Tonight on Blank Canvas, host Amanda Coulson is joined by Michael Edwards, Assistant Professor at UB, Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, Vice President of Creative Nassau and Dr. Ian Bethell-Bennett, Associate Professor at UB as they discuss the Orange Economy.
Joining host, Amanda Coulson, on The Blank Canvas tonight are Tessa Whitehead, curator of the upcoming show at The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, entitled “Diversions” and participating artists Melissa Alcena and Sofia Whitehead.
On this week’s “Blank Canvas,” Amanda is visited in the studio by Bahamian artist Lavar Munroe.
Born and raised in Grant’s Town, Munroe has been moving from strength-to-strength on the global stage and is well-known in international art circles, having participated in the prestigious Venice Biennale, as well as having had museum and gallery shows. He studied at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) and completed a Masters at Washington University in St. Louis in 2013. Since then he has had a studio practice based largely in the United States.
On today’s Blank Canvas, guest host Malika Pryor-Martin, Communications & Development Officer at the NAGB, is joined by fellow colleague and Education Officer Katrina Cartwright and artist Jodi Minnis. They discuss the NAGB’s Mixed Media Summer Art Camp (MMSAC), the value of art in education and what the NAGB is doing to broaden access to art and encourage art appreciation in The Bahamas.
Today on Blank Canvas guest host John Cox, Bahamar Creative Art Director, is joined by artist Alistair Stevenson to discuss his upcoming artist talk and exhibition “All of My Emotions”.
On this week’s “Blank Canvas,” NAGB Director Amanda Coulson speaks to participating artists in the ongoing photographic opus, “The Bahamian Project” (www.bahamianproject.com), the next leg of which opens on Thursday night at the Central Bank Art Gallery with the participation of 21 photographers, including Guilden M. Gilbert, Jr. (far right) who joins us in the studio tonight, along with the project’s founder/creative director Duke Wells (far left) and founder/project manager Ana-Lisa Wells (middle right).
Tonight’s “Blank Canvas” highlights the UB Graduate show, which is being held tomorrow night, June 22nd, at Hillside House on Cumberland Street between 6 pm to 8 pm.
Our guests are Keisha Oliver (left) Programme Coordinator for the Arts at UB; Matthew Rahming (middle right) a second year art student at UB; and Moriah Lightbourn (far right), one of the first graduates of the Art programme from the University of The Bahamas.
This week’s Blank Canvas is hosted by the NAGB’s Communication & Development Officer, Malika Pryor-Martin, filling in for our Director, Amanda Coulson. Joining her in the studio are our Community Outreach Officer, Abby Smith and Jackson Petit, Digital Media Administrator.