About

The Guyana Cultural Association NY Inc, sponsors of the Guyana Folk Festival and GuyFolkFest.org
is a Not-For-Profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to promoting our culture through the annual Guyana Folk Festival

Our Mission

is to document, showcase and celebrate the multiple roots of Guyana’s cultural heritage. Through our work we preserve our cultural heritage and make it available through various channels to inspire future generations of Guyanese at home and abroad. In short, our mission is to Preserve, Promote and Propagate Guyanese creativity

GuyTimes article on GCA

GCA Board Members Executive Committee

GCA BOARD MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  • Avé Brewster-Haynes – President
  • Claire J. Patterson – Interim Executive Director
  • Edgar Henry – Vice President
  • Patricia Jordon-Langford – Vice President
  • Clive Prowell – Cultural Director
  • Maurice Blenman – Assistant Cultural Director
  • Verna Walcott-White – Assistant Cultural Director
  • Avis Penelope Bascom – Financial Director
  • Jacqueline Newton – Secretary
  • Shauna Parker-Harding – Assistant Secretary

Committee Members

  • Alex Neptune
  • Carl Hazlewood
  • Donna Patricia Walcott
  • Errol Doris
  • Francis Quamina Farrier
  • Malcolm Hall
  • Margaret Lawrence M.S. – Guyana
  • Negla Helena Brandis A.A.– Guyana
  • Rawle DaSilva
  • Rosalind October
  • Samuel Williams
  • Vibert Cambridge A.A.
  • Wayne Daniel
  • Winston “Jeggae” Hoppie

Past Presidents

  • Dr. Vibert Cambridge A.A.– immediate past President
  • Malcolm Hall
  • Carol Trim-Bagot

Past Executive Director and Founding Cultural Director

  • Claire Ann Goring M.S. (Deceased)