With half of the top 10 grossing films of 2018 based on comic books – an industry estimated to be around $865 million in the United States, according to market research group IbisWorld – a local illustrator and animator has called for increased government support.

Grand Bahama primary school students got a opportunity to form choirs and showcase Bahamian music, costumes, and dances, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Grand Bahama adjudications, on March 29, 2019, at Grand Lucayan Convention Centre.  Among the performances were renditions of songs by Eddie Minnis, Tyrone "Dr. Offff" Fitzgerald, and Audrey Dean Wright; as well as classics, such as "Bellamina" and "Watermelon Spoilin'".  More than 500 entries are expected to take part in the Festival in dance, drama, the visual arts, and music, until April 5...

The audience enjoys High School Choirs, Drama, Liturgical Dance March 27 and 28 as excitement builds at the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival adjudications at Grand Lucayan Convention Centre, Freeport, Grand Bahama.  More than 500 entries are expected to take part in the Grand Bahama Festival in dance, drama, the visual arts, and music, until April 5. 

(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)...

Grand Bahama primary and high school students perform Bahamian, modern, folk and international dances, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival adjudications, March 28, 2019, in the Grand Lucayan Convention Centre.  More than 500 entries are expected to take part in the Festival in dance, drama, the visual arts, and music, until April 5. 

(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)...

The NAGB team is taking the Inter-Island Travelling Exhibition to Grand Bahama for the second time this April! We were last in Grand Bahama in 2016 with “Max/Amos”, which was showcased at the Charles Hayward Library; now the NAGB's travelling exhibition programme is taking "Trans: A Migration of Identity” to our second city, where it will be on display at the Rand Nature Centre from April 5th- 26th, 2019.

It was standing-room-only when Grand Bahama students formed gospel choirs, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival adjudications, on the island March 28, 2019.  More than 500 entries are expected to take part in the Grand Bahama Festival in dance, drama, the visual arts, and music, until April 5. 

(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)...

Dancers in Grand Bahama took to the stage, at the start of the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival dance adjudications on the island March 27, 2019.  Students presented performances in modern, jazz, popular and international folk dances, to cheers and applause of the audience at Grand Lucayan Convention Centre -- adjudicated by Cultural Icon Lawrence Carroll. 

More than 500 entries are expected to take part in the Grand Bahama Festival in dance, drama, the visual arts, and music, until April 5...

Walter Parker Primary School students formed two groups, while Hugh Campbell Primary School students formed three groups, as they competed in the Junkanoo Best Combo primary class, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival adjudications, at the Grand Lucayan Resort Convention Centre lawn area, in Freeport, on March 25, 2019.  The Adjudications take place until April 5 at the Convention Centre, free and open to the public. 

(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)...

The East End Boys of East End Junior High School, joined the Junkanoo Five-Man Combo from The Beacon School, and two groups of the Tabernacle Baptist Academy Falcons, in the Junkanoo Best Combo junior high class, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival adjudications, at the Grand Lucayan Resort Convention Centre lawn area, in Freeport, on March 25, 2019.  Adjudications take place until April 5 at the Convention Centre. 

(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)...

Grand Bahama pre-school students took the the stage to show their individual verse speaking abilities to start the first day of the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Drama adjudications, at Grand Lucayan Resort Convention Centre, in Freeport, on March 26, 2019.  The Adjudications, free and open to the public, will take place until April 5 at the Convention Centre. 

(BIS Photos / Eric Rose)

Author, Rudy Sawyer made a courtesy call on the Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson on Monday, March 25, 2019, where he presented the Minister with a copy of his new book, 'Grand Bahama Treasure & Tour Guide: Settlements and Freeport.'  The book is a comprehensive fact-based compilation of information about the entire island of Grand Bahama, including every settlement and community from East Grand Bahama to West Grand Bahama.  Sawyer said that the book took him several years to write and produce, because of the amount of research involved in gathering the facts about the island...

Doongalik Studios is eagerly preparing for the 15th anniversary of the annual Transforming Spaces art tour taking place on Saturday and Sunday, April 6 & 7. Doongalik’s response to this year’s “SUSTAIN” theme is encapsulated in the African adinkra symbol of  the sankofa bird that adorns its entry wall. Entitled “Embracing the Past to sustain the Future,” Doongalik’s exhibition will focus on Bahamian Straw, and atrons will be treated to a journey that will take them back to the past and forward into the future via the present utilizing a variety of art mediums from multiple creatives who will proudly expose this extremely important part of Bahamian heritage...

Primary and high school student dancers showcased their dance moves on the stage at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival New Providence adjudications, on March 14, 2019.  The New Providence adjudications enters its second week and over 1100 entrants in New Providence are expected to take part in dance, drama, voice, playing musical instruments and the arts and craft through to March 21.  The Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts is the venue for dance, musical instruments and drama, while the Holy Trinity Church Activities Centre, in Stapledon Gardens, is the venue for vocal performances.  All events are free and open to the public...

An amazing 5 days of some of the best jazz music anywhere! From April 10th–14th, 2019 on the beautiful family island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas, a mix of local Bahamian and international musicians will come together and perform music at venues around the island, usually with the turquoise sea and white sand as a back drop.

The Festival aids The Haynes Library and scholarship fund in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera. There is a strong educational element for the children of Eleuthera, many of whom have little or no music in the school curriculum...

Eleven school bands from five islands recently participated in the third annual high school pop band competition The Music Project (TMP), with Queen’s College taking home the top prize. All band members of QC’s “Thrive 2 XL” pop band will receive an all-expense paid trip to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts this summer to become engrossed in a training camp that will hone their skills and boost their confidence even more. This is the second year that QC has won the top prize. Mentor Dion Turnquest guided the kids through their three performances. Each band had to perform a cover song, a Bahamian song and an original song written and composed by the students themselves...

Grand Bahama Garden of the Groves welknown Art Class 2019 by Angelika Siska on Sunday March 10th, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. proudly presents the works of the group of painters Thea Albert, Eva von Albedyhll, Suzanne Baker, Virginia Caferata, Eva Dehmel, Mary Lips, Arlene Kerber, Nicole Krapac, Karen Matlack, Jo Morasco, Susan Jensen Sweeting, Jane Jensen, Jennifer Campbell, Rose Marie Voakes, Cali Veilleux, Gail Woon and Del Foxton.

This year’s inspiration was Vincent van Gogh and his creations under the sun in landscapes especially in southern France. It is easy to compare the light on Grand Bahama Island with the light in Provence...

As part of its new marketing strategy to integrate and highlight the culture and people of The Bahamas through innovative story telling, the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) Plantation office teamed up with well-known celebrity artist Jamaal Rolle, at the recent Art Fort Lauderdale Show.

The four-day curated art show, which combined indigenous art from around the world with luxurious waterfront real estate, attracted hundreds of influential, high net patrons... 

Mrs. Eva Joyce presented Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling with copies of her books, "Rekindling the Fire within," "Hidden Treasures," and "The Journey Home" during a courtesy call at Government House on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. 

(BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)...

Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling hosted a Private Book  Signing with Her Royal  Highness Princess Michael of Kent in Celebrating Women International, at Government House, Saturday afternoon.  Also present was Mrs. Patricia Minnis, wife of Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis.  Princess Michael of Kent in her autobiography, "A Cheetah's Tale," tells of growing up in Mozambique, raising a cheetah called Tess, and the incredible bond that can exist between humans and animals...

Mr. Nicholas Klonaris paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis (right) on Friday, February 15, 2019 at the Office of the Prime Minister. 

Mr Klonaris, who has been taking pictures of Junkanoo parades for many years, presented the Prime Minister with a framed copy of himself rushing with the Saxons Superstars Junkanoo group. 

(BIS Photos/Yontalay Bowe)...