(NIFCA) National Independence Festival of Creative Art????????

To my knowledge the requirements for this Barbadian Based Festival are extremely clear and these are;

A) Be an Artist or aspiring Artist
B) Be a local or Barbadian
C) Have 4 works of Art no more than 3 yrs old no matter what the the mediam
D) Showcase them

THESE ARE THE RULES OF EXHIBITING , OR SO IT MAY SEEM . IT  APPEARS THAT THEY ARE MANY OTHER UNWRITTEN RULES WHICH HAVE YET TO BE PUBLISHED.
These unwritten rules of which are govern through a system of bias, prejudice and regurgitation facets of Barbadian society state that one can exhibit works of art but it must all be Barbadian base to receive any form of award or recognition, IE, pieces with elements such as Chattel Houses or a rasta man  husking coconuts of a public beach or even some form or interpretation of our local  Black-belly Sheep because these are things that apparently define Barbados's culture. I say WHAT CULTURE. In mine and many other persons opinion Barbados has no set defined "Culture" so how can people expect someone to create a work of art on something THAT DOES NOT EXISTS? The answer for this is simply we can not. 
What we consider to be our Barbadian culture is nothing more than an assimilation of fashions, trends, mannerisms and styles from international influences which can be observed daily on the many forms of media which are blatantly broadcasted and inhaled with out a second guess from Barbadian locals. The question of identity crisis is often a factor because the same people who object to anything that is not 100% Bajan art are the persons who watch American broadcasted television, wear and own American manufactured things and live European influenced lives and then scream bloody murder and rejects works of art when a Barbadian  Artist creates a piece that is not Barbadian based but rather internationally oriented.
In my opinion the country we call Barbados is so culturally screwed up that i do not believe that it will come to a point of cultural realization in my or my childrens lifetime, and this i based of of one reason and one reason only and that reason is that Barbados is a conformist society the exists to follow the examples and cultures of other nations and call the poorly pasted together clippings of other cultures our own, while still rejecting certain aspects of the very influences collected.

In concluding this post i say that it will only be after this narrow minded, follower of a country we live in opens their eyes and ears to the international world past the tourist that come to or shores and the and the selective nature of the media only then will you see  and understand other cultures and begin to get closer to identifying or own in every way namely in art oriented aspect thus allowing us to be able to judge artistic talent based on true merit instead of assimilated, selective bias.