-inspired posters, designed by illustrators & artists from all over the world for the 6th International Reggae Poster Contest, 2017-2018. The launch of the exhibition takes place on Friday, 3rd August 2018 at the Bersenbrücker Klostergarten…

The IRPC and its co-founder Maria Papaefstathiou invited 50 designers from 27 countries to participate in the first Cannabis Poster Exhibition. 43 posters were submitted and were exhibited at the BALKANNABIS EXPO in Athens, Greece, on June 1-3, 2018. The EXPO is an international trade fair and conference on medical cannabis and hemp applications. More…

The 6th International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100+1 winners of the 2017-2018 contest. This year, we received 1060 posters from 68 countries. The top 100 winners were divided into two categories. The Professional with 60 winners and Student with 40 winners and we also added one more winner, the Grand Winner. On the…

NEWS ALERT! DEADLINE EXTENDED New deadline date: March 20th, 2018 The International Reggae Poster Contest, ​on December 1st, 2017, announced its 6th annual call for entries for social communication reggae poster designs. The goal is simple: create a poster about Reggae Music – the rest is up to your imagination. Feel free to explore topics…

Theme: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame: Celebrating Great Jamaican Music. CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 6th edition of the International Reggae Poster Contest 2017 will open for entries on December 1st, 2017 (12am EST time), and will run until March 1st, 2018 (12am EST time). The 100 best posters will be selected by a jury panel comprising…

We are pleased to announce that the International Reggae Poster Contest is organizing the 20th Art of Reggae exhibition and the Freestylee Roots exhibition in Jamaica. The 20th Art of Reggae exhibition The 20th Art of Reggae exhibition will be hosted by MBJ Airports, operator of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The exhibition opens in the departure terminal…

The 19th International Reggae Poster Contest Exhibition, “The Art of Reggae,” opened on August 11, 2017 in Ostróda, Poland. Hosted by the Ostróda Reggae Festival, the exhibition showcased 40 winning posters from the 5th International Reggae Poster Contest 2016. Photos by Rastatrooper The exhibition was one of the highlights of the Ostroda Reggae University. To…

For the first time, Ostróda Reggae Festival will host the Art of Reggae Exhibition. The exhibition, which supports the Alpha Boys’ School in Jamaica, will showcase 40 reggae-inspired posters, designed by illustrators & artists from all over the world for the 5th International Reggae Poster Contest, 2016. The launch of the exhibition will take place…

Montego Bay, Jamaica, 5 June 2017 // Sangster International Airport operator MBJ Airports is pleased to announce it will host an awards ceremony and exhibition for the annual International Reggae Poster Contest on 17 November 2017. The exhibition will feature the top 100 posters from the fifth annual contest, selected from among 1,270 entries submitted…

This year sees the return of The Art of Reggae Exhibition to Liverpool – a successful collaboration between Positive Vibration and the International Reggae Poster Contest. The exhibition, which supports the Alpha Boys’ School in Jamaica, will showcase 100 reggae-inspired posters, designed by illustrators & artists from all over the world. You’ll also be able…

Acclaimed Greek Designer and Mobay Students link MBJ Airport Ltd. facilitates design lecture for U.W.I. Students On Monday May 8, 2017, The University of the West Indies, Mona-Western Jamaica Campus was host to Greek Visual Artist and Blogger Maria Papaefstathiou under the auspices of Sangster International’s MBJ Airports Ltd. The talk served as part career…

The 5th INTERNATIONAL REGGAE POSTER CONTEST is pleased to announce the top 100 winners of the 2016 contest. The top three winners were successful in securing the Award for Best-designed Reggae Posters 2016. This year, we received 1270 posters by 748 designers from 78 countries! This extension of the contest’s reach is particularly impressive every…

In celebration of the UK premiere of One Love: The Bob Marley Musical, we present an exciting exhibition of the 30 most iconic posters of Bob Marley from the International Reggae Poster Competition. Come along to Birmingham Repertory Theatre to experience the extraordinary life of one of music’s greatest legends through art from around the…

We received 1270 Entries by 748 Designers from 75 Countries! The IRPC is proud for the entries received and we Thank you all for your participation! The voting procedure will start on Friday, 17th February and it will take place on the following dates: ➡ Pre-Selection: 17 February – 3 March 2017: ➡ Final Selection:…

We are excited to announce a generous new prize offer from the International award-winning type foundry PARACHUTE, based in Athens, Greece. The package of fonts worth 500€ will be awarded to the First Place winner in the 2016 International Reggae Poster Contest. Their fonts have been use in International branding campaign, such as Bank of America, European Commission, Emirates, Adidas Group, Nike, and European Football Association.…

Theme: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame: Celebrating Great Jamaican Music. CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 5th edition of the International Reggae Poster Contest 2016 will open for entries on November 1st (12am EST time), and will run until January, 31st, 2017 (12am EST time). The 100 best posters will be selected by a jury panel comprising…

Activist and artist Michael Thompson, also known as Freestylee, Artist without borders, died at his home, August 15, 2016 of a heart attack, according to the coroner’s result. He was 58. Born in Kingston, Jamaica lived for more than 25 years in the small city of Easton in Pennsylvania, United States. He studied graphic design…

1st June – 15th June 2016 Constellations, 35-39 Greenland Street, Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, L1 0BS Free admission (entry is subject to venue opening times and other events taking place at the venue) The International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) and Positive Vibration, Liverpool’s Festival of Reggae, are to host The Art of Reggae Exhibition, featuring 100…

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At Last, the Results for the Final Round: The 4th International Reggae Poster Contest is pleased to announce the top 100 winners of the 2015 contest. The top three winners were successful in securing the Award for Best-designed Reggae Posters 2015. This year, we exceeded the number of posters submitted in each of the previous…

Senator the Hon. Arnold J. Nicholson, QC, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs presents a cheque for US$500 to Joshua Chamberlain, Director of Special Projects at the Alpha Boys’ School on Wednesday, October 28 at the Ministry’s New Kingston Headquarters. The cheque represents proceeds from the sale of posters designed by winners of the…

Please Share the news! Deadline is EXTENDED! Designers from around the world will have more time to create fresh, new, original reggae poster designs for our 2015 collection. This contest is a search for 100 of the most striking reggae posters, capturing the essence of reggae music and culture. The posters should exemplify the essence of…

IRPC organizer Michael Thompson “FREESTYLEE” was invited to design a special poster by the organizing committee at Casa. The poster commemorate the event, and also celebrate the life and message of the legendary reggae icon. IRPC and Michael Thompson are delighted to participate in this cultural event at the most important cultural institution in Cuba. In…

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birth, and Reggae Month Mexico, the co-organisers of the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC), Michael ‘Freestylee’ Thompson and Maria Papaefstathiou are pleased to be exhibiting, on the 18th of March 2015, a very special collection of 36 posters of the reggae icon Bob Marley in the…

Hello Andrew! Congratulations to you for the successful design collaboration with the upcoming reggae star Chronixx for his acclaimed EP “Dread and Terrible.” Tell our readers how this connection come about? How did Chronixx linked with you to commissioned this design? Thank you ! and thanks for this interview. Actually Chronixx got in contact with me by…

The International Reggae Poster Contest would like to thank all those involved in making our 2014 IRPC / Live Unchained exhibition at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington D.C. such a wonderful success. All the proceeds received in excess of expenses helped to support the Alpha Boys’ School in Kingston, Jamaica. This year through the Washington D.C. exhibition and…

Balazs Pakozdi, Grand Prize winner of the 2013 International Reggae Poster Contest, pose with some of the wonderful prizes awarded. Prizes include Apple iPad, Classic reggae box-set CDs, vinyls, Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones, Bob Marley Legend, Global Reggae book, and reggae apparel.

Michael Thompson-IRPC visiting world’s largest reggae music label-VP Records, meeting legendary Mrs Patricia Chin, founder of VP records.

The Alpha Boys School and the International Reggae Poster Contest are very pleased to announce the auction of the top, limited edition posters from the contest, including special contributions from international poster artists, will be held on November 11 at the National Gallery of Jamaica in downtown Kingston. Douglas Reid of Grosvenor Galleries will conduct…

The First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012, which far exceeded expectations, takes another giant step this month, 30 September 2012, with a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Jamaica in Kingston. “We’re extremely pleased to be given the opportunity to present this global testimony for Reggae music in the homeland of the music, loved…

It is four months now since the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 was concluded and Alon Braier from Israel was awarded first place for his “Roots of Dub” design. Now that the buzz of our achievements are spreading, and the presentation of the 100 best reggae posters have been showcased reaching far and wide…

The IRPC’s global impact is helping to shape positive attitudes through contemporary reggae poster art. This has encouraged one government institution in Portugal to look at our contest as a tool to encourage positive behaviors and creative motivation. In 2014, the IRPC received an email from the General Directorate of Rehabilitation and Prison Services of…