Public art – and its multitude of offshoots: street art, public sculpture, murals, mosaics – has a colourful history with many facets.
Urban Scrawl: The potential for public art projects in Nassau
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Art Supply Drive Exhibition – Sustain. Supply. Demand better.
The Art Supply Drive (ASD), now in its third year of donations, is a pioneering new charity. The effort emerged out of a need to bolster the limited materials that art teachers across the nation have access to. The fledgling charity has certainly flourished in its few years, branching out from the donation of supplies into including an exhibition of student work for patrons to see that their donations are being put to good use.
Limited Edition, Hand Made T-Shirts
During our Membership Drive Fair on Saturday, July 28th, 2012, guests will have the chance to purchase Limited Edition, Hand Made T-shirts made by our very own Curatorial Trainee’s, Nastassia Pratt and Averia Wright.
How To: Shipping and Handling
For the experienced or budding collector, the practising artist and museum or gallery professional, there will come a day when artwork needs to be shipped over international or local waters. The Mixed Media team has touched on the issue of conservation of works on paper and paintings in the past. A brief portion was dedicated to the shipping and handling of artwork, however, being a complicated topic, today’s post will explore the different methods of preparing, packaging and transporting art.
Feature: About The Membership Department and Program
A typical museum has a variety of departments and a very important one is Membership. In a museum, one of the first things a visitor will see is a banner or some sort of leaflet, describing the advantages of joining with the institution. But what does membership exactly do? At The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) there is no separate department that makes up membership. Rather, Curatorial Trainee’s, Nastassia Pratt and Averia Wright spearhead the NAGB’s Membership Program. Straddling two teams, they have a lot on their plate.
Highlight: Pictures from our Current Exhibitions
To celebrate Amos Ferguson: Bahamian Outsider, we are sharing some great gallery shots of the exhibition, as well as The Bahamian Landscape below!
Permanent Exhibition: The Bahamian Landscape
With the opening of Amos Ferguson: Bahamian Outsider, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas ushered in another exhibition, The Bahamian Landscape. Located in the Permanent Exhibition section of the gallery on the first floor, this exhibition seeks to present a comprehensive look into Bahamian Art and the National Collection.
Feature from the Exhibition: The Dragon
The octagonal shape of “The Dragon” is striking for Amos Ferguson being that it is not its normal 36 x 30 sheet of cardboard that Ferguson is known for and is aptly applied to the depiction Ferguson chose to paint. The seven-headed dragon from the book of Revelations in the bible is a phenomenal story that most will not forget based on the writers extensive description.
NAGB Intern: Cydne Coleby
Hi everyone, my name is Cydne Coleby – one of the NAGB’s newest volunteers. Outside of my volunteering, I am currently a second year Art major at the College of The Bahamas, but I was recently accepted to OTIS College of Art and Design to study Digital Media, and I am currently in the process of transferring over for the upcoming fall semester.
Blank Canvas: The Creative Community
NAGB Chief Curator John Cox welcomes Pam Burnside to NAGB: Blank Canvas on Guardian Radio 96.9FM. Together with NAGB Curatorial Assistant, Ashley Knowles they discuss the ‘Creative Community,’ Junkanoo’s place in the modern artistic community.