Nassau, Bahamas - It’s
a new era for the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB). Under the
founding directorship of Dr. Erica James, the national institution set
the bar for Bahamian art, stretching the boundaries of the Bahamian
cultural imagination and establishing Bahamian visual art within a
historical context at home.
Yet with a new staff and new director
Amanda Coulson at the helm, the NAGB will take an exciting step in a
new direction – establishing itself as a national institution in the
eyes of the globe...
New Art Initiative to Encourage and Engage Amateur Artists in The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas - Calling All Amateur Artists! The NAGB announces the launch of a new NAGB
art initiative designed to encourage and engage amateur artists in The
Bahamas: The
All-Star Amateur Artists Night!
If you are an amateur, non-professional artist, submit your work and
possibly get the opportunity to be featured in a museum level exhibition
at the NAGB. Pass the word!
Enclosed is the
Promotional Flyer,
Rules of Entry and
Application Form...
Nassau, Bahamas - The
Nassau Chamber Ensemble (NCE) presents an afternoon of Baroque,
Classical and Romantic Music to be held at the Bahamas Historical
Society on Sunday,
20th November 2011 at 3pm.
The Nassau Chamber
Ensemble is an 11-member string ensemble comprised of 5 violins, 2
violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass and a harpsichord, which had its debut
concert in March of 2011 at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
Their debut concert was well attended and well received. Since then, the
ensemble has been busying itself preparing for its second concert. To
this end, NCE has...
Nassau, Bahamas - In keeping with the theme of the Kendal Hanna Restrospective Exhibition,
"Happy Birthday to Me," now on at the NAGB, the Gallery is pleased to host two events on
Friday & Saturday, November 11th and 12th – On Friday, a documentary film which delves into the relationship between the mind and the creation of art entitled
"Crazy Art" and on Saturday, an
Art Workshop entitled
"In the Likeness"
moderated by artist Toby Lunn. The film is a compelling documentary on
the role of creative expression in recovery from mental illness and the
workshop seeks to demonstrate the process, materials and techniques
utilized by The Bahamas’ most prolific abstract expressionist - Kendal
Hanna...
Nassau, Bahamas - The National Art
Gallery of The Bahamas presents the
NAGB Film Series: My Kid Could
Paint That (2007) on Friday,
October 28th, 2011 at 7pm.
In
keeping with the theme of the Kendal Hanna Restrospective Exhibition,
"Happy Birthday to Me," now on at the NAGB, the Gallery is pleased to
host a series of films that delves into the relationship between the
mind and the creation of art.
Going along with the popular adage, "I could paint that", this
documentary film explores the popularity of 4 year old child artist
Marla Olmstead whose abstract paintings are touted as the work of a
child prodigy...
Nassau, Bahamas -
Now on exhibit at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is the long anticipated Retrospective Exhibition of "Happy Birthday to Me" featuring the work of Bahamian Master Artist Kendal Hanna.
This exhibition is beautifully and superbly curated by outgoing Director/Curator Dr. Erica James. It is a celebration of the life of a man whose work is carefully considered and contemplated, provocative and masterful.
Kendal Hanna was born on June 25, 1936 in Nassau, Bahamas. This exhibition was timed to coincide with the artist’s 75th birthday and features key works from his almost sixty-year career...
Nassau, Bahamas - The NAGB presents the film "The Witches of Gambaga" Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 8.00pm.
Director Yaba Badoe will be our special guest this evening. She will discuss her film after the screening.
The National Art Gallery of The
Bahamas is proud to present the award-winning documentary The Witches
of Gambaga. It is the extraordinary story of a community of women
condemned to living in special villages...
Nassau, Bahamas - The next NAGB Film will be
Waltz with Bashir, 2008
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8.00pm.
One
night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring
nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the
same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection
to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early
eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about
that period of his life...
Nassau, Bahamas - Positions available are Curatorial Trainee, Assistant Curator, Curator and
Director.
CLICK HEREfor a full outline of each position and requirements for submitting applications. Deadline to submit applications is May 10, 2011.
Please follow the submission directions carefully. Failure to adhere to
submission requirements may result in disqualification of application...
Nassau, Bahamas - The
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas announces the return of its
Director, Dr. Erica James, from leave and her future appointment as
Assistant Professor in The History of Art and African American Studies
at Yale University.
The Director of the National Art Gallery
of The Bahamas, Dr. Erica James, returned from a year-long Post Doctoral
Teaching Fellowship in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on January 4, 2011...
Nassau, Bahamas - National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Presents
5th National
Exhibition Artists’ Talk & Walk – Thru
Tuesday,
November 30th, at 6:30pm.
Artists of the NAGB‘s
5th National Exhibition will give an exclusive Talk & Walk-Thru
where they will speak about their exhibited artwork and answer questions from
the audience. The general public are invited to attend. Another Talk &
Walk-Thru is scheduled for Jan 2011 with another selection of participating
artists.
Nassau, Bahamas - The National Arts Gallery of The Bahamas invites you to
Trouble the Water,
2008 on
Thursday November 18th at 7pm at the The National Arts Gallery of The Bahamas.
93 Min / Directors: Tia Lessin and Carl Deal / USA -
Trouble the Water opens
the day the filmmakers meet 24 year aspiring rap artist and ex drug
dealer Kimberly Roberts and her husband Scott at a Red Cross shelter in
central Louisiana, then flashes back two weeks,with Kimberly turning
her new video camera on herself and her neighbors trapped in their
Ninth Ward attic as the storm rages, the levees fail and the flood
waters rise...
Nassau, Bahamas - Don't miss Film Screening of
"The
Cove" on
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 at 7pm at the National Art
Gallery.91 Min / Director: Louie Psihoyos /
USA / Language: English - In a sleepy lagoon off
the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret
that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the
world. In Taiji, Japan, former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has come to set
things right. In the 1960s, it was O'Barry who captured and trained the five
dolphins who played "Flipper." One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry
came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent creatures must
never be Subjected to human captivity again...
The Liverpool Biennial is the largest contemporary visual arts
events in the UK. It is also one of the best attended in the world.
For ten weeks every two years, the city of Liverpool is transformed
into the most amazing living gallery of new art, showcasing the best
contemporary artists from around the world. This year’s Biennial
showcases six programmes, one of which is called “City States,” a
collection of shows exploring the cultural dynamics between cities and
states. “City States” consists of six international Pavilions and a
selection of artists from The Bahamas, Barbados, and Martinique were
the focus of the Caribbean Pavilion in an exhibition called Three
Moments...
Nassau, Bahamas -
The National Art Gallery of The
Bahamas opened its
Fifth National Exhibition (The NE5) with a private showing and reception on September 3rd. The Minister of Youth, Sports
and Culture the Hon. Charles Maynard was in attendance and was shown throughout the exhibit by David
A. Bailey, Acting Director of the NAGB and Exhibition Curator, Holly Parotti.
Professional artists of The Bahamas, residing here and abroad, were
invited to create work which responded to the theme “The Carbon
Footprint: Bahamian Artists’ 21st Century Response to the Environment.”
The exhibition runs until January 31st and artwork features found objects and mixed media,
paintings, textiles, photography, graphic design, and quilt making...
Nassau, Bahamas - The National Arts Gallery invites you to a
Art Lecture with
Alissandra Cummins on
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 6:30 pm at the NAGB.
This month's distinguished guest speaker, Alissandra Cummins, is an internationally acclaimed authority on Caribbean heritage, museum development and art. She is a Director of the Barbados Museum Historical Society and Chair of the National Art Gallery Committee of Barbados...
Nassau, Bahamas - National Arts Gallery invites you to an
Art Lecture with Alfredo Jaar Artist, Architect, Filmmaker on Tuesday,
July 13th, 2010 at 6:30pm at the NAGB
FREE ADMISSION.
Alfredo Jaar is a Chilean - born artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives in New York. He has been invited to be one of the NAGB's Fifth National Exhibition's Guest Judges. On this evening, he will give a presentation on his most recent work.
Jaar is known as an installation artist, often incorporating photography and covering socio-political issues and war;the best known perhaps being the 6-year long The Rwanda Project about the 1994 Rwandan genocide...
Nassau, Bahamas -Friday, July 9th, 2010at 6:30 pmThe NAGB invites its members and the general public to an
Art Lecture by Alessio Antoniolli the Director of the U.K based Gas works and Triangle Arts Trust as well as one of NAGB's Fifth National Exhibition's Guest Judges.
Gasworks is a contemporary art organisation based in South London offering a programme of exhibitions and events, artists' residencies, international fellowships and educational projects. Gasworks hosts up to 12 residencies a year, encouraging the exchange of ideas between international and local practitioners...
Nassau, Bahamas - Don't miss
National Art Gallery Artist Talk Final Exhibition Walk-Through with RAS ISHI on
Tuesday June 29th, 2010 at 6:30 pm at the NAGB.
The NAGB invites its members and the general public to an Artist Talk with Barbadian artist Ras Ishi Butcher. He will give a presentation of his work and also take us through a final walk-through of his stunning exhibition at the NAGB. Ishi was born and raised in Barbados' rural parish of St.John where he resides today. He is known as the most decorated and internationally recognised Barbadian visual artist...
Nassau, Bahamas - National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
Master Class Lecture with
Curator Trevor Schoonmaker.
Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 6:30pm at The NAGB. Free Admission & Discounts with Membership. Join today! Call 328-5800 or email info@nagb.org.bs.
Trevor Schoonmaker is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Durham, North Carolina where he is currently organising the international group exhibition. "
The Record" to be held at the Nasher Museum in August 2010...
