Maxine Walters has earned the moniker “The Queen of Jamaican Dance Hall,” an ode to her collection of more than 4,000 one-of-a-kind, hand-painted street posters advertising local parties and concerts across the island. Through decades of archiving, rescuing each poster from light posts and roadside trees, Walters has become the caretaker of this vibrant visual culture, preserving and championing a vital chapter of Jamaica’s popular art history that is now receiving international recognition. At the Festival, she partners with Kingston-based multimedia and installation artist Matthew McCarthy to present Serious Tings Ago Happen, an exhibition showcasing the visual energy of Jamaica’s popular music. The exhibit showcases a sample of Walters’ impressive collection of dancehall street signs, as well as McCarthy’s original artwork influenced by dancehall typography, old-school dancehall illustrations and global street art movements.