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The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Call for Entries for NE5 - May 10, 2010 - 3:36:39 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas invites professional artists working in The Bahamas and Bahamian artists abroad to enter their work in our
Fifth National Exhibition (NE5) scheduled to open in August 2010. The theme for this exhibition is
"The Carbon Footprint: Bahamian Artists' 21st Century Response to the Environment."
Attached is the Exhibition description as well as the Official Rules and Entry Form..
Submission deadline is June 30th...
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NAGB Exhibition: Ras Ishi "Diaries Unlocked" - April 29th - Apr 28, 2010 - 4:15:37 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas cordially Invites you to attend the official opening of the Exhibition
Ras Ishi "diaries unlocked".
Thursday,
29 April, 2010 at 6:30pm in the evening at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas West & West Hill Streets.
Kindly RSVP at 328.5800/1 by Monday, 26 April, 2010.
A selection of Hors d'oeuvres and wines will be served...
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Poetry at NAGB : Obediah M. Smith : February 2 - Feb 1, 2010 - 11:53:18 AM
Nassau, Bahamas - The NAGB cordially invites the public to attend a Poetry Reading and Book Signing by
Bahamian Poet and Author Obediah Michael Smith. Smith will be reading from his two new publications, "
Open Testament" and
Seventy Poems."
Support our Bahamian Writers!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 6:30pm at the National Art Gallery...
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NAGB Director Announces Leave of Absence - Dec 23, 2009 - 9:50:39 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - The
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Announces the Leave of Absence of
its Current Director, Dr. Erica James and the appointment of David A.
Bailey as Acting Director and Visiting Resident Curator in her absence.
The
founding director of the National Art Gallery Dr. Erica James will take
a year long sabbatical to serve as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the
Department of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in
St. Louis, Missouri beginning January 2010.
Dr.
James returned to The Bahamas in 2003 after being retained as Visiting
Resident Curator by the Committee to Establish the National Art Gallery
of The Bahamas. She was tasked with overseeing the final stages of the
restoration and renovation of Villa....
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Visiting UK Curator David Bailey to talk at the National Gallery of The Bahamas - Nov 24, 2009 - 10:33:31 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
The NAGB invites all NAGB Members, Visual and Literary Artists and
Culturati to a Public Lecture given by
Visiting Curator David A. Bailey, MBE
of the Autograph Gallery, London on his extensive curatorial work on
this Wednesday,
November 25th at 6.30pm. Entry is free.
Mr. Bailey is the Visiting Curator of the NAGB's Fifth National Exhibition in 2010.
Bailey is a photographer, curator, writer and lecturer. He is a senior curator at Autograph (ABP) in London...
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NAGB Issues Forum "The Business of Art in The Bahamas" - Oct 22, 2009 - 2:30:38 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Art is many things but there is a business side to it that somehow is not fully acknowledged. the business of Art in The Bahamas has historically been viewed as a difficult, if not impossible, enterprise. Galleries have come and gone. Has the market changed in recent years?
Attend the NAGB Issues Forum, "
The Business of Art in The Bahamas" on
October 22nd at 7pm.
Panelists will be John Cox, Pam Burnside, Jay Koment, Antonius Roberts, and Heino Schmidt.
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Amos Ferguson (1920-2009), Bahamian artist and national monument - Oct 20, 2009 - 4:49:16 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - On
the morning of October 19, 2009 Bahamian Artist and National Monument
Amos Ferguson went home to be with the Lord he had spoken to and
communicated with through his paintings for the past fifty years.
Amos
Ferguson was born in 1920 in Exuma. He received his primary school
education at Roker’s Point School in Exuma. Ferguson came to Nassau in
1937 to learn a trade. He dabbled in various enterprises such as
upholstery and furniture finishing. Finally he went into house painting
and began painting on cardboard, drinking glasses and whatever he could
find after receiving divine instruction. He first sold his works in the
Straw Market but soon made his home on Exuma Street (now Amos Ferguson
Street) his studio...
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Shakespeare in Paradise presents "Zora" at NAGB - Oct 6, 2009 - 1:51:26 PM
Nassau, The Bahamas -
Shakespeare in Paradise presents "Zora" at the National Art Gallery Wednesday,
October 7th and Friday,
October 9th, 2009 at 8pm at the NAGB.
Zora tells the story of world famous African-American folklorist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston,whose work in Florida, The Bahamas and the Caribbean during the 1920's won her wide-spread acclaim...
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NAGB Sunday Chamber Music: SINE NOMINE - Sun. Oct 4 - Sep 29, 2009 - 4:26:10 PM
The NAGB Sunday Chamber Music Series presents:"Sine
Nomine" on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 3pm at the NAGB. The Sine
Nomine singers were formed in 2002 by JoAnne Connaughton and they very
quickly established themselves into an eight voice harmony. The singers
are Bonny Byfield, Cara Christie, Pia Farmer, Undo Osborn, Cairo Roche,
Bill Eyk, Felipe Itturalde & Carlos Thomas. Six of these singers
are original members.
The group performs several times a year in
concert and sings on request for private functions and are especially
sought after during Lent, Advent and Christmas. Their repertoire ranges
from beautiful Early Music (i.e.Medieval to Renaissance to early
Baroque Music) to lighter...
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NAGB Sunday Chamber Music Concert Series: Begins Sep. 27 - Sep 27, 2009 - 10:29:02 AM
Nassau, Bahamas-The NAGB Sunday Chamber Music Series presents:
"The C Force" Sunday
September 27th, 2009 at 3pm inside the NAGB.
In order to provide music lovers with a special treat, the NAGB has invited local and international musicians to perform in its galleries on Sunday afternoons amidst the works of the current exhibition "Max Taylor Paperwork."
In our first concert, the NAGB is proud to feature the vivacious and innovation music stylings of The C Force Chamber Ensemble....
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NAGB to Official Open Historic Exhibition Max Taylor: Paper work 1960-1992 (RSVP) - Sep 15, 2009 - 10:50:45 AM
Nassau, Bahamas -
Under the Patronage of The Right Honourable Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth
of The Bahamas & Mrs.Ingraham, The National Art Gallery of The
Bahamas cordially invites you to attend The Official Opening of the
Historic Exhibition Max Taylor: Paper work 1960-1992 on Friday,
18th
September, 2009 at
6:30
in the evening at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, West and West Hill Streets.
The National Art
Gallery of the Bahamas is honored to present Maxwell Taylor’s Paperwork
as the first in a series of one-person exhibitions dedicated to artists
who are the standard bearers in Bahamian Art.
RSVPs are appreciated by September 16th...
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NAGB Events for September 2009 - Sep 2, 2009 - 3:56:20 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Here are the interesting and exciting events coming up this month
(September, 2009) at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
Check out the summer film series feature Koja and Wall-E; Straw Plaiting family art workshop; exhibition Maxwell Taylor: Paperwork, 1960-1992; Maxwell Taylor: Exhibition Walk-Through; Art Teachers' Workshop; and Sunday Chamber Music Concert Series.
Click [Read more...] to view our full color brochure with
ALL the details of what's on in September...
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NAGB events for June 2009 - Jun 18, 2009 - 6:27:39 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Here are the interesting and exciting events coming up this month
(June, 2009) at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
Check out
Art, fashion, Theatre and Photography Saturday, June 13, 2009 10am to 4pm at the NAGB. In celebration of Father's Day, the NAGB is happy to bring back one of our favourites- a
Kite making Workshop!
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 10am.
Lets start the summer off with a fun filled day of kite-making and kite-flying at the NAGB. There is something for everyone at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
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ALL the details of what's on in June...
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NAGB Collection Exhibition Opening: Fri. Apr. 17 - Apr 14, 2009 - 11:46:50 AM
Nassau, The Bahamas -
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas cordially invites you to attend a soft opening of its new exhibition. Collections within The National Collection.
Featuring a selection of almost seventy-five works acquired specifically for the National Art Collection of The Bahamas, Friday, April 17th, 2009 at 6:30 in the evening at National Art Gallery of The Bahamas West Hill Street. Cocktail Reception featuring a selection of hors d’oeuvres, a signature drink and wines will be served...
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NAGB events for March 2009 - Mar 2, 2009 - 6:35:40 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Here are the interesting and exciting events coming up this month (March, 2009) at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
From the 1st Annual Arts Career Fair, special film presentation "Jamaica for Sale", Workshops for families and children, and Artist Talk series, there is something for everyone at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
The annual favourite, Transforming Spaces takes place March 28th and 29th.
Click [Read more...] to view our full color brochure with ALL the details of what's on in March...
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NAGB to hold 1st Annual Art Careers Fair - Feb 28, 2009 - 7:20:42 PM
Nassau, New Providence - The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is pleased to host its first annual Art Careers Fair on March 5th and 6th, 2009. This much anticipated event will sensitize motivated students to diverse possibilities in creative fields by assembling an impressive cadre of practitioners across the disciplines on the island. This Fair is a result of the Gallery’s existing comprehensive public outreach agenda that showcases a plethora of ideas in the country, region and beyond.
The Arts Career Fair will be hosted on the grounds of The National Art Gallery, West Hill Street, and will feature professionals from the Fine Arts, Literary Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Film, Jewelry Design, Tattoo Design, Performing Arts and Theatre, Music Recording, Promotion and Management, Floral Design, Event Planning, Art Education, Television and Print Media amongst others.
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