For example, Guyana-born carnival artist Peter Minshall has done this superbly in Trinidad and Tobago. Using a delicate balance between costume design, street theatre and dance he has managed to ...

At the Caribbean Beat weblog, Nicholas Laughlin posts an image and short commentary on an early — “pre-canonical” — costume by renowned Trinidadian Carnival designer Peter Minshall. Global Voices ...

If Carnival represents our indigenous arts, our ways of imagining ourselves, Peter Minshall articulates both ... His iconic “Humming Bird” costume, portrayed by his sister Sherry-Ann Guy ...

Fifty years ago, during Trinidad and Tobago's 1974 Carnival season, designer Peter Minshall forever changed the ... the Hummingbird”‘s 50th anniversary. To create the costume — though to Minshall, it ...

They have their roots in Caribbean artistry—dreamed up by one of the most celebrated carnival designers of all time. Peter Minshall was ... handcrafted thousands of costume elements, and the ...

If Carnival represents our indigenous arts, our ways of imagining ourselves, Peter Minshall articulates both ... His iconic “Humming Bird” costume, portrayed by his sister Sherry-Ann Guy ...

This year’s last minute Carnival creation of genius designer and veteran mas-maker, Peter Minshall ... of Shakespearean plays, Minshall excelled working on sets and costume design at regional ...