Month: February 2012

Anejo, Popopstudios’ 5-month old pup, had a great time at the Bahamas Humane Society’s Animal […]

Dede Brown and Dylan Rapillard spent their Sunday afternoon constructing a set for the play “Othello or The Tragedy of Conchy Joe”. Margot Bethel worked on her new product line and Katrina Cartwright made progress on the production of the kitchen tiles.

In exchange for a small donation of $15, guests not only receive a delicious meal of Bahamian soup served in a beautiful handcrafted keepsake ceramic bowl – made by such local ceramicists as Joann Behagg, Nadia Smith, Alistair Stevenson, Katrina Cartwright, Neko Meicholas and Robert Pennerman – but also the satisfaction that they are working together with other Bahamians to fight a growing hunger problem in the country.

The Transforming Spaces Committee is completing plans for its eighth year on the Bahamian art scene. The popular annual Transforming Spaces Bus Tour features a single theme this year. The tour will take place this year on Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25. Eight Art Spaces will be participating: The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Doongalik Studios Art Gallery, New Providence Art & Antiques, the Pink ‘Un Gallery, Popop International Centre for the Visual Arts, Hillside House Gallery, The PRO Gallery at COB and The Hub.

On February 24 between 6-8 p.m. at Popopstudios, the Critical Caribbean Symposium Series will hold “Education for Liberation” which will examine the need for educational reform in the country in order to liberate and advance its people.

Panelists: representatives from the afterschool education program The Indaba Project; Reverend Livingston Malcolm, the superintendent minister of the Methodist church in Nassau; human rights activist Erin Greene; UWI Representative Michael Stevenson; and scholar Niambi Campbell whose work examines education in fostering a sense of community.

Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts started off 2012 with the first round of formal art classes taught by professional local artists. With those classes successfully coming to a close, the institution is looking ahead at their next round, where they will continue to offer some of the same that made their first semester so successful, as well as some new options that will continue to define Popopstudios as a major art institution in the country.

Interview with Chief Curator from the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, John Cox from the NAGB “Mixed Media Blog”.

John: I think the role of the curator is to use a metaphor, it is like being a conductor of an orchestra, so it is about responsibility, leadership, delegation and creativity…

It becomes clearer every day that America is one big melting pot. The reasons people immigrate here are vast and varied, but the one thing that is clear of those who begin another life in the U.S. is that it will never be like their first home. They’ve been thrown “into the mix” per se.“

Into the Mix, will be an excellent example of the return to Materiality for 10 artists that have a relationship to the Caribbean.

Habitat – an exhibition of ceramic artwork by 2011 Popopstudios Junior Resident Artists, Keva Fawkes and Alistair Stevenson – opened on Thursday, February 16, 2012 with an impressive attendance. Both artists addressed the public, explaining their thought processes and concepts and expressing gratitude to The D’Aguilar Foundation, and Popopstudios for their experience as resident artists.