Right Now at ASTT
Right Now at ASTT
Est. 1943 · Federation Park, Port of Spain
The oldest established art organisation in the Caribbean — celebrating over eight decades of Trinbagonian creative life.
Our Mission
To nurture, promote, protect and advocate for visual artists and the visual arts in Trinidad and Tobago.
Who We Are
Founded in 1943, the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago is the oldest established art organisation in the Caribbean. From a small gathering of painters and poets inspired by modernism and the wider world, we have grown into the region's premier institution for visual culture — nurturing, promoting, protecting, and advocating for visual artists and the visual arts in Trinidad and Tobago.
"My canvas is all things Trinidad & Tobago. Its festivals, quaint villages, peaceful rivers, majestic mountains and people full of a lifetime of stories will forever provide inspiration."
— Peter Sheppard, President, ASTT
The Community
Our opening nights are a gathering of the whole nation — artists, collectors, students, families, and first-time visitors. The gallery is a place where conversations begin over art and never quite end. Free entry, always.
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The Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago presents The Chronographer, thirty years of oil paintings by Martin Superville — dancers, figures, portraits and island light, gathered from three decades of his practice. It is a wide and varied body of work, all in oils, and a phenomenal record of the scenery and the life of Trinbago.
Opening night is Tuesday 6 October 2026, 5:00pm to 8:30pm, at the Art Society, Federation Park, with live music, refreshments and wine. The exhibition runs through Saturday 10 October.
Martin Superville gives an artist talk on Saturday 10 October, 10:00am to 12 noon. TTT will be covering the talk.
Closing day (Sun 18 Oct) has shorter hours: 12noon–4pm.
Featuring Aimee Bartholomew, Christine Lyon, Emily Quesnel, Isa Anderson Chaves, Maggie Lloyd, Melanie Pinard Grainger, Patricia Inglefield, Réjean De Four, Sherron Harford, and Simone Jacelon.
A solo exhibition of 40 vibrant works bringing Trinbago’s lush landscapes and everyday rhythms inside — the colours of a garden, the light through the trees, and the places and moments that keep asking to be painted.
Opening night is Monday 26 October, 5:00pm – 8:00pm, at the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Federation Park. The exhibition continues Tuesday 27 through Saturday 31 October, 12noon to 4pm daily.
The November Members Exhibition is the most important exhibition of the Art Society's year: a juried show of the highest standard of work our members produce.
Opening night, Tuesday 10 November, 5:00pm to 8:30pm, is an exhibition and gala. Dress your best to impress and bring a plus one. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP; the Society confirms each RSVP by reply.
Submissions close Monday 26 October. Entries received up to Wednesday 28 October are accepted as late entries and have lower priority for selection.
Submit Your Work
Join us for a relaxed Plein Air session at the Art Society, Federation Park. Bring your creative spirit, your art supplies and your kit. All media, digital included.
Join ASTTFigure drawing from a live model, held on the last Saturday of every month. Open to members and non-members — bring your own materials. Registration is free and helps us plan space for everyone; you pay at the venue on the day.
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Featured Member
President, ASTT · Miniature Landscape Painter
Peter Sheppard is Trinidad's most celebrated miniature painter and the President of the Art Society. Born into a family of artists and carnival costumers, he works in acrylics with a precision examined under magnifying glass at London's Hilliard Society of Miniature Painters, where he won Best in Show in 2013.
His paintings — of the Northern Range, coastal roads, river valleys, and Trinidadian streetscapes — are acts of memory and love. "My canvas is all things Trinidad & Tobago," he says. "Its festivals, quaint villages, peaceful rivers, majestic mountains and people full of a lifetime of stories."
View Artist ProfilesJoin the Society
Membership connects you to over 80 years of artistic legacy and to the living community of artists, thinkers, collectors, and educators who continue that story today. Whether you practise, collect, or champion the arts — there is a place for you here.
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Governance & Leadership
The Board was completed at the Extraordinary General Meeting on July 18, 2026, following unopposed officer elections at the AGM on June 6, 2026.
Officers
Directors
Community & Education
From school workshops to professional development, the Society has shaped visual arts education in Trinidad and Tobago for over eight decades — introducing Visual Arts into the national school curriculum and supporting teachers, students, and communities year-round.
The Intellectual Life
Every exhibition is a starting point. Our gallery is where artists meet collectors, where teachers meet students, where ideas cross generations and genres. Join a community where the conversation never ends.
Join the SocietyUse the Space
Our Federation Park gallery is available for hire — for exhibitions, book launches, workshops, film screenings, and cultural events of every kind. White walls, track lighting, blonde wood floors. In the heart of Port of Spain.
Founding Legacy
Carlisle Fenwick Chun-Yee Chang HBM (1921–2001) is not a footnote in the ASTT's history — he is its proof of concept. He joined the Trinidad Art Society in 1944, trained under Amy Leong Pang alongside Sybil Atteck and Boscoe Holder, and went on to become the first Trinidad and Tobago artist to make a living entirely from his art.
In the three weeks before Trinidad and Tobago's independence in 1962, Chang volunteered to serve on eight committees simultaneously. It was he who designed the national flag — deliberately simple, so that, as he said, "a child should be able to draw it with a ruler." He also designed the coat of arms, adding the palm tree at the top to represent Tobago at the request of Premier Eric Williams.
His 50-foot mural The Inherent Nobility of Man at Piarco International Airport was called "possibly the most important work of art in the Caribbean" — and his artistic style was described as "a thoroughly indigenous fusion of the traditions of Europe with Trinidad's folk art." Peter Minshall, his creative heir, said Chang was "among the first to understand that this place is an incredible laboratory of the New World."
"I was determined that a child should be able to draw it with a ruler." — Carlisle Chang, on the design of the national flag
The National Flag — designed by Carlisle Chang, 1962
Red · White · Black — the colours of fire, the sea, and the earth of Trinidad and Tobago
The Coat of Arms — designed by Carlisle Chang, 1962
"Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve"
Chang and the ASTT — a shared history
Our Community
The ASTT's community spans artists, educators, collectors, advisers, students, and supporters from across Trinidad and Tobago and the diaspora. Every follower is a potential member, collaborator, or champion of Caribbean creative culture.
This is the Society's official membership roll — 221 members, our 10-person Board of Directors, and 8 Life Time Members. Full member profiles, with medium and art category, are planned for the live platform.
Total community
8,800+ followers
Individuals
239
Organisations
20+
Partner organisations
Official ASTT membership roll
Board of Directors · 10
Members · 221
Life Time Members · 8
Official ASTT membership roll, current as of September 2026.
Become a Member →Member Profiles · The First FourteenSee all member profiles →
Plan Your Visit
We are open to the public and always free to enter. Come see what is on the walls — and perhaps leave inspired to make something of your own. Join us for our Friday evening opening until 10pm — art, conversation, and good company in Federation Park.
The Collection
The ASTT catalogues Caribbean artistic production across 51 departments. Every medium. Every tradition. Every voice that has ever made something in this country.
Seven groupings. One complete picture of what Caribbean artists make and how they make it.
Seven Groups
Traditional & Academic
Three-Dimensional
Textile & Wearable
Lens & Time-Based
Mixed & Experimental
Style & Movement
Caribbean Identity — unique to this institution
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51 DepartmentsStyle & Movement
Abstract
Gestural · Geometric · Lyrical
Traditional & Academic
Acrylic
Contemporary · Impasto · Flat
Caribbean Identity
Afro-Caribbean
Orisha · Shango · Heritage
Traditional & Academic
Botanical Illustration
Scientific · Decorative · Flora
Textile & Wearable
Carnival Arts & Mas
Costume · Wire · Feather · Band
Three-Dimensional
Ceramics & Clay
Wheel · Hand-built · Raku
Caribbean Identity
Chinese-Caribbean
Diaspora · Tradition · New World
Mixed & Experimental
Collage
Paper · Photo · Digital
Style & Movement
Conceptual
Idea-led · Language · System
Caribbean Identity
Contemporary Caribbean
Now · Urban · Global · Local
Textile & Wearable
Costume & Wearable
Fashion · Body · Performance
Caribbean Identity
Diasporic
Exile · Return · Longing
Lens & Time-Based
Digital Art
Generative · Illustration · NFT
Traditional & Academic
Drawing & Sketch
Charcoal · Pencil · Life Study
Mixed & Experimental
Environmental Art
Land · Eco · Site
Style & Movement
Expressionism
Emotional · Raw · Visceral
Style & Movement
Figurative
Form · Figure · Body · Dance
Style & Movement
Folk & Naive
Self-taught · Village · Memory
Lens & Time-Based
Generative Art
Algorithmic · Code · Systems
Style & Movement
Geometric Art
Hard-Edge · Pattern · Structure
Mixed & Experimental
Graffiti
Tag · Piece · Public Wall
Caribbean Identity
Historical Narrative
Emancipation · Indenture · 1962
Style & Movement
Hyperrealism
Photographic precision · Detail
Style & Movement
Impressionism
Light · Atmosphere · Plein Air
Caribbean Identity
Indo-Caribbean
Hindu · Muslim · Indenture
Three-Dimensional
Installation
Site-specific · Immersive · Spatial
Style & Movement
Intuitive Art
Unschooled · Mediumistic · Pure
Three-Dimensional
Jewellery & Metalwork
Silver · Gold · Wirework
Style & Movement
Landscape
Plein Air · Miniature · Panorama
Style & Movement
Minimalism
Reduction · Form · Negative space
Mixed & Experimental
Mixed Media
Collage · Assemblage · Combined
Three-Dimensional
Mosaic
Glass · Tile · Stone · Mixed
Mixed & Experimental
Murals & Street Art
Urban · Public · Site-specific
Style & Movement
Neo-Energism
Vitality · Motion · Force
Style & Movement
Neo-Expressionism
Raw · Gestural · Emotive
Traditional & Academic
Oil Painting
Classical · Portrait · Still Life
Caribbean Identity
Pan-Caribbean
Regional · Island · Cross-cultural
Lens & Time-Based
Performance Art
Live · Durational · Participatory
Lens & Time-Based
Photography
Documentary · Fine Art · Portrait
Style & Movement
Portraiture
Realist · Expressive · Formal
Caribbean Identity
Post-Colonial
Independence · Power · Memory
Traditional & Academic
Printmaking
Etching · Linocut · Screenprint
Three-Dimensional
Sculpture
Stone · Metal · Wood · Found
Style & Movement
Seascape
Caribbean Sea · Coastal · Marine
Caribbean Identity
Spiritual & Sacred
Baptist · Orisha · Hindu · Sufi
Three-Dimensional
Stained Glass
Architectural · Decorative
Style & Movement
Surrealism
Dream · Myth · Subconscious
Textile & Wearable
Textile & Fibre
Weaving · Batik · Dyeing
Lens & Time-Based
Video & Film
Single channel · Multi-screen
Traditional & Academic
Watercolour
Botanical · Plein Air · Wash
Traditional & Academic
Works on Paper
Pastel · Gouache · Ink
About this taxonomy
These 51 departments are the foundation of the ASTT archive and artist directory. Every work, every member, every exhibition catalogued against this system — the most comprehensive record of Caribbean visual art in existence.
Modelled on
Christie's 45+ department model, applied to the full range of Caribbean artistic production — including traditions that no international auction house has ever catalogued as a discipline.
ID brings the Society's members together each Independence season to ask what freedom looks like in paint, print, and pixel — a wall hung floor to ceiling with as many ways of seeing Trinidad and Tobago as there are artists in the room.
Among the works on view: Penny Sellier's Magnificent 7, hung beside Marvin Andrews' The Provider and his striking red-and-black piece depicting the old hunting technique of playing dead to catch corbeaux alive — two very different registers of the same national imagination.
“29 artists, 38 pieces, and one shared exploration” — from TTT's coverage of the ID opening night.
TTT's cameras were on the floor for opening night, catching members and the public moving from canvas to canvas — including Marvin Andrews speaking about his own work in front of it. The exhibition remains on view at Federation Park through Friday 11 September, open daily 12pm–6pm and always free to enter.
