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 programme 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.

COB said the $400,000 gift will be used to establish the Astarita Art Endowment to fund two merit based scholarships - the Astarita Nassauvian ...

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