Tradition shifts and survives in new ways—from Colebrooke’s hands in Red Bays to contemporary artists—straw embodies something that can’t be bought or sold.
Beyond Objecthood: The Straw Baskets of William ‘Old Iron’ Colebrooke
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The Hole in the Ocean: Artist Talk with Sonia Farmer
Sonia Farmer dives into an overlooked environmental atrocity: the 1923 removal of 40 tonnes of coral from the Andros Great Barrier Reef.
Denis Knight’s Lucayan Woman
Clay becomes more than a material, it becomes spiritual—imbued with the memories of the earth and the people who walked on it before us.
Preserving the Forgotten
Through clever composition, Rose’s images give the feeling of exclusion that mirrors the sentiments of our ancestors as they were confined to slave quarters.
Striking the Balance: Reagan Kemp’s Emi
Reagan’s balance is essential to her work and life, and Emi can also be considered a portrait of her as an artist.
Blank Canvas with Artist-in-Residence, Reagan Kemp
Ford, a highly respected leader in the arts and education sector, brings a wealth of experience and a focused vision to advance NAGB’s role as an integral part of Bahamian art and culture.
Careers: Curatorial Director
The Curatorial Director is responsible for directing the curatorial department, overseeing all exhibitions and publications, and developing, managing, and displaying the permanent collection.
NAGB Associate Curator Letitia Pratt Published in Small Axe: Poetry and Body Politics
NAGB team member Letitia Pratt’s poetry is published in Small Axe’s sx salon.
There’s a Man on the Floor: Edrin Symonette’s Man Skin Rug
By Letitia Pratt Associate Curator Many artworks compete for your attention in NELEVEN: INTO THE VOID, but none more so [...]
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Summer Camp Counsellor Call
Cin’s intention for this work was to talk about the precarity of the straw industry, in which so many workers and materials are underpaid.