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Smith & Benjamin's BAHAMIAN ART & CULTURE
Sharing Art & Cultural News of The Bahamas for 15 Years
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"Dancer" (1991), painting by Bahamian artist Kendal Hanna.
An exhibition of Hanna's work entitled "Brigidy Bram: The Kendal Hanna Story" showing now at the D'Aguilar Foundation, closes tomorrow Friday, Feb 28, 2014.
("Dancer" image courtesy of the Dawn Davies Collection) |
Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
Speak the Speech 2
TONIGHT: Thursday, February 27th | At 7pm
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
Shakespeare in Paradise teams up with the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas to present Speak the Speech 2 (speeches and correspondence, 1973-2002) for a one-night-only revival in honour of Kishan Munroe's "Swan Song of The Flamingo". The Gallery will be open from 6pm to allow patrons to view the exhibition. The performance starts promptly at 7pm.
Featured performers are: Stephen Aranha, Franktasha Rolle, Philisha Forbes, Tareo Bridgewater, Torree Musgrove, Obediah Michael Smith, Myraiel Newry, Marcel T. Sherman, and Anthony "Skeebo" Roberts.
Admission to the performance is free, but contributions to Shakespeare in Paradise 2014 will be gladly accepted. |
Nassau's Over-the-Hill Documentary Public Premier
TONIGHT: Thursday, February 27 | 8:00 p.m.
Galleria Cinema #6
JFK Drive
“Nassau’s Over-the-Hill” opens to the public tonight, Thursday, 27th February 2014, at Galleria Cinema #6, JFK Drive at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the Cinema. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Copies of the DVD and the book on which the film is based “Pictorial History and Memories of Nassau’s Over-The-Hill” will be on sale at $30 each. There will be a second showing at Galleria at the Mall at Marathon on Thursday, 6th March 2014.
CLICK HERE to view trailer of film. |
Brigidy Bram: The Kendal Hanna Story
ENDS TOMORROW: Friday, February 28th
D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Virginia Street
“Brigidy Bram” reveals the life of Bahamian master artist Kendal Hanna who is known as one of The Bahamas’ first abstract expressionists. This exhibit presents recent works by the artist and is a fundraiser to extend Californian filmmaker Laura Gamse's award-winning short film about Hanna, "Brigidy Bram", to a full length feature film. All works are for sale.
For more information, contact the D'Aguilar Art Foundation at 357-9263 or at sds.bahamas@yahoo.com. |
Cay to Cay Art Group Exhibition
OPENS TOMORROW: Friday, February 28th | 4pm
Hummingbird Cottage Art Centre, Hope Town, Abaco
For more information, click the image below. |
Woman Talk Exhibition
Saturday, March 1st | 7pm
The Grand Gallery, The Grand Lucayan, Freeport, GB
For more information, click the image below. |
Art for Sail!
Saturday, March 1st | 4pm to 9pm
1er Cru (Premier Cru) at Bristol Cellars HQ, Gladstone Road
For more information, click the image below. |
Yale School of Music Trio
Sunday, March 2nd | Promptly at 5:30 pm
St. Paul's Church Hall, Lyford Cay
Tuesday, March 4th | Promptly at 7 pm
Government House
The Nassau Music Society presents A Trio from the Yale School of Music. Tickets range from $10 to $35. Tickets available at Logos Bookstore – Harbour Bay, Custom Computers – Cable Beach and Chapter One Bookstore in Oakes Field.
For more information, click the image below. |
 Jacaranda House |
Jazz at Jacaranda:
First Sundays
Sunday, March 2nd
6pm-8pm
Jacaranda House, Corner of Parliament and East Hill Streets
Jazz at Jacaranda: First Sundays kicks off its 2014 series with a bang! On Sunday, March 2, 2014, scores of Jazz lovers will descend upon Jacaranda House to see what's in store for the new year. The show line up is sure to entertain and promises to be something old, something new, nothing borrowed and even a little Blues!
This monthly Jazz show has become a local favorite for Jazz enthusiasts. The rich history of the music fits so well with the historic colonial charm of the Jacaranda property, which is nestled in the heart of downtown, Nassau. |
 Musicians at Jazz at Jacaranda. |
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 Musicians Naomi Taylor-Crawford and Clinton Crawford. |
"Jazz at Jacaranda: First Sundays" is the brainchild of husband and wife duo, Clinton Crawford and Naomi Taylor-Crawford. As musicians, this couple felt a void for good, wholesome entertainment that inspired both the musicians and the audience. There was also limited opportunities for experienced and upcoming musicians to collaborate and motivate each other by playing together.
"We wanted to not only raise the bar for musicians but get musicians working together and supporting each other while encouraging and mentoring aspiring young musicians," says Mrs. Taylor-Crawford, " |
"There are very few safe, affordable venues for live music locally, and on the rare occasions where it is found, the music is often disturbingly loud and mundane", she added. "This is one of the reasons why the Jazz at Jacaranda shows were a huge hit since its inception in 2012."
The core band comprises of a cross-collaboration of members from the Vice Versa Band together with other highly skilled local musicians. The monthly Sunday poolside concerts feature various vocalists and respected musicians such as Peanuts Taylor as well as younger musicians with outstanding, rare talent playing your favorite popular Jazz standards. |
 Patrons enjoying the music by the Jacaranda pool. |
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 Anja Bowe (Photo: Donald Knowles) |
To kick off the 2014 series, returning vocalists such as songbird Anja Bowe, her brother Philip Bowe, the very young but talented Taylor Brothers and Mrs. Taylor-Crawford herself, as well as new voices, including the smooth, sultry voice of Linda Osborn, Contralto, will add spice to the evening.
Linda is no stranger to the stage. At the age of three, she began singing harmony with her mother to entertain family friends. Raised in a musical family, Linda’s main focus has been in vocal performance in church and community choirs, small groups, duets, trios and some solo singing. Linda has been a member of The Renaissance Singers, Bel |
 Linda Osborne (Photo: Carolina Sasso) |
Canto, Sine Nomine and presently The Highgrove Singers. She is blessed with a rich contralto voice and is comfortable singing a variety of genres. On March 2nd, she will make her local debut as a Jazz stylist with her lush but soothing interpretation of the 1939 popular Jazz ballad "What's New?".
The show runs promptly from 6pm to 8pm at Jacaranda House, corner of Parliament and E. Hill Streets. Cover charge is $10. A cash wine bar and light hors d'oeuvre options will be available.
CLICK HERE for more information, or call 448-8097. |
NAGB Kids Art Workshop:
The Art of Fingerpainting
Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 11am to 1pm
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, West Hill Street
Bring the little ones to the NAGB's monthly Saturday Kids ARTerNoon – March Edition, "The Art of Finger-painting." Children will create Spring-themed paintings by using their fingers and a whole lot of paint. Dress them accordingly! Children must be accompanied by an adult. $5 per child. Please RSVP to Miss Jordia Benjamin at the NAGB at 328-5800/1. Come enjoy the gallery and share the love of art with the next generation! |
Classical Melodies & Contemporary Favourites Concert
Saturday, March 8, 2014 | Starts promptly at 7:30pm
John Watlings Distillery, Delancey Street
Tickets are $30 and includes 2 drinks and on-site parking. Tickets available at Logos Bookstore – Harbour Bay, Custom Computers – Cable Beach. For more information, call 322-7419. |
Inked: New Work by Sue Katz
Artist Talk: Wed., March 12, 2014 | 10am to 12 Noon
Show Opening: Sat., March 15, 2014 | 10am to 4pm
Hillside House Gallery, Cumberland Street |
Art International 2014
Friday, March 14th | 6pm to 9:30pm
Guaranty Trust Bank, Lyford Manor, Western Road
In celebration of The Bahamas' 40th year of Independence, Princess Bo Guirey of Old Fort Bay, Nassau requests the pleasure of your company at the opening of Art International 2014 on Friday, March 14th from 6pm to 9:30pm at Guaranty Trust Bank, Lyford Manor on Western Road, Nassau, shortly before the entrance to Lyford Cay. A selection of Bahamian and international artists will be exhibiting new work. The community is invited to attend. |
Our "According to..." section is where we publish
the writings of persons from the local and greater
art and cultural community who express their personal
thoughts and ideas on art and culture. |
 Writer Larry Smith |
According to...
Larry Smith
Larry Smith writes a column called 'Tough Call' every Wednesday for the Nassau Tribune. A former reporter and editor, he operates a communications agency and book distributor in Nassau (www.bahamasmedia.com). In 2003 ,he led a transition management team at the Nassau Guardian after the paper was acquired by new investors. He launched his Tribune column in May 2004, and was a member of the board of directors of the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas from 2007 to 2012. Mr Smith has a degree in political science and journalism from the University of Miami. He is a contributing writer to 'Bahama Pundit', a selection of weekly articles by top Bahamian commentators. |
 Photo: © Linda Huber |
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Make the most of Old Nassau to rebuild the 'family business' of tourism
by Larry Smith
Google 'downtown redevelopment’ and you will find zillions of web pages focusing on one city after another - from Miami to Manhattan to Toronto and almost every place in between. Even Las Vegas has a downtown revitalisation programme, although the city was originally just a cattle ranch and wasn't incorporated until the 1900s.
This phenomenon came about due to major changes in urban environments over the past 60-odd years - office and retail activity today is much more dispersed than in earlier times. But despite their precipitous decline, town centres still form an important part of a community’s identity, for one reason or another. Revitalisation programmes are an effort to rebalance the urban economy and stem the loss of historic districts.
We can clearly see the problem right here on New Providence. The city of Nassau (not just the statutory limits) stretches from Bay Street to Wulff Road and from the Eastern Parade to Nassau Street, just beyond the long-vanished Western Parade. It's decline as a thriving city centre has been attributed to the removal of the public market from downtown, the construction of outlying shopping malls, and a population shift to residential suburbs [...]
CLICK HERE to read full article at BahamasPundit.com. |
Nassau's Over-the-Hill documentary premiers
Bahamian filmmaker and historian Rosemary C. Hanna’s documentary film “Nassau’s Over-the-Hill” premiered in the Ballroom at Government House to an overflow crowd on Thursday, 27th February 2014.
The film concisely tells the story of the fashioning of a people whose ancestors were transplanted to a foreign land under the most dehumanizing conditions and have, in a relatively short period, changed the history of a former plantation society.
The Production Team is comprised of Rosemary C. Hanna, Executive Producer, Kevin G. Turnquest, Producer and Editor, and Patrice Francis, Script Writer and Narrator. |
 The Production Team: (LtoR) Patrice Francis, Script Writer and Narrator, Kevin G. Turnquest, Producer and Editor, and Rosemary C. Hanna, Executive Producer. |
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Over-the-Hill was the place where freed black slaves and their descendants lived. The film focuses on the outstanding citizens of that community who played active roles in their churches, family units and in the wider society. Education, character development and enterprise were seen as means of true liberation and advancement in the colonial setting, hence a broad scope of character traits and achievements by our people are featured throughout the film.
Many of the country’s eminent citizens, leaders and national builders were born and raised Over-the-Hill and the film highlights their contributions and personal sacrifices in the struggle towards black equality, the attainment of voting rights, the achievement of majority rule and independence. |
Interviewees include Sir Orville Turnquest, Dame Marguerite Pindling, Bishop Drexel W. Gomez, Bishop Gilbert A. Thompson, Archdeacon I. Ranfurly Brown, Dr. Hervis Bain, Juliette Barnwell, Patricia Bazard, Stan Burnside, Dr. Francis Fawkes, Jennie Fernander, Rose Hall-King, Rosemary C. Hanna, Fernley Palmer and Dr. Celestine Williams.
The film will open to the public tonight, Thursday, 27th February 2014, at Galleria Cinema #6, JFK Drive at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the Cinema. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Copies of the DVD and the book on which the film is based “Pictorial History and Memories of Nassau’s Over-The-Hill” will be on sale at $30 each. There will be a second showing at Galleria at the Mall at Marathon on Thursday, 6th March 2014.
CLICK HERE to view trailer of film.
CLICK HERE to view film's Facebook page. |
 Artist John Cox |
Bahamian artist
to showcase at
NY Art Fair
Bahamian artist John Cox will be showcasing a new body of work at this year's VOLTA NY 2014 at booth 2.27. VOLTA NY is an invitational solo project fair for contemporary art opening Thursday, March 6 through Sunday, March 9, 2014. Cox will share his work within the cultural landscape of The Bahamas as Artistic Director at Baha Mar and founder of Popopstudios International Centre for the Visual Arts. Cox will also be participating in an artist's talk entitled “Metanoia: Practices of Exhaustion" facilitated by ARC Magazine on Friday March 7, 2014.
Here's a sneak peek of what he will be showing: |
 Work by John Cox |
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 Work by John Cox |
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March 7-June 15, 2014
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Featuring the work of Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson.
Ebony G. Patterson is a Jamaican artist born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1981. She has taught in the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Sam Fox College of Design & Visual at Washington University in St. Louis. She has taught at the University of Virginia and is currently an Assistant Professor in Painting at the University of Kentucky She has shown her artwork in numerous solo and private exhibitions. |
Sir John Templeton Memorial
Scholarships Application now open
The Lyford Cay Foundations are pleased to announce that online applications are now being accepted for the Sir John Templeton Memorial Scholarships for graduate level study in the USA, Canada, the UK and the Caribbean. Four scholarships worth US$20,000 per annum each will be awarded. Applicants must be Bahamian citizens who pledge to return to The Bahamas upon graduation. All applications must be made online. Deadline for all applications is March 31, 2014.
CLICK HERE to apply today! |
Smith & Benjamin's
Bahamian Art & Culture Newsletter
Art & Culture were created to
uplift the spirit of mankind.
Bahamian Art & Culture Newsletter is an email newsletter concentrating on the art & culture of The Bahamas and also the world around us. It is a labour of love published once a week and is a service of Smith & Benjamin Art & Design, a design firm based in Nassau, The Bahamas offering graphic design, custom illustration, fine art, art marketing, art brokerage and publishing.
Dionne Benjamin-Smith, Editor & Publisher:
dionne@smith-benjamin.com
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