by Dr Ian Bethell-Bennett Creative practice often opens the earthly self to infinite power of divine intervention. It is also
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Seeing the God in me: Jalan Harris’s “Self-Pollinate” and Cydne Coleby’s “A God Called Self” works
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Field Notes on Planting Seeds in Uprooted Gardens
Tiffany Smith’s Hypertropical Critique of the Otherness, Womanhood, and the Caribbean Image by Natalie Willis Lush greenery and deep, verdant
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Everybody is hoping for something
Angelika Wallace-Whitfield talks NE9 public project ‘Hope Is a Weapon’ by Kevanté Cash, NAGB Correspondent. “Hope is an optimistic attitude,
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NE9 Talks and Thoughts: Artists share their thoughts on the NE9
By Katrina Cartwright. The opening of the NAGB’s “NE9: The Fruit and The Seed” was so dynamic, well supported and memorable, we invited the participating artists to share their experiences and thoughts on that evening and also on this National Exhibition (NE) in general. Here are the amazing, generous responses we received from several of these incredibly talented individuals!
Blank Canvas: December 19, 2018, NE9 Artists
On Blank Canvas this week we continue a discussion around the ninth National Exhibition, “NE9: The Fruit & The Seed,” with three artists in the studio. April Bey (far right), Melissa Alcena (second from right) and Tiffany Smith (second from left) have all produced very different work—from Bey’s multimedia hand-stitched canvases, to Alcena’s portrait photographs, to Smiths’ installation—but it is all connected to ideas of identity and belonging.
NAGB opens National Exhibition 9 (NE9) to wild acclaim
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas’ (NAGB) National Exhibition 9 (NE9) “The Fruit and The Seed” opened on Thursday,
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Blank Canvas: December 12, 2018, NE9 Artists
On this week’s edition of NAGB’s Blank Canvas, we celebrate some of the artists in the Ninth National Exhibition (NE9). The national exhibition is held every two years and is put together from an open call for works to Bahamian artists—living nationally and internationally—or artists living and working in The Bahamas.
Danny Davis brings a colonial interpretation to NE9’s “The Fruit and The Seed.”
By Kevanté A. C. Cash, NAGB Correspondent. In conversation with the National Exhibition 9 Artist-in-Residence Danny Davis about his work for the upcoming Ninth National Exhibition. The Ninth National Exhibition (NE9), under the patronage of the Hon. Lanisha Rolle, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, is scheduled to open on Thursday, December 13th, 2018 at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) beginning at 6:00 pm. The NAGB will support the work of 38 artists under its theme “The Fruit and The Seed”. One of the artists being Danny Davis, the NE9 artist-in-residence which is supported in partnership with The Current Gallery and Art Studios. Davis is a lecturer at the University of The Bahamas, a chemist turn woodworker, an unorthodox match to say the least. He has lived between Nassau and Freeport for most of his creative career and has been able to draw inspiration for his work from both islands. I sat with him to engage in a rather exciting discourse about his interpretation of NE9’s theme, and how it will be shown through his piece.
The Life and Death of Street Trees: Jenna Chaplin’s call to attention for the importance of street trees for the upcoming NE9
By Natalie Willis. “Space is not a scientific object removed from ideology or politics. It has always been political and strategic.” – Henri Lefebvre. But how do you strategize something that grows organically? Cities pose that very question for us. Henri Lefebvre, a French philosopher and sociologist with a heavy Marxist influence, was interested in the fabric of our everyday lives and particularly in the ownership of spaces, particularly cities. I’d wager he’d have a field day in Nassau – with our planned and unplanned spaces, historic and new, and that the upcoming printmaking project by Jenna Chaplin for the National Exhibition 9 (NE9) might whet his appetite too.
Bahamian Arts and Culture: The Fruit and the Seed Part 2
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) holds a national exhibition every two years where all Bahamian artists and
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