Community Programmes

By Katrina Cartwright. Public School Math Teachers spend some time at the NAGB. The education department at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas fittingly began the new school year with a Teachers’ Seminar on August 21st -23rd that focused on teaching math through art and utilising the museum’s resources to enhance student learning. Over 65 junior high and high school math teachers from the public school system were in attendance as a part of their yearly summer professional development seminar.

The daily five-hour seminar incorporated a tour of the museum’s current Permanent Exhibition “Hard Mouth: From the Tongue of the Ocean,” a presentation on the techniques that can be used to integrate art and math and a series of activities that guided teachers through the various ways that the arts can be used to engage students in learning math. Each day ended with groups of teachers working together to formulate ideas that incorporated visual art into lessons that focused on a particular math topic.

By Katrina Cartwright. The NAGB presents new School-based Education Programming! There is always something fun and engaging to do at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and to give the public even more ways to interact with us, the NAGB’s Education team is rolling out new and updated programming just for students and teachers. We have revamped our school tours to give school groups an even more memorable experience and are excited to introduce three new initiatives: “Art with Ms. Abby,” “The Makings of a Master with Antonius Roberts” and teaching seminars.