Natalie Willis, Author at National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Feature from the Exhibition: The Middle Passage

12 April 2012 Natalie Willis

Appropriately entitled The Middle Passage, Jeffrey Meris’ large and imposing piece for Transforming Spaces: Fibre 2012 is a call to memory, history and healing. Located in the Project Space (PS) Room in the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), Meris was inspired by conceptual mixed media artists such as Bahamian native, Blue Curry, to create a piece that visitors can interact with. Indeed, the entire piece is physical, tactile and emotional experience. Upon entering the wide mouth of The Middle Passage, visitors enter a soundless, warm place. Cotton brushes their sides and indeed it surrounds them. They are compelled to further their journey, each step takes them into further, tighter and claustrophobic terrain till they are squeezed, packed and expelled through its much smaller exit point.

NAGB Intern: Aaron Theus

5 April 2012 Natalie Willis

This past week we had an Intern who assisted us at the gallery. We had an amazing time with Aaron Theus, who was always quick to help with tours, collections management and membership. He picked up some new skills on the way and we hope to see him again in the future interning or volunteering with us.

This Just In: Upcoming Events and Workshops!

28 March 2012 Natalie Willis

Upcoming events for April!

NAGB March Trivia

22 March 2012 Natalie Willis

Mixed Media will host its March Trivia today

Talking Islands: Conversations with Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins

20 March 2012 Natalie Willis

ARC Magazine is a non-profit publication that was launched in January of 2011 and attempts to fill a certain void by offering a critical platform for visual artists to present their work while fostering and developing critical dialogues and opportunities for crucial points of exchange. It is an online social space of interaction with a developed methodology of sharing information about contemporary practices, exhibitions, partnerships, and opportunities that are occurring in the Caribbean region and throughout its Diaspora.

The NAGB Collaborates with Educulture!

16 March 2012 Natalie Willis

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, in collaboration with Educulture Junkanoo Museum, now offers School Tours and Hands-On Workshops.

The NAGB Art Library Highlights “Art That Pays: The Emerging Artist’s Guide to Making a Living” (2004)

15 March 2012 Natalie Willis

So many artists stand on a creative precipice within their lives that many outside of the art world are unaware of. This precipice is embodied by one question: How can I shift from simply making art to making a living?

NAGB Art Library Highlights “Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art” (2007)

23 February 2012 Natalie Willis

Speak of the Caribbean to the wider world and pictures of grand palm trees, pristine blue waters and easy breezy island life are imagined. In an exhibition catalogue entitled Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, assistant curator at the Brooklyn Museum, Tumelo Mosaka, attempts to deconstruct clichéd notions of Caribbean visual culture by exploring the work of 45 contemporary Caribbean artists.