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Potcake Adopt-a-thon and Workshop at the NAGB
By Katrina Cartwright. The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is adding lots of bark and a huge dose of adorable to its first exhibition-related fall workshop. In partnership with the Bahamas Humane Society (BHS), the NAGB is hosting a special adopt-a-thon paired with a workshop today, October 13th between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. that invites visitors to play with and/or adopt a puppy, then create a “patchwork potcake”—a collage that reflects the personality of their favourite canine! This unusual workshop can be joined at any time during the three-hour period and will have a reduced price: $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. This is a great family event and ten percent of all proceeds will go to the BHS!
The NAGB’s Film Series Returns
NAGB is proud to partner with Bahamian filmmaker Travolta Cooper and “The Cinemas” for the upcoming season for the NAGB Film Series. Cooper is a filmmaker with documentaries, a digital series, and an upcoming feature narrative film all at work; he is also the producer of the show “The Cinemas,” which is dedicated to the rise of Caribbean Cinema and under which banner he will be curating film with the NAGB.
We Suffer to Remain: LUX Scotland at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
As part of the exhibition “We Suffer to Remain” at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (22 March – 29 July 2018), LUX Scotland presents a film series that brings together a selection of artists’ moving image work from Scotland, the UK and the greater African diaspora, with titles drawn from the LUX collection. We Suffer to Remain engages with the complex intersectional histories across Scotland and the Caribbean to make sense of the vestiges and trauma of slavery, featuring work by Bahamian artists Sonia Farmer, Anina Major and John Beadle alongside Graham Fagen’s installation The Slave’s Lament (2015), commissioned by Hospitalfield for Scotland + Venice at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.
What’s On at the NAGB: Resuscitating the land, reclaiming lost spaces
By Malika N. Pryor-Martin. The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas opened on July 7, 2003, just three days before the country would celebrate its 30th year of independence from the British. Nearly a decade in the making, the NAGB was mandated with the task of preserving and propelling Bahamian culture through the visual arts.
NE8 Closing Event at Hillside House: Belonging
On Friday, February 24th, the NAGB in collaboration with Hillside House will stage a closing event to mark the end of the National Exhibition 8 OFFsite exhibition. The event will feature an artists’ talk with participating artists Del Foxton, Keisha Oliver, Cynthia Rahming, Alicia Wallace, and Natalie Willis.
Just Another Version of You: A Workshop by Dede Brown
Sign up for our NE 8 workshop, Just Another Version of You: Workshop held by NE participating artist Dede Brown. The workshop will take place on Feb 4th, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Large Format Paper-making with Sonia Farmer
On Thursday, Jan 12th, 2017 from 11-4pm NE8 participating artist, Sonia Farmer will offer a free workshop on Large Format Paper-making at the NAGB, on the heels of the successful workshop conducted a few days ago at the Lyford Cay International School.
The NAGB to host FLOTSAM Workshop on October 1st, in support of ‘A Sustainable Future for Exuma: A Traveling Toolbox.’
Join the NAGB on October 1st from 10am – 1pm for an Arternoon (kids workshop) on making hanging ornaments made from flotsam.
Reporting from Gambier Mask Making Workshop
In the spirit of its current exhibition, EN MAS’: Carnival, Junkanoo and Performance Art of the Caribbean, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is putting out a call to Junkanoo’s best. We’re inviting the country’s star bellers and drummers to bring the heat in our bell-off and drum-off competitions on Friday, June 10.