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ACE 2011All Ceramics Exhibition to

open October 6

MORE UPCOMING EVENTS & SHOWS

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DOONGALIK STUDIOS ART GALLERY NEWSLETTERDOONGALIK STUDIOS ART GALLERY NEWSLETTERDOONGALIK STUDIOS ART GALLERY NEWSLETTERDOONGALIK STUDIOS ART GALLERY NEWSLETTERSeptember 2011September 2011September 2011September 2011Volume 5 Issue 9Volume 5 Issue 9Volume 5 Issue 9Volume 5 Issue 9

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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.

In 2003 Mr. Burnside visited Jessicas studio,which was then located in Arawak Avenue, andproposed to her the idea of developing a line ofteapots specifically for the Doongalik Studio

Marina Village Gallery. At the time Colebrookewas not as intrigued by the idea and felt thatshe had left her teapot making days back atRISD (The Rhode Island School of Design).However, Mr. Burnside, being a man of visionand persistence came fully equipped with abook entitled 100 Teapots produced byLarks Publishing! Since that meeting (andmany teapots later) Jessica has yet to exhaust

the possibilities of this domestic item!

This years exhibition is proudly sponsored byDanBrad Limited, The DAguilar Art Founda-tion, Mrs. Dawn Davies, Jessicas Tileworks,Guanima Press and The Culture Gallery. Partproceeds from the sale of the artwork at theexhibition will assist in continuing to fund theDenis Knight Choice Award at COB.

The exhibition opens the evening of October6th and it promises to be a fascinating event.We look forward to seeing you there!

ACE is a bi-annual exhibition that was started in 2009 by Jessica Cole-brooke to bring together Bahamian Potters and Ceramicist under onevenue. Although a public call was sent out, very few of the ProfessionalCeramicist and Potters (those who hold a Degree in this area of Art)participated. Instead, those persons with true dedication and passionfor this art form were in full attendance such as Sue Bennett-Williams,Imogene Walkine, Neko Meicholas, Tamara Russell, Monika Minnis,Jessica Colebrooke and Maxwell Taylor.

The first ACE also took the opportunity to honour Denis Knight for hispioneering contributions in bringing awareness and appreciation of ce-ramics as fine art in The Bahamas. As a tribute to this enduring talent,the Denis Knight Choice Award was established in July 2010 throughthe College Of The Bahamas to be awarded to a COB student whoexhibits consistent excellence in ceramic work. This summer, the firstrecipient of this award was Mr. Alistair Stevenson.

For the 2nd ACE the theme My Flamboyant Teapot was strategicallychosen since the exhibition was being held at Doongalik Studios onVillage Road and several years ago Jackson Burnside had been instru-mental in influencing Jessica to pursue this theme.

ALL CERAMICS EXHIBITION 2011 opens Oct 6

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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 29

The Crisis Centre invites the public to join themas they host an evening of advocacy in the

Doongalik Gardens from 7-9pm using poetry,songs, stories, prints, music and discussion forhealing to commemorate an End to Sexual Vio-lence in The Caribbean. For more informationcontact Ms. Glendina Joseph (Administrator) at328-0922 or Mrs. Donna Nicolls (volunteer) at424-4786 or email the Centre at bahamascri-siscentre@yahoo.com

Friday, SEPTEMBER 30

The Ministry of Tourism will be celebrating the

launch of a signature CD by Bahamian musical

talent, Fred Ferguson and Graffiti from 7pm!

Thursday, OCTOBER 6

ACE 2011 My Flamboyant Teapot Official

Opening at 6.30 pmsee information on page 1

Saturday, NOVEMBER 5

We are extremely

proud to announcethat after a full year ofplanning, Bahamian

Art will be on exhibi-tion in Waterloo, Iowaon October 14 untilDecember 2011. Anyof our patrons on thatside of the USA arecordially invited tocome and celebratewith us!!

Our October Newslet-

ter will highlight the11 artists 3-day trip toWaterloo for thisunique show that wastriggered by the re-lease of the DVD

Artists of The Bahamas produced by Karen and Tom Neuwirth!WCA Director, Cammie Scully and Curator, Kent Shankle made aspecial visit to The Bahamas last October to see the Artists ofThe Bahamas art exhibitioncheck our October/November 2010Newsletters to refresh your memory!You are invited to meet the artists and learn from themand otherscholarly presenters during our exhibition opening and 2-day sym-posium. These artists are findingtheir voice, sharing their uniqueidentities, and connecting with the world in the art that will be fea-tured.

October 14Exhibition opening, featuring artist gallery talks

October 14 -15Symposium, featuring a gala opening, scholarly presentations,

and cultural celebrations of art, food and music

Experience Bahamian life and culture through the art of the coun-

try's leading artists. From intuitive to trained, the Master Artists of

the Bahamas' works range from easel paintings to mixed media

installations and environments. Featured in this exhibition and

symposium are artists Amos Ferguson, Kendal Hanna, Max Tay-

lor, Brent Malone, Dave Smith, Eddie Minnis, Stan Burnside, Jack-son Burnside, Antonius Roberts, John Beadle and John Cox.

This project supported in part by The Bahamian Ministry of Youth, Sports and

Culture, The American Embassy, Nassau Bahamas, The National Art Gallery

of the 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.

Waterloo Center for the Arts | 225 Commercial Street | Waterloo,

Iowa 50701 | 319.291.4490 www.waterloocenterforthearts.org

www.waterloocenterforthearts.org

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTSThe Doongalik Calendar is filling up with activities and we invite you to come and celebrate

MASTER ARTISTS OF THE BAHAMAS EXHIBITION & SYMPO-

SIUM TO OPEN AT THE WATERLOO CENTER FOR THE ARTS

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tegration there is a criticalspace developing where, forthe first time, we can envi-sion a converging nexus ofartists who want to sharetheir creative experience.

ARC is an experiment ofsorts that brings together theunlikely- to harbor conversa-tions that reveal the currentdynamism occurring in art

production, conceptualizationand its many manifesta-tions.

The most recent issueshown here features thework of Bahamian artist,

Lavar Munroe, on the cover.Lavar is now studying for hisMasters Degree in Fine Art.

For more information checkthe magazines website atwww.arcthemagazine.com

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A NOVEMBER TEASER-

Last October,

D o o n g a l i k

S t u d i o smounted a

fabulous Ex-

h i b i t i o n

called Youngie &

Exuma celebrating the

life and work of Baha-

mian musical giants, Jo-

seph Spence and Tony

Exuma McKay...we are

busy planning another

spectacular show and

lecture series for this No-

vember....dont miss next

months Newsletter for

the inside information on

this years Show!!

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JANE WATEROUSJanes fans willbe happy to know that we now havetwo of her signature People paint-ings in the Gallery. This artist hasbeen turning heads all around theworld lately and we congratulate her

on her success!

ISLANDZ - In July we introducedthese new phone skinz we nowhave four new designs in stock! Thetwo shown above are by Bahamianartist, John Cox.

ARC MAGAZINEWe are happyto extend our art connection intothe Caribbean and to be a dis-tributor for this new and excitingart magazine.

ARC Magazine is a quarterly Car-ibbean Art and Culture Print ande-magazine published out of St.Vincent and the Grenadines byartists, Nadia Huggins and HollyBynoe. It was launched in Febru-ary and is a unique product akinto a contemporary art book. Thepublication is a high quality col-lectable, meaning a house and acontainer for art works. ARC is anexperiment of sorts that bringstogether the unlikely- harbouringconversations that reveal the cur-rent dynamism occurring in artproduction, conceptualization and

its many manifestations.

Editor Holly Bynoe states, ARCendeavours to form a creative

platform to offer insight into cur-rent practices across the bur-geoning creative industries, whilebridging the gap between estab-lished and emerging artists.Within the recent motions of in-

Bahamian Art is flourishing

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