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History is being made as the largest collection of Bahamian visual artists’ work to be displayed in the United States opens next week in Waterloo, Iowa. “Master Artists of The Bahamas”, an exhibition featuring over 40 pieces of artwork by eleven Bahamian artists, will coincide with a symposium, film series and educational public art installation project at The Waterloo Center for the Arts.

Dede Brown has completed her residency in England, where she participated in an Artist’s Exchange Programme with the Ipswich & Colchester Museums and A Fine Line, for the ‘Stories of the World’ Programme set up for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

In her artist’s statement she says: “The theme I have chosen to explore in my Material Response Project is Identity; personal and national identity through the mediums of painting and costume. This is a topic that has intrigued me for years and I am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to explore it through my artwork.”

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.