Former Art and Artist Community – Nassau Bahamas
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) will be hosting the bi-annual fundraiser “Big Screen Art Scene” on Saturday, September 1st.
This spectacular event will be on board the 135 foot Carrousel Yacht and ventures deep into the Bahamian arts and culture scene by building strong relationships with a wide variety of local artists.
The presence of public art installations and communities of artists in downtrodden cities around the world have consistently brought vitality back to the areas in the form of a thriving culture and economy.
“You come to New York to find the ambience that will evoke your best. You do not necessarily know precisely what that might be, but you come to New York to discover it.”
Author Allie MacPhail and Illustrator Jace McKinney celebrate the release of their new children’s book “I Can’t Sleep” published by Turtle Back Publishing. A year long process well worth the time. What a team!
The Popopstudios Junior Residency Prize winners have been in New York City for three days and are making the rounds to the top museums and art galleries. Popop founder John Cox and curator Heino Schmid are leading the small group on a 10-day educational art-saturated junket to explore the expansive New York art scene.
The three art students who received the 2012 Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Artists Junior Residency Prize – Veronica Dorsett, Steven Schmid and Yutavia George, along with Christina Darville, winner of the 2nd Antonius Roberts Award have been devotedly developing their artistic skills this summer at Popop.
Works in progress by junior resident artists Christina Darville and Steven Schmid
Several artists took part in the first “Conversations with artists” event that served as a focus group session toward the upcoming book project A Sense of Place: Public Art, Political Space and The Sacred based on Sacred Space at Clifton Pier and Bahamian Arts Practice more generally.
How do you define artistic practice in the Bahamas? A focus group session with all interested and involved in the arts of the Bahamas. Hosted by Marielle Barrow, this conversation is toward the upcoming book project “A Sense of Place: Public Art, Political Space and The Scared” based on Sacred Space at Clifton Pier and Bahamian Arts Practice more generally.