Family islands Archives - National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Partnerships Present Opportunities for NAGB: NAGB is reaching beyond New Providence to Support Family Island Schools

23 May 2018

By Katrina Cartwright. For the second year, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas has partnered with the Department of Culture to adjudicate Arts and Crafts entries for the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival. Between February and May 2018 Katrina Cartwright, NAGB Education Officer, and Abby Smith, NAGB Community Outreach Officer traveled with the organizing committee of the National Arts Festival to schools in the north, south and central Bahamas, where the best of Bahamian talent was showcased by talented hopefuls, seeking to win in their respective categories.

MAXAMOS: NAGB Travelling Exhibition to open in Hope Town, Abaco

10 March 2017

Family Island access to the National Collection is of immense importance to the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB). Our country, an archipelago, vast in its length and breadth presents a challenge to facilitating such a critical component of our mission. To answer the call of sharing Bahamian art with every citizen possible, the NAGB developed a travelling exhibition using the works of two iconic Bahamian masters: Max Taylor and Amos Ferguson.

A Teetering Bimini: Thinking about The Old Man and the Sea

16 October 2016

From Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea to his less-well-known Islands in the Stream, Bimini stars as an island full of adventure, liquor and raucous living, a man’s island, where fishing and drinking go hand-in- hand. Bimini has changed little since these books were written. Cultural integrity is essential for such a world-class tiny island. It is still a place of booze and boating.

San Salvador as Culture: Exploring New Economies, Working Against Collapse

4 July 2016

New Economies of Culture We often talk about the importance of cultural tourism, but perhaps few of us understand what that means or even why it could benefit us as a country. Cultural tourism has become one of the largest drivers in tourism mobilisation over the last decade.

The NAGB returns to Grand Bahama A pop-up exhibition with works from the National Collection will be on view

21 March 2016

Grand Bahama is getting another taste of what the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) has to offer this month in anticipation of the satellite gallery’s opening on Grand Bahama.