Helen Astarita and her husband, Ben, came to The Bahamas quite by accident more than 50 years ago. But her extraordinary donation of $400,000 to The College of The Bahamas’ School of Communication and Creative Arts. to support budding artists in a thriving art program, is anything but happenstance.
The largest single gift to the college specifically directed toward funding the study of Art, this recent gift is deliberate; a tangible means of helping young, brilliant artists who want to fuel their passions while earning a higher education degree in Art.
The $400,000 gift will be used to establish the Astarita Art Endowment to fund two merit-based scholarships – the Astarita Nassauvi ...

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