Former Art and Artist Community – Nassau Bahamas
Where do the boundaries of nation, personal identity and environment begin and end? Where do they intersect?
This past Thursday at the Ipswich Art School in Ipswich, the UK, Bahamian artist Dede Brown and UK-based artist Bettina Furnée presented the work they completed during their residencies abroad in an exhibition titled “Material Response”.
Due to complications resulting from Hurricane Irene, the Opening of Omar Richardson’s Exhibition at the Central Bank of The Bahamas, which was scheduled to open tonight (September 1, 2011), has been postponed until further notice.
Bahamian artist Dede Brown has added her own Caribbean flare to the Never Ending Mural project in Ipswich. She said; “the mural has become a very enthusiastic community driven project, involving many people living in the town. Having played a small part it is easy to see how this inspirational project has captured the town’s imagination”.
Over the past three months, four student artists at Popostudios have been exploring their creativity and experimenting with various art forms as they develop their skills. College of The Bahamas students Richardo Barrett, June Collie, Keva Fawkes and Alistair Stevenson are all Junior Residents at Popopstudios.
An exhibition of work by artists Bettina Furnee and Dede Brown, who have participated in an Artists in Residence Exchange between Ipswich and Popopstudios in The Bahamas, as part of Stories of the World, a project at the heart of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
At Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts, student artists are getting a chance to form their future artistic practice in a creative, experimental and educational atmosphere.
College of The Bahamas students Richardo Barrett, June Collie, Keva Fawkes and Alistair Stevenson were all selected by Popopstudios ICVA as their second set of Junior Residents, receiving studio spaces within which to produce their work from June to August.
Popop’s Dede Brown was featured this week in The Bahamian Art & Culture newsletter. Dede is currently participating in an Artists-in-Residence Exchange Programme in England, where she is working on a Junkanoo themed project exploring her “Bahamianness”.
Tonight at 7:00pm on “Making it” with host Margot Bethel on Island FM102.9. Kashelle Knowles, Richardo Barrett, Rashad Adderley and Alistair Stevenson talk about their experiences as interns and residents of Popopstudios International Center for the Visual Arts. Listen up!
Popopstudios newcomer – textile artist and quilt maker Jan Elliot recently had a quilt displayed at the Festival of Quilts Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham UK, which ran from 11 – 14 August. The piece, “Ostrich Syndrome”, was part of the NE5 exhibition at National Art Gallery of the Bahamas last year.