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The NAGB’s Summer Camp Takes a Walk Through Time

22 May 2017

With less than two months left, the Education Department at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas has accelerated preparations for the Mixed Media Summer Art Camp (MMSAC). Now in its third year, the camp was started in response to the need for an arts-focused camp after the FINCO Summer Art Workshop was discontinued. MMSAC has been popular since its inception and has impacted the lives of 220 students since 2014. The camp is divided into two, three-week sessions that take place between June 19 and July 7 and July 11 and 28, 2017.

The NAGB’s Mixed Media Summer Art Camp gears up for an exciting summer

11 May 2017

Let your aspiring painter embrace their inner Brent Malone at the NAGB’s Mixed Media Summer Art Camp this June and July. They will explore the world of the expressionists and impressionists, paint from observation and sample the wonderfully expressive qualities of abstract through the lens of Bahamian history.

‘Picture Nassau’: Capturing and Redefining the Cultural Landscape

5 March 2017

Visual art and its experiences are no longer confined to classrooms, studios, or the walls of galleries. Thanks to the digital age and an increasing demand for “interactivity” the arts have considered new ways to pique the public’s interest. In The Bahamas, we have seen alternative approaches by gallerists, curators, and artists to engage audiences by creating a bridge between the traditional and contemporary through installations and public art experiences. With last year’s opening of The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas’ (NAGB) sculpture garden and the rapid growth of live art events, we exist in an exciting period of creative expression for our country.

Different Strokes: Learning Through Painting at the NAGB

28 November 2016

The painting workshop series at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), starting today, November 26, is just another side of our range of programming here. We have talks and openings and all the things often associated with a National Gallery, but we also offer more practical, tangible knowledge that we pass on and other learning opportunities and experiences that we expose our local public to.

‘The NAGB’s Eleutheran Adventure’: Rethinking Access

20 September 2016

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is locally known as the NAGB; however, many people make the mistake—in speech and print—of calling us the “Nassau” Art Gallery. Perhaps this slip is well-deserved: with attention focused on the preservation and management of the historic building that houses the NAGB (Villa Doyle); the National Collection itself of over 350 art pieces, needing continual care and maintenance; and the busy rotation of exhibitions (up to 14 in a single year, not including talks, events, book launches, film screenings, and other programming), there is plenty to keep us busy.

Fostering Curiosity: Reporting from Mixed Media Summer Camp

27 July 2016

The NAGB Mixed Media Summer Art Camp first session started with a bang with a diverse group of young campers, staff, and volunteers eager to learn about this year’s themes which focused on major art movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, and Impressionism. We wanted to display the importance of these movements and the impact that they have had on the Bahamian art scene, artists, and their practices.

A lesson in preparedness

7 April 2016

For many art students around the world, the end of year critique can be a nerve wracking and, sometimes, a

Leaving an impression: Grand Bahama’s schools get supplementary art materials, lessons

7 April 2016

A week’s worth of school outreach, exhibition installation and art education by the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB)

Art and education at the NAGB

10 October 2015

The gap between exhibitions was not enough to prevent a room from filling at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas this past Tuesday, when the inaugural talk of a series of discussions presented by some of the country’s foremost sociopolitical activists was held.

Fourth Annual AAA – 2013

26 September 2013

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is hosting its upcoming annual All-Star Amateur Artists (AAA) presented by the NAGB Education Department.The AAA was designed to bring together emerging and amateur artists to display their work in a professional museum setting. The Gallery hopes this opportunity will encourage these artists to develop their skill and study within the arts.