Barbados needs to create more opportunities for its artists and filmmakers to showcase their work rather than forcing creatives to look overseas for an audience, says secondary school art teacher and filmmaker George Cox.

Cox made the call at an art show at Inspirational Fine Arts Gallery, located upstairs Sugar Cane Mall, Roebuck Street, where he reflected on the need for the arts to have a more consistent presence in Barbadian life beyond events such as exhibitions and competitions.

George Cox looking at paintings (Photo credit: Lauryn Escamilla / Barbados TODAY)