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Bahamian Project auction to raise funds for prints and framing
The Bahamian Project will host a fundraising auction to raise funds for printing and framing of images for the upcoming exhibition at the Central Bank gallery in July. The colorful evening will offer the participants the opportunity to purchase exceptional works of art while meeting artists, photographers and portrait subjects whose lives define Bahamian society.
Works include pieces created by lo...
NAGB welcomes new team members
NAGB welcomes new team members
During the first two months of 2017, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas welcomed its newest staff members, Malika Pryor-Martin and Katrina Cartwright. Since their arrival, they have dived into their roles as development and communications officer and education officer respectively, and have seamlessly integrated with the existing NAGB team.
There is always lots of work to do at non-profit org...
Transforming Spaces Committee finalizing plans for Art Tour
The Transforming Spaces Committee is finalizing plans for this year's 13th Art Tour scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 1 and 2, 2017. The weekend tour will include a morning and afternoon tour on Saturday, and a morning tour on Sunday.
Transforming Spaces has always experimented with its format, but this year it will be returning to the original format of a dedicated, guided bus tour transpo...
Heavy crown to bear
Heavy crown to bear
We have hair that defies gravity, hair that reaches down to remind us of the earth we are a part of. We have skin that is the most fathomless, rich umber that absorbs sunlight, and also skin so bright it shines when the sun hits it. We are black women, and among us, we have such a fantastic diversity that it beggars belief. Why then do we even consider that we are lesser? Why do we allow ourselves...
A Bahamian Aesthetic
A Bahamian Aesthetic
We often ask what makes art Bahamian? Is it about living in The Bahamas?
25 schools participate in RBC Summer Arts Workshop
25 schools participate in RBC Summer Arts Workshop
For the 36th consecutive year, RBC sponsored the RBC Summer Arts Workshop for students, one of the most well-known arts-related events in The Bahamas. The program has for many years played a pivotal role in the development of young Bahamian artists.
From craft to commerce in China
From craft to commerce in China
In recent years, ceramic art has resurfaced and undoubtedly gained renewed respect internationally within contemporary art.
Exnihilo Art Award
Exnihilo Art Award
Exnihilo Art Center recently announced the launch of the Exnihilo Art Award. This partial scholarship is intended to recognize the achievement and excellence in the arts among Bahamian Out Island students.
The Exnihilo Art Award is a merit-based, portfolio scholarship that will be awarded to a single recipient for one year. The awardee must be enrolled or have been accepted into a full-time Associ...
A communal effort
A communal effort
Opening three new shows recently, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) has been keeping busy preparing its gallery spaces for a fresh wave of visitors.
Artists get creative in the fight against hunger
Artists get creative in the fight against hunger
By JEFFARAH GIBSON
Tribune Features Writer
BRINGING the visual, performance and culinary arts together in an effort to help combat the problem of hunger in communities of New Providence is the goal of the 2012 Empty Bowls event this Sunday.
The fourth annual Empty Bowls event will give members of the public the chance to buy a unique piece of art in the form of a ceramic bowl and a tasty soup ...