Art and Artist Community – Nassau Bahamas
Following the successful and exciting symposium on the life and works of Frantz Fanon at The College of The Bahamas Fanon Symposium 2011 this past December, COB professors Craig Smith and Keithley Woolward are ready to establish the framework for year-round critical conversations open to the public.
“It’s about creating a culture of critical engagement where academic or critical thinking that is usually associated with academic institutions is not uncommon to The Bahamas,” explains Woolward.
The new tours offered by Islandz will launch with a special inaugural day tour this Saturday, February 11 for $20 per person. It’s an auspicious beginning for the expanded company as they will launch on the same day as – and include on the tour – the Antonius Roberts Studio and Gallery at Hillside House on Cumberland Street. It will also cover the recently-opened tribute to Jackson Burnside at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, “As We Knew Him”, as well as other spaces.
Into the Mix – exhibition at The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft – will be an excellent example of the return to Materiality for 10 artists that have a relationship to the Caribbean. Bahamian artists featured are Heino Schmid, Blue Curry and Janine Antoni.
One Family’s Tribute To Jackson Burnside
Friday, February 3, 2012
6:00pm to 9:00pm
The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
Featuring a Junkanoo rushout in honour of Jackson
The exhibition, “Deception” – launched December 8, 2011 – showcases the works of seventeen brilliant […]
As the new director of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), Amanda Coulson plans to stimulate a market for Bahamian art home and abroad. With 20 years of management experience, Ms Coulson said she plans to use her expertise and her networks to expose Bahamian art to the global marketplace.
It’s not hard to miss when zooming by in cars, but tucked away into the side of the slope at #25 Cumberland Street of downtown Nassau in the midst of abandoned and dilapidated structures is the newly renovated Hillside House.
Once destroyed by fire and abandoned itself, the structure has been given new life by Bahamian artist Antonius Roberts as the Antonius Roberts studio and gallery space.
Nearly a year has gone since master Bahamian artist, architect and Junkanooer Jackson Burnside has passed away, yet his legacy lives on. In the world of Junkanoo, Jackson received his due in a dazzling tribute on Boxing Day morning last year by One Family – the group he was pivotal in starting and directing.
“As We Knew Him: One Family’s Tribute to Jackson Burnside Boxing Day Parade 2011” opens at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas on Friday, February 3 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and continues for six weeks.
The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (NAGB) has appointed John Cox as their new Chief Curator. Cox has been a major part of the Bahamian art scene for the past 20 years and has played a significant role in redefining art in the Bahamas.