Grand Bahamian artist Chantal E.Y. Bethel is the guest on this week’s Blank Canvas, with host Amanda Coulson.
The Blank Canvas, November 2nd featuring Chantal e.y. Bethel
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Indigeneity and Art: Defining our values
As the lushness of the island disappears in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, it is important to note the significance of imaging who we are and where we live. As Bahamians, we inhabit a geographic space that has beauty beyond words along with limitless possibility, and we must embrace our reality and step outside of the constructed, constricted reality being imposed on us.
The Eye of the Storm: Preservation and destruction
Winslow Homer’s ‘Hurricane’ captures howling winds of the storm in The Bahamas, however, the image, though teaming with meaning and feeling, does not capture the magnitude of today’s super storms. These so-called superstorms bring with them devastation and trauma of epic proportions. The visual produced in Homer’s painting remains haunting and provides an interesting couple for the Gulfstream painting, and After the Hurricane, Bahamas as it shows a man shipwrecked on a desolate island.
100% of Chantal Bethel’s Holey Space Limited Edition Catalog Sales Go to Hurricane Relief Efforts
We are so thrilled to be hosting Chantal Bethel’s ‘Holey Space’ in the project space room at the NAGB. We are also happy to announce that the proceeds from the sale of Bethel’s catalog will go towards Hurricane relief efforts for Grand Bahama.
The Blank Canvas: October 26th, 2016
On this week’s Blank Canvas, host Amanda Coulson speaks to three experts on how to engage children in the arts: Lekeisha Bostwick, Secretary to the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival (under the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture), and the NAGB’s most-frequent visitors 13 and under : Rashad and Valente Styles, aged 10 and 13 respectively.
The Blank Canvas: October 19th, 2016
On this week’s Blank Canvas, Assistant Curator at the NAGB, Natalie Willis, joins host, Amanda Coulson to speak about their recent research and presentation trip to the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) for the 2016 Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC) conference.
A Teetering Bimini: Thinking about The Old Man and the Sea
From Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea to his less-well-known Islands in the Stream, Bimini stars as an island full of adventure, liquor and raucous living, a man’s island, where fishing and drinking go hand-in- hand. Bimini has changed little since these books were written. Cultural integrity is essential for such a world-class tiny island. It is still a place of booze and boating.
Bahamian contingent at MAC 2016
The Museums Association of the Caribbean convenes in the Cayman Islands. Sunken ships, fossilised bones, film screenings, and apps for paintings: what is the common denominator? Museums. Preservation and interpretation of our cultural artefacts offer keys to understanding ourselves as Caribbean subjects, and The Museum Association of The Caribbean (MAC) is an indicator in encouraging these conversations and practices.
The NAGB to host FLOTSAM Workshop on October 1st, in support of ‘A Sustainable Future for Exuma: A Traveling Toolbox.’
Join the NAGB on October 1st from 10am – 1pm for an Arternoon (kids workshop) on making hanging ornaments made from flotsam.
‘The NAGB’s Eleutheran Adventure’: Rethinking Access
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is locally known as the NAGB; however, many people make the mistake—in speech and print—of calling us the “Nassau” Art Gallery. Perhaps this slip is well-deserved: with attention focused on the preservation and management of the historic building that houses the NAGB (Villa Doyle); the National Collection itself of over 350 art pieces, needing continual care and maintenance; and the busy rotation of exhibitions (up to 14 in a single year, not including talks, events, book launches, film screenings, and other programming), there is plenty to keep us busy.