Art and Artist Community – Nassau Bahamas
Original artwork by Tyler Johnston and a special performance by Bahama Wood Star. Tropical Alchemy focuses on three inter-related bodies of work: Maps of Inheritance, Power Objects and Transmutational Icons.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Opening reception at 6:30pm
Special Performance at 7:30pm
At Popopstudios.
Photographer and creator of The Bahamian Project Duke Wells and his wife Lisa Wells join John Cox, NAGB chief curator and Popopstudios founder, as guests on the popular talk show “Bush Tea” on Guardian Radio 96.9fm.
Being a collective of artist studios, exhibitions and workshops, it is no surprise that Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts often inspires collaborations. None however are more fascinating and serendipitous than the creative exchange between Popop resident and Bahamian abstract expressionist Kendal Hanna and Eleanor Whitely, whose pieces in “Two Points of View”.
VOLTA NY ushered in record-shattering attendance in its sixth edition and triumphant SoHo debut. Growing attendance may be a given as an art fair matures in its image, but the daily numbers surpassed even the fair’s sanguine expectations.
John and Jonas, both sculptors and multi-media artists, visited from the United States and stayed at Popop for a week. They volunteered on many projects and made many friends whilst enjoying the arts community. Both artists hope to return soon.
Galleries and artists are gearing up for Nassau’s most exciting event in visual art—the Transforming Spaces art tour. On the 16th and 17th of March, beginning at 9:30 a.m. sharp from Dockendale House, patrons can take an air-conditioned bussed art tour around eight of Nassau’s top galleries.
Heino Schmid, curator of the Central Bank of The Bahamas Art Gallery states, “The 2013 theme of “The Independents”, directly references the 40th anniversary of The Bahamas.
Behind-the-scenes footage of Bahamian artists Dede Brown and Dylan Rapillard during the final hours leading up to their exhibition, “Tickle Me Pink”, held at the Central Bank Gallery in downtown Nassau, The Bahamas.
If the several major group shows in metropolitan centers around the world in the past […]