Location

Arnold, MD

Birthday:

December 18

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David Boothman, celebrated artist/musician from Trinidad and Tobago, has been involved in the arts for over thirty-five years. He has performed at international jazz and Caribbean music festivals. Boothman is founder of CAJE Caribbean Art Jazz Ensemble and founder/director of Caribbean Arts Central and Transcendental Caribbean. An accomplished visual artist, he is an honor graduate of Pratt Institute, NY. As a composer, artist, musician and educator, he has received numerous awards for arts in education and multi-media arts production in Trinidad and the US. In 1980, he was awarded a government scholarship through the Prime Minister’s Best Village. Boothman has written and produced soundtracks for documentaries, composed jingles and has performed and recorded with leading Caribbean-performing artists. His paintings have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, OAS, the National Museum of Trinidad and Tobago and the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas as well as international corporate buildings in Europe and Latin America. His works have been published in several publications including the Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts annually and the International Review of African American Art.