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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Arts & Culture
The "Beneath the Hat" project will open its most anticipated exhibition in Freeport, at the Grand Gallery, at the Grand Lucayan Hotel on retail street on Friday October 16th, 2015 at 6:30pm. There will be a special performance at 7:30pm. Tickets are $5.00. All proceeds to benefit the Grand Bahama Performing Art Society. There will be a raffle - Enhanced Giclée print on canvas donated by Claudette Dean. Tickets are also $5.00 and will benefit the Grand Bahama Performing Art Society. This exhibit tells both an ongoing story of the many hats women wear—their myriad passions and lives—as well as being an exploration of the changing tides and times of Bahamian culture; a culture in which historical, religious, occupation, fashion, and practical day-to-day moments are celebrated through the metaphor of hats. Beneath the Hat is a project by photographer Lyndah Wells, artist Chantal Bethel, and writer Laurie Tuchel. They are joined by Producer/Director Gloria McGlone who with a cast of six women, including Rochelle Barnett, Ana-Alicia Carroll, Portia Colebrooke, Sue Lynn McCrea, Shaquita Stubbs and Erica Weir who will perform at 7:30pm that evening only.
Featured in this exhibit are the following women from Grand Bahama: Lady Laurie Miller, Debbie Archer, Alisa Streather Robinson, Amanda Gold Adderley, the late Lucille Adderley who passed away January 2014, Sue Lynne McCrae, Rita Stuart, Erika Gates, Agatha Thompson, Ginger Moxey, Anthea Bullard, Beverly Chin, Maurisa Glinton, Piaget Moss. From Nassau: Bernadette Christie, Marina D'Aguilar, Rubie M. Nottage, Cynthia Annette Carey.
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