On tonight’s Blank Canvas, host Amard Rolle (the NAGB’s Executive Assistant) is joined by MAC Treasurer, Susan Garcia & Board Member, Katarina Jacobson along with Bahamian Conference Hosts, Ulrich Voges of Central Bank Art Gallery and Katrina Cartwright of the NAGB to talk about the upcoming MAC 2023 Conference being held in The Bahamas.
The Central Bank of The Bahamas Art Gallery is proud to present a retrospective exhibition of artworks by Nettica “Nettie” Symonette, on her birthday, that allow the public a window into her developmental practice as a visual artist and life as a cultural grande dame.
By Malika Pryor Martin. Thanks to the support and partnership of the Central Bank of The Bahamas, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is pleased to announce limited free bus service for primary and secondary school tours! At this time, the offer is available to all government schools in New Providence. “The Magic School Bus” Initiative, as it is affectionately titled, will facilitate the visitation of more than 800 students to The Bahamas’ preeminent arts institution.
The University of The Bahamas and its Visual Arts Department has had a long history and affiliation with the local art community. Producing and supporting some of the most distinguished artists, scholars and arts administrators over the past 30 years, it is no surprise that its alumni, students and faculty continue to maintain this reputation both regionally and internationally.
The Central Bank of The Bahamas is pleased to announce that application forms for the 34th Annual Art Competition and Exhibition application forms for the high school and open category competitions are now available within the gallery or online.
The Central Bank of The Bahamas invites the general public to attend the opening cocktail reception of young emerging Bahamian artist and COB alumnus Jordanna Kelly who will be hosting her first solo exhibition entitled “Bugs, Blessings & Barriers.”
The act of making art is often framed to and by many of us as a joyous extracurricular, a hobby, something therapeutic. While for many it can be this pleasant and easy experience, for those who consider themselves artists in the sense of being art-workers, it is a labour of love. It is perhaps therapeutic more in the sense of physiotherapy – hard work, blood, sweat, and tears, but the end goal is gaining a full range of motion, a freedom you hadn’t anticipated but undoubtedly require. Art making is at once brilliant for mental health, but also the catalyst for a very specific kind of mania. This is the way that Jordanna Kelly, the 2016 winner of the Central Bank of The Bahamas’ (CBoB) Open Category Competition, perpetually finds herself making and working.
On Friday, October 14th, The Central Bank of The Bahamas announced Jordanna Kelly as the winner of its 33rd Annual Art Competition Open Category. Her winning piece ‘Preserved,’ a sculptural installation of authentic canned food items contained in plastic time capsules was created to reference the social benefits of heritage conservation.
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and the Central Bank of the Bahamas proudly presents nine Artist Profiles featuring Allan Wallace, Ivanna Gaitor, Jackson Petit, Jordanna Kelly, Jeffrey Meris, Jessica Colebrooke, Kishan Munroe, Piaget Moss and Edrin Symonette. The NAGB commissioned young Bahamian filmmaker, Tatiana Clare of OX Productions, to direct and shoot these profiles, which we release in a run-up to the forthcoming annual exhibitions of the Open Category Prize and the High School Prize.
On Monday, May 9th, 2016, Jace McKinney opened his solo exhibition, Found & Formed. As McKinney was the winner of the Open Category Annual Art Competition and Exhibition in 2012 and 2014, this signified his second solo exhibition as a result of that.