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From the Opening of We Suffer to Remain and Traversing the Picturesque

24 March 2018 Highlights

On March 22nd, the NAGB opened its double-bank of spring exhibitions with British Counci supported "We Suffer to Remain" and

“TRANS: A Migration of Identity”: The National Collection Travels to Eleuthera.

5 March 2018 Highlights

By Malika Pryor-Martin.

“TRANS: A Migration of Identity”, curated by The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas’ Community Outreach Officer Abby Smith and Assistant Curator Richardo Barrett, is the NAGB’s second inter-island travelling exhibition and will premiere in Eleuthera next week. The first, MAX/AMOS focused on the works, as compliment and contrast, of masters Maxwell Taylor and Amos Ferguson. It played with ideas of identity and memory, how one sees themselves and sees their country; all through the eyes of these two men.

Mural Walk & Talk: Introducing works from the National Collection in a whole new way

21 February 2018 Highlights

By Malika Pryor Martin.The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas first introduced its mural programme in 2015 as part of a revamped and revitalised summer camp programme. The murals would remain on view at the NAGB for one year before another artist and group of creative campers replaced it the following summer with new ideas and concepts. Makers, who are both members of the NAGB team and professional artists beyond our walls, contributed to the campus effort. It served as inspiration for hundreds of young people and as creative fuel for the participating artists.

A Walk with Nettie: Communing with Art, Nature and Culture

14 February 2018 Highlights

By Katrina Cartwright At 10 am on the morning of Saturday, February 3rd, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

The NAGB hosts Portfolio Workshop for Teens: Workshop gives students a memorable experience

29 January 2018 Highlights

By Katrina Cartwright. On Saturday, January 20th, 2018, thirteen students from public, private and home schools attended the NAGB’s free portfolio workshop. Formulated for students in senior high school or in their freshman year at The University of The Bahamas, who are looking to transition into a tertiary art programme at an international school in 2018/2019, this workshop is one of two that will be held by the Gallery in 2018. It is hoped that this experience will give students the tools to successfully apply to any art programme of their choice.

NAGB hosts Portfolio Workshop for Teens

23 January 2018 Highlights

On Saturday, January 20th, 2018, thirteen students from public, private and home schools attended the NAGB’s free portfolio workshop. Formulated for students in senior high school or in their freshman year at The University of The Bahamas, who are looking to transition into a tertiary art programme at an international school in 2018/2019, this workshop is one of two that will be held by the NAGB in 2018. It is hoped that this experience will give students the tools to successfully apply to an art programme of their choice.

The NAGB celebrates an unforgettable night: Spirituality fills the air with hope.

19 December 2017 Highlights

By Malika Pryor Martin If you were there, you saw history happening live and in colour. If you missed it,

Prospect New Orleans Art Triennale: Bahamian and Caribbean artists celebrated

6 December 2017 Highlights

By Amanda Coulson On November 16th-19th, 2017, hundreds of artists, curators, collectors and other art advocates, descended on New Orleans

Two Arts Professionals: One Mission

16 November 2017 Highlights

“It’s the National Collection, not the Nassau Collection.” That was the sentiment, expressed by NAGB Assistant Curator Natalie Willis and triumphantly echoed in the National Art Gallery’s very first travelling exhibition. At its heart an outreach project, Abby Smith, the NAGB Community Outreach Officer led the way. What began as a visit to one island, evolved into a four island tour that included workshops, curator talks and school visits. However, none of it could transpire without the art and the story.

The MAX/AMOS Exhibition: Last Stop, Exuma

15 November 2017 Highlights

In the fall of 2015, NAGB director Amanda Coulson gave a directive: We must take art to the Family Islands, starting with Grand Bahama. So, Community Outreach Officer Abby Smith got down to the business of developing an exhibition that would also be an act of community and cultural affirmation – using the National Collection. With Assistant Curator Natalie Willis, herself a Grand Bahamian, the two co-curated the museum’s first inter-island exhibition – “MAX/AMOS: A Tale of Two Paradises”.