doongalik studios june/july 2014 art newsletter
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IDB Creative Voices of the Caribbean Conference, Guillaume's "Dancing in the Light" Exhibition Closes, Doongalik Farmers' Market is closed for summer, Illiterati Story Slam continues this month!TRANSCRIPT
GUILLAME OPENING & DOONGALIK NEWS
BAHAMIAN VISUAL ARTS PRESENTATION
IN WASHINGTON
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Culture and Heritage than by sun, sand and sea.”
In addition to the large crowd of photographers, artists
family, colleagues and friends that came out for
Guilllame’s Opening, we also welcomed a group of
international Librarians who were in Nassau for the 44th
Annual ACURIL Conference as well as members of
Immerse Bahamas from Freeport, and many others!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
IMPORTANT NOTICE
NEW GALLERY HOURS
Doongalik Gallery has new hours of
operation:
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY:
10am—4pm
Our sincere apologies to those Illiterati Story Slam faithfuls
who came out on Friday, June 27 as that evening’s event
was cancelled—we apologize for any inconvenience
caused. Please check the Illiterati facebook page for this
month’s topic, and thank you for your support !
Will be closed for the summer! Watch this space for the reopening date!
Thank you for your patronage over the past season!
Photo shows panelists: Ewan Simpson, Pam, Dr Yanique Hume, Dr Diana Baird N’Diaye, Cultural Heritage Specialist at the Smithsonian, Marielle Barrow, and Michael Nelson, IDB Country Coordinator for The Bahamas
Doongalik owner, Pam Burnside was invited to make a presenta-tion on Bahamian Visual Arts at the Creatives of the Caribbean Arts Festival in June on the topic: “Fostering Economic and Commercial Viability of the Car-ibbean Creative Economy” . The Festival was a collaboration of the IDB, Smithsonian Institution, and Caribbean In-Transit Arts Journal and it entailed (i) an art exhibition from June 6th to Au-gust 29th; (ii) a concert on June 19th headlined by Ms. Alison Hinds and featuring perform-ances by the Ambassador for St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as the Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra; and (iii) a panel semi-nar “Voices of Caribbean Crea-tives” to draw attention to the economic impact of the creative industries in the Caribbean, and to promote comprehensive de-velopment of this sector. The panel consisted of Marielle Bar-row, Editor-in-Chief of Carib-bean in-Transit, Ewan Simpson, Musical Arranger and Intellec-tual Property Lawyer, Dr Yanique Hume, Program
PAM BURNSIDE PRESENTS AT IDB CARIBBEAN CREATIVE CONFERENCE
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Coordinator & Lecturer in Cultural Studies at UWI, and Pam. It was moderated by Ignacio De Leon, IDB Private Sector Development Lead Specialist. There was also a presentation from Dr. Keith Nurse on the Creative Economy and Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean followed by an-other panel consisting of Dr Diana Baird N’Diaye, Cultural Heritage Specialist at the Smith-sonian Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Felipe Buitrago, Author of the IDB book The Orange Economy which can be downloaded at http://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/3659, Richard Campbell Chief, Culture and Tourism at OAS and Mario Umama, Integration and Trade Lead Specialist at the IDB who spoke on “Measuring, Preserving and Growing the Crea-tive and Cultural Sector” from an development institutional standpoint. The seminar concluded with a key presentation by Dr. Vanus James, of the University of Technology, Trinidad and To-bago on “Measuring Economic Impact of the Cultural Industries” with recommendations of how the development stakeholders could support this process.
The session was live streamed and will be available for viewing shortly on the IDB home page www.iadb.org