The FOSJ Art Centre, a non-profit art centre and school in Jacmel, Haiti, was hit hard by the quake but has some random pieces of art left inside. Its director, Flo McGarrell, was killed.

The FOSJ Art Centre, a non-profit art centre and school in Jacmel, Haiti, was hit hard by the quake but has some random pieces of art left inside. Its director, Flo McGarrell, was killed. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)

Project Jacmel

Another casualty of Haiti quake: art

Jacmel's renowned arts community took a number of hits, including the death of its champion

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Witnesses to the rebirth

As other media organizations begin to leave Haiti, The Globe and Mail has decided to stay and take part in the building of the quake-shattered nation

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Haitian market vendors display their stores in Jacmel on January 19, 2010, a week after the country was shattered by a massive 7.0-magnitude quake.
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Corporal Lucy Rouleau, left, from Quebec City, and Corporal Monique Bartlett , from Oromocto, N.B., hold Monique Lucy Marie after delivering her at the Canadian DART medical clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
Videos
Before and after the quake

Life in Haiti's cultural hub before disaster struck and a look at a city in survival mode as aid begins to trickle in

The old quarter in Jacmel, Haiti, after the earthquake.
City profile
Haiti's cultural heart

Jacmel had a thriving art, film and music scene before the quake

Landmarks
Map of Jacmel

Key landmarks, buildings and locations in Haiti's cultural capital

The Series

Project Jacmel

One month later, Haiti's despair deepens

On a national day of mourning, a mood of weary fatalism grips the earthquake-stricken country

Hope amid Haiti's rubble

In a city that was broken before the quake, residents see a chance to forge a better future for themselves

Blog: Going to Jacmel? Don't forget your best dress

The term 'Sunday best' isn't just an expression for Haitian churchgoers

Blog: Why you can't tell time by Jacmel's roosters

After Jacmel's late-night street parties die down, the roosters take over

Audio blog: Faith amid the ruins

An impromptu church service and steel drums in the park draw hundreds of faithful

Angelina, and James

The movie star (and UN goodwill ambassador) gets all the attention, but a local construction business owner is our superstar

Welcome to Jacmel

From the sea, it's a gleaming jewel. On land, it's chaos barely controlled

The RAS

Before we could get to Jacmel, we had to head back out to see for one of the navy's most dangerous manoeuvres

Haiti airport set to reopen for big carriers

American Airlines to resume flights on Feb. 19, Air Canada to follow shortly after

Harper travelling to Haiti

Prime Minister set to visit Jacmel, the focus of Canadian aid efforts that have been a major cause for Conservative government

Adviser's legal troubles should not jeopardize Americans' release, lawyers say

Man who may be wanted for human trafficking was unknown to missionaries before their arrest for trying to take children out of Haiti

Before the quake: Jacmel

A look at life in Haiti's cultural hub before disaster struck

How you can help those in Jacmel

Information on how the public can assist the relief efforts in Jacmel and across Haiti

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