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Ambassador Nicole Avant announced the launch of the “Master Artists of The Bahamas” Exhibit, which will run from October 14, 2011 through January 2012 at the Waterloo Centre for the Arts (WCA) in Iowa.  The exhibit will feature over 40 pieces of artwork by a diverse group of Bahamian artists, including Popop’s John Cox and Kendal Hanna.

Curator of the Central Bank Art Gallery, Heino Schmid said, “One of the things I want to do with the competition is to develop a group exhibition that provides a relevant context for work and provides an opportunity for artists not to win an amount of money but to be in communication with each other.”

Heino Schmid, Curator of the Central Bank of The Bahamas’ Art Gallery, noted, “As curator of The Central Bank of The Bahamas, I am truly excited that this year’s judges selected Jackson’s painting “Beautiful Monsters” as the winning entry. The strength of the painting is evident and will make a wonderful addition to the Central Bank of The Bahamas’ Permanent Collection.

Eleven Bahamian artists will be in the spotlight at the Iowa-based Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA) next month in an exhibition of home-grown talent.

The “Master Artists of The Bahamas” exhibition will feature over 40 pieces of artwork including paintings, installations and sculptures. The showcase runs from October 14.

‘Faith’ by John Cox was featured amongst ARC Magazines picks for their Weekly inspiration #14

The All Ceramics Exhibition (ACE) is a bi-annual exhibition that started in 2009 bringing together Bahamian Potters and Ceramicist under one venue. The first All Ceramics Exhibition took the opportunity to honour Mr. Denis Knight for his pioneering contributions in increasing awareness and bringing to light ceramics as a fine art in The Bahamas.

The first person to receive this award was Mr. Alistair Stevenson, who works out of Popopstudios.

Popop’s beautiful and very large garden was a mess after Hurricane Irene. Funnily enough, while large branches and even trees blew down, many small and delicate flowers survived the harsh weather. Photos by Popop-based artist, Phoebe Luk.

The Waterloo Center for the Arts will be hosting an exhibition and symposium featuring the Master Artists of the Bahamas. The exhibition opens on October 14, 2011.

Guests will have a chance to meet the artists and learn from them and other scholarly presenters during the exhibition opening and 2-day symposium.

At a moment when so much contemporary art strives to exceed the parameters of what came before in many instances, to break down the very category of art in an effort to prove one’s politics and the contemporary relevance of practice ”Wrestling with the Image’ stands out as an exhibition that rejects this iconoclastic impulse and instead embraces creative practice and representational space. There is nothing grand about this show, nothing iconoclastic or fashionably radical, no mass denunciations. It is a quiet, surprising show that seeks without pretense to address the complexities of Caribbean history and identity. And it gently demands to be viewed on its own terms.