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A Sustainable Future for Exuma presents several volumes in our reading nook including: The World Without Us – Alan Weisman; Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World (Posthumanities) – Timothy Morton; The Ethics of Earth Art – Amanda Boetzkes; The End of Nature – Bill McKibben; Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (A John Hope Franklin Centre Book) – Jane Bennett; The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things – Hannah Holmes and The Last Pictures – Trevor Paglen among others.

Ian Bethel-Bennett writes for the Nassau Guardian:  The results of months of planning and international cooperation between Austrian students and College of the Bahamas students, along with investment from the International Development Bank (IDB), the plans by the Sustainable Nassau Urban Lab were launched on Friday 29th July, 2016, at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.

During one of my many adventures in search of subjects, I was walking down the street in Seymours, Long Island, when my attention drifted toward a little blue cottage, typically Bahamian, and also, as often is in the Out Islands, very run down.

Since it was established 11 years ago, the annual Transforming Spaces art tour has sought to introduce locals to the country’s artists as well as galleries and art hubs around New Providence. A bus tour seemed the appropriate way to guide guests to each creative space, providing them with a solid overview of some of the island’s established galleries.

Throughout his life, Brent Malone went through a lot of changes personally and with his work. But in its own way, “Seaside Village” stands out in R. Brent Malone: “Reincarnation” for various reasons. “Seaside Village” was completed while Malone was studying at Beckenham School of Art, London (1959-1963). It is from the collection of Anthony Jervis and is on permanent loan to the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.

Sonia Farmer wears several hats and she’ll be packing them all up soon for a professional pilgrimage. A writer and book artist with her own printing press, Farmer is making her way to a series of creative spaces and cultural events in the Caribbean and U.S. The first stop en route will be Barbados in March, where she will take up a month-long residency program at Fresh Milk.