doongalik art newsletter october 2011

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

ACE 2011 OPENING PHOTOS

MASTER ARTISTS OF THE BAHAMAS

OPENING IN WATERLOO IOWA, USA

UPCOMING NOVEMBER ART EVENTS

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PROMOTING THE VISION: By the Year 2020 more visitors will be attracted to The Bahamas by Bahamian Art,Culture and Heritage than by sun, sand and sea.

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Photos at leftcourtesy of Jim

Laroda (pictured

below)

ALL CERAMICS EXHIBITION (ACE) 2011 OPENING PHOTOSArt lovers came out to celebrate the successful Flamboyant Teapot Openingthe Show closes this Thursday, October 27


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Waterloo Center for the Arts | 225 Commercial Street | Waterloo, Iowa 50701 | 319.291.4490 www.waterloocenterforthearts.orgThis project is supported in part by the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas through the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, The United States Embassy,

Nassau Bahamas, Island Films, the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, City of Waterloo Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Friends of the Art Center, and the

Iowa Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

Doongalik Studios is extremely proud to an-

nounce this milestone in Bahamian Artfor the

first time ever, over 100 pieces of the art of 11

Bahamian artists the late Amos Ferguson,

Brent Malone and Jackson Burnside, along with

Kendal Hanna, Max Taylor, Dave Smith, EddieMinnis, Stan Burnside, Antonius Roberts (who

also participated in a one week residency with

the University students there), John Beadle and

John Cox are on public display in an interna-

tional venue.

The group, along with the filmmakers of the

Artists of The Bahamas documentary Karen

Arthur and Tom Neuwirth, travelled from The

Bahamas and several corners of the United

States to converge in Waterloo for the OfficialOpening and Symposium last weekend at the state of the art facility.

This is another example of how Art can open doors in any part of the world. Bahamian Art is indeed flourishing, and we at

Doongalik embrace the opportunity to tell our story to the world!MORE INFO ON THE IOWA EXHIBITION CAN BE FOUND ON THE ARTISTS WEBSITES AND WILL ALSO BE IN OUR NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

BAHAMIAN ARTISTS CELEBRATE AT THE OPENING OF THE MASTER ARTISTS OF THE BAHAMAS

EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM AT THE WATERLOO CENTER FOR THE ARTS IOWA, USA

NAGB videographer, Jackson Petit

travelled with the group to docu-

ment the entire event.and so it

will continue

Kendal Hanna with one of his four

paintings

Artist Dave Smith and his wife,

Charlene travelled from California

Brent Malones daughter,

Marysa

Eddie Minnis came from Eleuthera and

also shared his Bahamian music

Pam with her husband, Jackson

Burnsides painting

Artist John Cox outside

the Art Center

At the Exhibitions entranceBack row, left to right Eddie Minnis, Stan Burnside, John Cox, Kendal Hanna, Antonius Roberts, Dave

Smith, Max Taylor Front Row, Pam Burnside and Marysa Malone representing their husband and father respectively

Artists of The Bahamas filmmakers Karen

Arthur and Tom Neuwirth...and so it began


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Plans are well underway for this ex-

citing eventa first for Doongalik

incorporating Fashion and Art in onespectacular evening! Tickets will be

available at the Gallery on Monday,October 24!

This year Doongalik Studios will pre-

sent an in depth exhibition on three

Bahamian Dance Legends: PaulMeeres, Shirley Hall-Bass and Hubert

Farrington along with another series

of Conversations relating to this fas-

cinating genre of Bahamian Historyand Culturebe on the lookout for

your online invitation coming soon!

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www.transformingspacesbahamas.com CALL FOR ENTRIES

Transforming Spaces is now in its eighthyear and has become a significant com-ponent in the development of visual art inNew Providence. Our tours have pro-vided a window into the galleries, studios,artwork and lives of the best visual artorganizations and practitioners in thecountry. The Transforming Spaces mis-sion has been to promote local artists,

reflect current trends in Bahamian art,and expose and educate patrons to theinner workings of the Bahamian art indus-try while challenging both artists and au-diences to create and perceive art in newand innovative ways.

In the spirit of our mission to expose, in-novate, challenge and encourage aunique cross fertilization between thecreative disciplines, Transforming

Spaces 2012 will engage in an excitingnew exercise a curated tour with a sin-gle theme. In conjunction with the Crea-tive Nassau Initiative a local committeeof artists, designers, craftspeople andwriters working to have Nassau desig-nated a UNESCO City of Craft and Folkart we present FIBRE.

FIBRE is a call to fine artists, designers ofall types, architects, photographers, as

well as other local artisans to put asidethe traditional scope of materials and toengage your creative processes withinand without the limitations of fibrous ma-terials from any part of the countrys in-digenous plants (e.g. banana, palm trees,sisal, coconut palm). We are also inter-ested in literary, poetic and historical re-sponses.

The goal of FIBRE is to challengeparticipants to look at the history oflocal materials and to re-imagine theiroriginal purposes, characteristics andcontexts.

We are looking for a response tothese materials that honor the past,but more importantly, seek to breathenew life into how we see these mate-rials in the modern world. There areno limitations to what form your solu-tions take. Both utilitarian and non-functional objects are acceptable.

Participants should push the enve-

lope with regard to how the materialsare manipulated and fabricated.Other support materials may be usedto assist in the structural or mechani-cal aspects of your designs but themajority of the material must be madefrom fibres. Both individuals as wellas teams may submit ideas. Concep-tual responses will also be ac-cepted.

If you are interested in participat-ing in this unique event, pleaseattend a formal presentation onFIBRE at the National Art Gallery ofThe Bahamas on WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 2, 2011.

Guidelines will be presented andquestions will be answered at thistime. You may also contact theTransforming Spaces Committee at

328-7916 or Ms Luann Morris at theNAGB at 328-5800 or send an emailto [email protected]

Consider the Possibilities!

Bahamian Art is flourishing

UPCOMING NOVEMBER EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

SPIRIT OF THE DANCEEXHIBITION AND JACKSON BURN-

SIDE ANNUAL CONVERSATIONS

ON CULTURE TO OPEN FRIDAY

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