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Schooner Bay Arts symposium with resident artist Antonius Roberts, curator of the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, John Cox, George Mason University Lecturers Tom Ashcraft and Peter Winant, George Mason PhD student, Marielle Barrow, Popop Junior Residency Prize Winners, Veronica Dorsett, Christina Darville, Yutavia George & Steven Schmid.

Popopstudios is calling for practicing artists who are either Bahamian or permanent residents to submit proposals for adult classes to be taught at Popop.

Just over two weeks ago, Alistair Stevenson returned from a 5 ½ week-long ceramics course in The People’s Republic of China where he was able to study with a group of students under the tutelage of various ceramic artists from both West Virginia University (W.V.U.), West Virginia, U.S.A. as well as JingDeZhen Ceramic Institute(J.C.I.), Jiangxi Province, China.

As the conversation began, we were immersed within a setting of extraordinary potential, intellect, and most importantly comradery. The journey began with a slow gallop toward what would become the very genesis of a collaborated history as we entered an unfamiliar environment ready to embrace any and every challenge ‘together’.

India ink on paper art studies by Popop-based artist Dylan Rapillard.

At the Central Bank’s Invitational, opening this coming Thursday night, 10 artists offer insight into the landscape of Bahamian contemporary art. These artists – Antonius Roberts, Malcolm Rae, Kendal Hanna, Michael Edwards, Dylan Rapillard, Margot Bethel, Toby Lunn, Giovanna Swaby, Kachelle Knowles and Steven Schmid – range in age from 20 to 76, offering a wide-cross section of perspectives in a small sampling of current studio practices in the nation’s capital.

Popopstudios’ Summer Camp For Kids began on Monday, July 9. During the camp the children will be exposed to various disciplines and participate in both group and individual activities.

The 2012 Invitational at The Central Bank of The Bahamas Art Gallery is an investigation and celebration of the art currently being produced in The Bahamas. There is no theme or descriptive title to the exhibition with the only premise for the show being that the invited artists submit work that directly dealt with their own individual studio concerns.

Margot Bethel and her lovely assistant Kachelle Knowles have been lending a handyman’s hand to Sonia Farmer at the Poinciana Paper Press.