Join us on Monday, December 9, from 6–7:30 pm for an engaging conversation and Q&A with Simone Cambridge, the curator of it comes from the head: A Straw Heritage, currently on view at the NAGB. 

This exhibition reimagines straw craft through the lens of contemporary Bahamian artists, drawing inspiration from Thelma Eula Cambridge’s writings in Growing Functional Arts in The Bahamas. Cambridge will share insights into her research and the process of bringing this exhibition to life.

About Simone Cambridge
Simone is an independent curator and a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Northwestern University, with research interests in Black diasporic art, Caribbean history, and transatlantic slavery. She holds an MA in History of Art and Architecture from UMass Amherst and a BA in Art History and International Development Studies from McGill University. Her writing has been published in Hyperallergic, Journal of Black Canadian Studies, Burnaway Magazine, and RACAR’ssalt. For the preservation of Black diasporic visual histories. Simone curated “it comes from the head” as part of her Curatorial and Arts Writing Fellowship with New Local Space (NLS) in Kingston, Jamaica.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from an emerging voice in Bahamian art and culture!