The very last day of February was a fun and engaging conversation with members of Team NAGB: guest host Malika Pryor-Martin, Communications & Development Officer, Assistant Curator Richardo Barrett and Community Outreach Officer Abby Smith.
International guests are coming all the way to The Bahamas to appear on “NAGB’s Blank Canvas” … and to check out our art scene.
This week we welcome long-time self-described “art lover” Steve Shane. While owning artworks that surely number in the hundreds, Shane considers himself more an art historian and does not like to be referred to as a “collector.”
Joining host Amanda Coulson on this week’s “Blank Canvas,” are students from the University of The Bahamas (UB) who are reviving the “Tamarind Journal.” The “Tamarind Journal” was started several years ago by professors at The College of The Bahamas but unfortunately, did not continue. Co-editors Suhayla Hepburn, Tanicia Pratt and Ide Amari Thompson – who are also members of the “Tingum Collective,” a group of young poets out of UB – have bravely taken on the challenge of relaunching this journal that provides a platform for writers to share their work with a wider audience.
It’s all about being “Tru-Tru” on this week’s “Blank Canvas.” In the studio with Amanda are (left) Suzanne Pattusch, the Executive Vice President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) and (right) Angelique McKay, Founder and CEO of the Junkanoo Commandoes, talking about the upcoming “Tru-Tru Bahamian Festival” that takes place at John Watlings Distillery on Delancy Street, Saturday and Sunday, February 3rd and 4th, 2018.
On this evening’s “ Blank Canvas,” your host Amanda Coulson (NAGB Director) is joined by Tamika Galanis, a documentarian and multimedia visual artist. A Bahamian native, Tamika’s work examines the complexities of living in a place shrouded in tourism’s ideal during the age of climate concerns. Emphasizing the importance of Bahamian cultural identity for cultural preservation, Tamika documents aspects of Bahamian life not curated for tourist consumption, to intervene in the historical archive.
Joining us on the “Blank Canvas” is DC Pratt, sharing memories of his father, Bahamian artist Chan Pratt, who passed away ten years ago.
The Blank Canvas welcomes Bahamian author Wendy Coakley-Thompson PhD into the studio. Wendy is the President of Duho Books and brings almost two decades in traditional and self-publishing to the company.
The Blank Canvas is extremely excited to welcome Mr. Bill Strickland to The Bahamas and into the studio. Bill is a community leader, author, and the President and CEO of the non-profit Manchester Bidwell Corporation based in Pittsburgh. The company’s subsidiaries, the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and Bidwell Training Center, work with disadvantaged and at-risk youth through involvement with the arts and provide job training for adults, respectively.
We are ALIV on this week’s Blank Canvas, meeting with the newest player in mobile telecommunications and communication in The Bahamas. Gravette Brown, the Chief Aliv Business Development Officer is in the studio along with several guests.
Today on Blank Canvas, NAGB Communications and Development Officer Malika Pryor-Martin fills in for our regular host Amanda Coulson. She is joined by artists Jace McKinney and Steven Schmid, who are two of 33 artists whose work is showcased in the upcoming exhibition “Medium: Practices and Routes of Spirituality and Mysticism,” which is opening on Thursday, December 14th at 6pm.