Just some of the portraits being exhibited. Top: Marina D'Aguilar, Amanda Gold Adderley, Maurisa Glinton, Bottom: Bernadette Christie, Piaget Moss, Lucille Adderley (who died in January) ALL photos by Lyndah Wells

Every hat tells a story. Every woman tells a story...

Mrs. Bernadette Christie will be among women represented in the upcoming exhibition, Beneath the Hat which takes place this Saturday, March 8th at the Central Bank of the Bahamas from 3-6pm.

Three years in the making, Beneath the Hat is a project by photographer Lyndah Wells, artist Chantal Bethel, and writer Laurie Tuchel of Grand Bahama Island. Since 2011 eighteen women were photographed in a hat of their choosing and were interviewed. The event is presented by the Grand Bahama Heritage Foundation and is also under the
patronage of Mrs. Christie.

Also featured in portraits from Nassau are: Marina D'Aguilar, Rubie M. Nottage, Cynthia Annette Carey...

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. 

Under the patronage Mrs. Bernadette Christie, wife of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas.  RSVP the curator, Antonius Roberts at 242-322-7678.  


Women featured from Grand Bahama are 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.

The opening will include a panel of seven of the ladies who will share their life's passions. They are: Marina D'Aguilar, Rubie M. Nottage, Ginger Moxey, Maurisa Glinton, Piaget Moss, Apostle Rita Stuart and Erika Gates.

See the Facebook event page.

Exhibition runs throughout the month of March, 2014 in Nassau, and  then goes to Freeport, Grand Bahama in May 2014.

"Beneath the Hat" opens at the Central Bank of the Bahamas on March 8th