On tonight’s Blank Canvas, host Amard Rolle (the NAGB’s Executive Assistant) is joined by MAC Treasurer, Susan Garcia & Board Member, Katarina Jacobson along with Bahamian Conference Hosts, Ulrich Voges of Central Bank Art Gallery and Katrina Cartwright of the NAGB to talk about the upcoming MAC 2023 Conference being held in The Bahamas.
On tonight’s Blank Canvas, host Amard Rolle (the NAGB’s Executive Assistant) is joined by Antonius Roberts and Dr Krista Thompson, in anticipation of the opening of his retrospective exhibition this Thursday.
This week’s “Blank Canvas” is all about big ups to the NAGB’s awesome team! Freshly back from the installation of the latest iteration of the Inter-Island Travelling Exhibition (ITE) in Long Island, you’ll hear from (left to right) Blake Fox (NAGB’s Education Assistant); to the right regulator host Amanda Coulson (NAGB Executive Director); Amaani Hepburn (artist and regular NAGB assistant); Richardo Barrett (NAGB Associate Curator); and Zearier Munroe (NAGB Community Outreach Officer), about the challenges and rewards of taking part of the National Collection to the Family Islands.
This week’s Blank Canvas is hosted by the NAGB’s Communication & Development Officer, Malika Pryor-Martin, filling in for our Director, Amanda Coulson. Joining her in the studio are our Community Outreach Officer, Abby Smith and Jackson Petit, Digital Media Administrator.
On this week’s Blank Canvas, we welcome our stand-in host Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of School of English at the University of The Bahamas (UB), who is spearheading the first annual UB Spring Book Fair and Literary Festival set to take place over three days starting Thursday, March 30 through Saturday, April 1st.
The Blank Canvas welcomes US Embassy Nassau’s Public Affairs Officer, Penny Rechkemmer and the winners of the MLJ Jr photo contest and Transforming Spaces founder, Jay Koment, DAF curator, Rashad Adderley, and NAGB assistant curators Natalie Willis and Richardo Willis speaking about this year’s event.
On tonight’s “Blank Canvas,” our host is joined by three Bahamians in the studio discussing various aspects of history and how it is addressed through different artistic practices.
Participating artists, Keisha Oliver and Lowree Tynes from the NE8, currently on at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, join Amanda on “Blank Canvas” tonight.
Taking over from our regular host, Dr. Ian Bethell-Bennett will be filling on the “Blank Canvas” to interview Charlotte Henay (left) and Dr. Angelique V. Nixon (right), who both have work in the current National Exhibition (N8), which this year includes not only visual artists but also writers and poets.
Continuing our series of shows highlighting Bahamian artists living abroad that are participating in the Eighth National Exhibition (NE8), on this week’s “Blank Canvas” show Amanda gets to listen to the stories of Steven Schmid (far left) and Giovanna Swaby (second from right), who both recently graduated with a BFA in Film, Video and Integrated Media from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Tamika Galanis, who recently graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary and Experimental Arts from Duke University.