Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Artists of the Bahamas Opens Today!
Artists of the Bahamas is a documentary film that explores the lives and works of key visual artists whose talents contributed to the initial art movement in the Bahamas. Interviews, still photos and archive footage are inter-cut with images of the artists’ works and we learn about the creative process that goes into their paintings, woodcuts, sculptures and installations.
The artists talk about the techniques they use to execute their ideas, from traditional brushes and charcoal, to palette knives, found objects, chainsaws and electronic media. The documentary concludes with the vibrant energy of Junkanoo, a great African festival that rivals both ‘Mardi Gras’ and ‘Carnaval’ in importance
- Artists Of the Bahamas
Join Doongalik Studios Art Gallery today, Saturday, November 20th, 2010 as we celebrate the opening of Nassau's City-Wide Exhibition "Artists of the Bahamas."
11.20.2010. Village Road. 10am - 4pm.
Doongalik Studios will showcase Stan Burnside, John Beadle, & Jackson Burnside of the famous BBB trio. The D'Aguilar Art Foundation, The Hub, The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Popop Studios Center for the Visual Arts, and The Post House Gallery will feature the remaining eight artists. Be sure to also check out these wonderful galleries to complete the Artists of the Bahamas experience.
Beadle. Burnside. Burnside. Cox. Ferguson. Hanna.
Malone. Minnis. Roberts. Smith. Taylor.
Doongalik Studios Art Gallery will also be screening the film Artists Of the Bahamas at 10:30 am and 1:30pm so please do plan accordingly!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The New Newsletter is UP!
Doongalik Studios Art Gallery would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed in making Youngie & Exuma the success that it was!
Be sure to check out the latest November newsletter and we hope to see you at our upcoming shows!
Be sure to check out the latest November newsletter and we hope to see you at our upcoming shows!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Another Busy Week at Doongalik Studios!
Thanks to everyone who came out to support Roddie Pinder's Annual Woodturning Show! We look forward to sharing more of his work with art enthusiasts in the future!
This week, Doongalik turns it's attention to Max Taylor and Artists of the Bahamas! On Wednesday, November 17th at 6pm, Doongalik Studios Marina Village is pleased to host the opening of Max Taylor's "Jazzblutings," a series of acrylics on paper.
According to the artist, these works "reflect not only [his] love for jazz & blues music, but they are also a record showing snippets of Bahamian people and their way of life. [Taylor challenged himself] to use [his] creativity in a different way by letting the colors of the paint & [the] paintbrush guide [his] hand based purely on [his] feelings for these themes."
This Saturday, November 20th, 2010 from 10am - 4pm also marks the official opening of the Nassau city-wide exhibition of "Artists of the Bahamas." Six art galleries throughout Nassau will showcase the works of John Beadle, Jackson Burnside, Stan Burnside, John Cox, Amos Ferguson, Kendal Hanna, Brent Malone, Eddie Minnis, Antonius Roberts, Dave Smith, and Max Taylor. This eleven artists were featured in the film "Artists of the Bahamas" produced and directed by Karen Arthur & Thomas Neuwirth that chronicles the history of Bahamian art.
(click on the image to see the map and details about the exhibition)
Join Doongalik Studios along with the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, The Hub, The D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Popop Studios Center for the Visual Arts, and Posthouse Studios as we open this extraordinary exhibition!
This week, Doongalik turns it's attention to Max Taylor and Artists of the Bahamas! On Wednesday, November 17th at 6pm, Doongalik Studios Marina Village is pleased to host the opening of Max Taylor's "Jazzblutings," a series of acrylics on paper.
According to the artist, these works "reflect not only [his] love for jazz & blues music, but they are also a record showing snippets of Bahamian people and their way of life. [Taylor challenged himself] to use [his] creativity in a different way by letting the colors of the paint & [the] paintbrush guide [his] hand based purely on [his] feelings for these themes."
This Saturday, November 20th, 2010 from 10am - 4pm also marks the official opening of the Nassau city-wide exhibition of "Artists of the Bahamas." Six art galleries throughout Nassau will showcase the works of John Beadle, Jackson Burnside, Stan Burnside, John Cox, Amos Ferguson, Kendal Hanna, Brent Malone, Eddie Minnis, Antonius Roberts, Dave Smith, and Max Taylor. This eleven artists were featured in the film "Artists of the Bahamas" produced and directed by Karen Arthur & Thomas Neuwirth that chronicles the history of Bahamian art.
(click on the image to see the map and details about the exhibition)
Join Doongalik Studios along with the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, The Hub, The D'Aguilar Art Foundation, Popop Studios Center for the Visual Arts, and Posthouse Studios as we open this extraordinary exhibition!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Roddie Pinder's Annual Woodturning Show at Marina Village!
Please join Doongalik Studios Art Gallery this Thursday, November 4th, 2010, for the Official Opening of Roddie Pinder's All Wood Show to take place at our Marina Village Location at 6pm. We hope to see you there!
Roddie Pinder was born and grew up in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, Bahamas. A former Out Island Commissioner, Roddie’s love for woodworking lay dormant until he became friends with Edwin Ferguson from Nassau who was well known for making wooden spinning tops. After the death of another family friend, James Lowe, the family gave Roddie his lathe and a new career was born.
Roddie studied briefly with world renowned wood turner Rude Ofolnik and has never looked back. He uses primarily native woods along with other exotic hard woods.
Roddie is well known as the premiere wood turner in The Bahamas and presently works out of his basement workshop on Russell Island, Spanish Wells. His work can be found in collections locally and internationally.
Roddie Pinder was born and grew up in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, Bahamas. A former Out Island Commissioner, Roddie’s love for woodworking lay dormant until he became friends with Edwin Ferguson from Nassau who was well known for making wooden spinning tops. After the death of another family friend, James Lowe, the family gave Roddie his lathe and a new career was born.
Roddie studied briefly with world renowned wood turner Rude Ofolnik and has never looked back. He uses primarily native woods along with other exotic hard woods.
Roddie is well known as the premiere wood turner in The Bahamas and presently works out of his basement workshop on Russell Island, Spanish Wells. His work can be found in collections locally and internationally.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Youngie & Exuma Lecture Series Highlights - Part I
Can't get enough Youngie & Exuma? Check out this highlight reel from our Lecture Series featuring Fred Ferguson on the Joseph Spence Affliction; Ronnie Butler on Joseph Spence & Tony McKay; Ronnie Butler singing Crow Calypso & Burma Road; and Zippy Frazier & The Sons of Andros' Encore Performance of Jezebel!
Now that you've seen what we had to offer on October 14th & 21st, join us Thursday, October 28th at 6pm for the FINAL installment of the series. This week will feature Leisa Hall and Ray Munnings as they remember "Uncle Youngie & The Obeah Man!" As always you won't want to miss this exciting presentation and the revelation of our SURPRISE MUSICAL GUEST!!
Hope to see you there!
Y&E Lecture Series: Take I from DoongalikStudios on Vimeo.
Now that you've seen what we had to offer on October 14th & 21st, join us Thursday, October 28th at 6pm for the FINAL installment of the series. This week will feature Leisa Hall and Ray Munnings as they remember "Uncle Youngie & The Obeah Man!" As always you won't want to miss this exciting presentation and the revelation of our SURPRISE MUSICAL GUEST!!
Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Affected, Afflicted and Takin’ Last!
Reflections on the second session in the “Youngie and Exuma” Lecture series
by: Patrice Francis
My soul drippin’ man.
I serious.
I need one o’ dem big tin tub what Mama used to soak da white clothes in.
Set it down.
Yeah.
Set it down right dere
On Doongalik porch
So when we walk outta here
Our pride
An’ tanks
wouldn’t waste on da good wood floor what
Jackson build.
Yall tink I playin’ eh?
I drippin’ in my soul.
I so full
Gussie Mae ain’ gat nuttin on me.
I swelling from da inside
An’ ain nobody fix me.
I fine.
I so fine
Cus tonight I realize dese lecture
Mutual.
Yall tink lecture mean experts standing to da mic
Talking at us?
Dat ain what Jackson an’ Mr. Carter mean when dey say lecture.
Dey mean we bringing da porch inside,
comin’ tagedder an’ using
Youngie an’ Exuma as lengendary springboards
So we could bounce off from dem,
An’ share all o’ who we is wit’ each udder,
An’ da world.
Das why people in da plastic chair an’
On da Junkanoo-smeared wooden blocks
Cud say something tonight,
Cus dey experience tings too.
Dis da first time, in a long time,
We had conversation beyond words
Cus we was soaking up da expressions of each udder,
And dat was enough.
Yall does ever see Charles Carter stand to any mic
An’ ask Ronnie Butler ‘bout Culmersville?
Ah?Yall ever ask Ronnie why he sing:“Wake up early one morning,
Kiss my Mama goodbye?”
Yall ain know dem hits like
“Gern Down Burma Road”
Was taking root in Ronnie from he Culmersville days
When Youngie would stop he bike, pick up he strings,
An’ play for Ronnie Ma?
Ah?
Where else yall ga learn da underground railroad
Of Bahamian music?
Yall ever hear Ronnie sing an’ at da same time
Watch Matthew Wildgoose
Lean forward so far
Dat he look like he ga jump in da song with Ronnie
And come out painting him too?
When since Cookie Allens does be reminiscing on any wooden block on Village Road?
Cookie, voice we grow up on, spitting out her own remembrance of when
nassau was Nassau,
An’ MUSIC was capitalized.
Yall ain been
So yall ain see
Orchid stand dere an’ prove intelligence don’ need no costume.
No bey.
Da girl bad.
Wit’ her Mummy, Daddy, Auntie an’ Grammie in da room,
She stan’ on da two feet what God gee her,
an’ learn us
an’ we ain once tink bout age.
She ain rig it up wit’ pretense.
She laugh us up,
an’ we remember we did forget
dat art an’ music supposed to be reflections.
When ain no udder mirror, art an’ music gattie be da glass.
Take dat!
Set it down right dere.
One a dem big tin tub
An’ le’ me squeeze out all dis gratitude I have in me
For being born in dis place,
For being alive at such a time as dis.
Yeah Esther, wit’ all due respect, Bahamian woman could say dat too.
Dis ting start wit’ Youngie an’ Exuma,
Wit’ Pam an’ Jackson
Fred an’ Carter
Orchid an’ Anku
Zippy an’he sons.
It pick up wit’Ronnie an’ erry soul in Culmersville,
(Lord I born off Shirley Street)
But wherever ya navel string bury
If ya was dere tonight,
Ya woulda realize
We ain dead.
We sleep.
We been sleeping,
Fa decades now.
Get mix up.
After da excitement bout Independence die down,
We start tinking somebody owe us something
But tonight I realize
We don’ need politics to spread her mouth
So we could get grin on.
I’ne wan’ see no more unjust gingivitis grinning at us.
We could grin at wesef.
We could revitalize our own soul –
By gathering,
By talking to each udder,
By learning we neighbour name,
An’ bearing we brudder burden.
By popping in one Ronnie cd,
By remembering Exuma was a man, an island an’ a planet,
A planet, an island an’ a man.
By picking up one guitar now an’ den,
An’ whether we play it or not,
Waving dem strings up ta heaven
An’ tanking God for forming Youngie.
Yeah, grunt right dere
Cus Bain town ain no ghetto,
An’ Timothy Gibson did already know
Dat pledging to excel
Is still da best revenge.
So we taking last in udder ways now,
But all we want is fa dem ta pay us what dey owe us.
Not hand-outs or welfare,
Jes gee us back what dey tief from us so we could fare well.
We finally hearing you Tony. We listening too.
Listening forward.
Pam an’ Jackson build it,
We gattie come.
Da porch bigger,
But da bench wider too
So more o’ we could fit.
Bring um!
My friends and I,
We sit in da middle tonight,
And we was surrounded by us.
Couldn’t put Matthew up no closer,
He woulda fall in Ronnie song fa true
An we wouldna bin able to pull him out,
Too far gone we sef.
Cat Island, we coming.
Acklins, Fred tell us an’ we hear him.
Andros, Zippy den plant da seed
An’ Carter den smell fertility
An’ we growing toward this tingdey lecturing ‘bout.
Dey jes trying to point we back ta we,
Dey trying to bring da culture of Grants Town graveyards -
All dat posthumous loving, an’ up talking an’ front biting an’ singing,
Yeah dey trying to bring da goodness
Into pre-death: life.
Now.
Set it down now man.
I can’ leak all dis thankfulness,
An’ identity on dis floor an’ call it art.
Cookie might slip,
Jackson Mummy might slip,
An’ I’ne care what Ronnie sing,
She ain wearing no whoppers.
Oh Lord,
Now.
Annuder legend
Or unsung Bahamian
Can’ die
Before we realize we rich. Conch ain need no bone.
We rich.
Yall ain hear Carter:
“We come to take ownership of something
That ain nobody else entitled to -
Bahamian culture.”
Last!
Doongalik Studios is proud of the response to our Youngie & Exuma Lecture Series. It is always a pleasure to hear from our public and to know that we are making true impact. Thank you to Patrice Francis for her wonderful and thrilling reflections of the past few weeks and we hope that they will inspire others to join us for the final installment of the lecture series tomorrow at 6pm! #18 Village Road!
by: Patrice Francis
My soul drippin’ man.
I serious.
I need one o’ dem big tin tub what Mama used to soak da white clothes in.
Set it down.
Yeah.
Set it down right dere
On Doongalik porch
So when we walk outta here
Our pride
An’ tanks
wouldn’t waste on da good wood floor what
Jackson build.
Yall tink I playin’ eh?
I drippin’ in my soul.
I so full
Gussie Mae ain’ gat nuttin on me.
I swelling from da inside
An’ ain nobody fix me.
I fine.
I so fine
Cus tonight I realize dese lecture
Mutual.
Yall tink lecture mean experts standing to da mic
Talking at us?
Dat ain what Jackson an’ Mr. Carter mean when dey say lecture.
Dey mean we bringing da porch inside,
comin’ tagedder an’ using
Youngie an’ Exuma as lengendary springboards
So we could bounce off from dem,
An’ share all o’ who we is wit’ each udder,
An’ da world.
Das why people in da plastic chair an’
On da Junkanoo-smeared wooden blocks
Cud say something tonight,
Cus dey experience tings too.
Dis da first time, in a long time,
We had conversation beyond words
Cus we was soaking up da expressions of each udder,
And dat was enough.
Yall does ever see Charles Carter stand to any mic
An’ ask Ronnie Butler ‘bout Culmersville?
Ah?Yall ever ask Ronnie why he sing:“Wake up early one morning,
Kiss my Mama goodbye?”
Yall ain know dem hits like
“Gern Down Burma Road”
Was taking root in Ronnie from he Culmersville days
When Youngie would stop he bike, pick up he strings,
An’ play for Ronnie Ma?
Ah?
Where else yall ga learn da underground railroad
Of Bahamian music?
Yall ever hear Ronnie sing an’ at da same time
Watch Matthew Wildgoose
Lean forward so far
Dat he look like he ga jump in da song with Ronnie
And come out painting him too?
When since Cookie Allens does be reminiscing on any wooden block on Village Road?
Cookie, voice we grow up on, spitting out her own remembrance of when
nassau was Nassau,
An’ MUSIC was capitalized.
Yall ain been
So yall ain see
Orchid stand dere an’ prove intelligence don’ need no costume.
No bey.
Da girl bad.
Wit’ her Mummy, Daddy, Auntie an’ Grammie in da room,
She stan’ on da two feet what God gee her,
an’ learn us
an’ we ain once tink bout age.
She ain rig it up wit’ pretense.
She laugh us up,
an’ we remember we did forget
dat art an’ music supposed to be reflections.
When ain no udder mirror, art an’ music gattie be da glass.
Take dat!
Set it down right dere.
One a dem big tin tub
An’ le’ me squeeze out all dis gratitude I have in me
For being born in dis place,
For being alive at such a time as dis.
Yeah Esther, wit’ all due respect, Bahamian woman could say dat too.
Dis ting start wit’ Youngie an’ Exuma,
Wit’ Pam an’ Jackson
Fred an’ Carter
Orchid an’ Anku
Zippy an’he sons.
It pick up wit’Ronnie an’ erry soul in Culmersville,
(Lord I born off Shirley Street)
But wherever ya navel string bury
If ya was dere tonight,
Ya woulda realize
We ain dead.
We sleep.
We been sleeping,
Fa decades now.
Get mix up.
After da excitement bout Independence die down,
We start tinking somebody owe us something
But tonight I realize
We don’ need politics to spread her mouth
So we could get grin on.
I’ne wan’ see no more unjust gingivitis grinning at us.
We could grin at wesef.
We could revitalize our own soul –
By gathering,
By talking to each udder,
By learning we neighbour name,
An’ bearing we brudder burden.
By popping in one Ronnie cd,
By remembering Exuma was a man, an island an’ a planet,
A planet, an island an’ a man.
By picking up one guitar now an’ den,
An’ whether we play it or not,
Waving dem strings up ta heaven
An’ tanking God for forming Youngie.
Yeah, grunt right dere
Cus Bain town ain no ghetto,
An’ Timothy Gibson did already know
Dat pledging to excel
Is still da best revenge.
So we taking last in udder ways now,
But all we want is fa dem ta pay us what dey owe us.
Not hand-outs or welfare,
Jes gee us back what dey tief from us so we could fare well.
We finally hearing you Tony. We listening too.
Listening forward.
Pam an’ Jackson build it,
We gattie come.
Da porch bigger,
But da bench wider too
So more o’ we could fit.
Bring um!
My friends and I,
We sit in da middle tonight,
And we was surrounded by us.
Couldn’t put Matthew up no closer,
He woulda fall in Ronnie song fa true
An we wouldna bin able to pull him out,
Too far gone we sef.
Cat Island, we coming.
Acklins, Fred tell us an’ we hear him.
Andros, Zippy den plant da seed
An’ Carter den smell fertility
An’ we growing toward this tingdey lecturing ‘bout.
Dey jes trying to point we back ta we,
Dey trying to bring da culture of Grants Town graveyards -
All dat posthumous loving, an’ up talking an’ front biting an’ singing,
Yeah dey trying to bring da goodness
Into pre-death: life.
Now.
Set it down now man.
I can’ leak all dis thankfulness,
An’ identity on dis floor an’ call it art.
Cookie might slip,
Jackson Mummy might slip,
An’ I’ne care what Ronnie sing,
She ain wearing no whoppers.
Oh Lord,
Now.
Annuder legend
Or unsung Bahamian
Can’ die
Before we realize we rich. Conch ain need no bone.
We rich.
Yall ain hear Carter:
“We come to take ownership of something
That ain nobody else entitled to -
Bahamian culture.”
Last!
Doongalik Studios is proud of the response to our Youngie & Exuma Lecture Series. It is always a pleasure to hear from our public and to know that we are making true impact. Thank you to Patrice Francis for her wonderful and thrilling reflections of the past few weeks and we hope that they will inspire others to join us for the final installment of the lecture series tomorrow at 6pm! #18 Village Road!
Monday, October 18, 2010
More on the Y&E Lecture Series!
Doongalik Studios Art Gallery in conjunction in Carter Marketing, The Endowment for the Performing Arts, the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation and the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture is proud to announce their free Lecture Series every Thursday from 6-9 pm during the month of October to complement the present Exhibition of these two Bahamian icons. The first lecture featured presentations by Fred Ferguson and Charles Carter to a stand room only crowd and was capped off by the melodious sounds of ‘Zippy’ Frazier and Sons from Andros.
The Exhibition, which opened to an appreciative crowd on October 1st, was mounted in celebration of the 100th birthday of Joseph “Youngie Spence” e and the 40th anniversary of the release of Tony “Exuma” McKay’ s classic album ‘ Exuma’ . Curated by Orchid Burnside, a former intern at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. the Exhibition features a panoply of memorabilia relating to both artists.
“We were amazed at the wealth of information available mostly internationally on both of these artists,” stated Ms Burnside. “They are highly respected all over the world and yet here in The Bahamas, the home of their birth, they are hardly known and certainly not celebrated. This Exhibition aims to remedy that.”
Along with extensive newspaper and magazine articles, album covers, music reviews, video footage and music the Exhibition also has a fantastic array of photographs particularly of Joseph Spence courtesy of Guy Droussart , a Belgian photographer and musician, who travelled to The Bahamas in the 1970’ s to photograph and record Spence and his family. Droussart has spent his lifetime collecting information on his hero and was extremely pleased to know that the artist was being celebrated in such a fashion. Spence’s family was out in grand numbers at the Opening. Charles Carter stated, “The Youngie & Exuma exhibit happily exceeds even my expectations that were sky high to begin with. See it often. Take the kids“ . and Fred Ferguson agreed adding “it is long overdue for recognition to be given to these two great artistic icons of the Bahamas and I hope that this opens the door for the further recognition and appreciation for many of our unsung artistic giants. “
Another amazing aspect of the Exhibition is the collection of 41 paintings by Tony ‘ Exuma’ McKay that was kindly loaned by a variety of collectors. “Most people have no idea that Tony was a painter as well,” stated Jackson Burnside. “He was quite prolific and we are happy to have such a variety of his work on display. The Exhibition took weeks of research and it is a new experience for Doongalik to mount a show of this type but it gave me goose bumps as it came together – these men deserve to be celebrated on an ongoing basis – if we fail to celebrate our own, others will own them - so we are bringing them back home and encourage everyone to come out to see it, particularly the school children.”
The Exhibition will be on display until Thursday, November 4. For further information contact the Gallery at 394-1886 or email doongalikart@batelnet.bs.
The Exhibition, which opened to an appreciative crowd on October 1st, was mounted in celebration of the 100th birthday of Joseph “Youngie Spence” e and the 40th anniversary of the release of Tony “Exuma” McKay’ s classic album ‘ Exuma’ . Curated by Orchid Burnside, a former intern at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. the Exhibition features a panoply of memorabilia relating to both artists.
“We were amazed at the wealth of information available mostly internationally on both of these artists,” stated Ms Burnside. “They are highly respected all over the world and yet here in The Bahamas, the home of their birth, they are hardly known and certainly not celebrated. This Exhibition aims to remedy that.”
Along with extensive newspaper and magazine articles, album covers, music reviews, video footage and music the Exhibition also has a fantastic array of photographs particularly of Joseph Spence courtesy of Guy Droussart , a Belgian photographer and musician, who travelled to The Bahamas in the 1970’ s to photograph and record Spence and his family. Droussart has spent his lifetime collecting information on his hero and was extremely pleased to know that the artist was being celebrated in such a fashion. Spence’s family was out in grand numbers at the Opening. Charles Carter stated, “The Youngie & Exuma exhibit happily exceeds even my expectations that were sky high to begin with. See it often. Take the kids“ . and Fred Ferguson agreed adding “it is long overdue for recognition to be given to these two great artistic icons of the Bahamas and I hope that this opens the door for the further recognition and appreciation for many of our unsung artistic giants. “
Another amazing aspect of the Exhibition is the collection of 41 paintings by Tony ‘ Exuma’ McKay that was kindly loaned by a variety of collectors. “Most people have no idea that Tony was a painter as well,” stated Jackson Burnside. “He was quite prolific and we are happy to have such a variety of his work on display. The Exhibition took weeks of research and it is a new experience for Doongalik to mount a show of this type but it gave me goose bumps as it came together – these men deserve to be celebrated on an ongoing basis – if we fail to celebrate our own, others will own them - so we are bringing them back home and encourage everyone to come out to see it, particularly the school children.”
The Exhibition will be on display until Thursday, November 4. For further information contact the Gallery at 394-1886 or email doongalikart@batelnet.bs.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Here's What You Missed At DGLK!
It was pouring rain, and the traffic was horrendous BUT Fred Ferguson gave a talk on the guitar styling of Joseph Spence and played a few classic Youngie tunes, Charles Carter spoke about the significance of the year 1958 for Bahamian music, and Zippy Frazier came over on LeAir with the... sons (minus the daughters) of Andros to share some awesome anthems with us! Check out this video of the Fraziers singing DRY BONES and join us next week for the second installment of the Youngie & Exuma Lectures Series - Thursday @ 6pm, #18 Village Road!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Youngie & Exuma Madness Continues!
Whether you missed the opening, haven't had a chance to see the show yet, or can't get enough of Joseph Spence & Tony McKay please join us on Thursdays @ 6pm throughout the month of October for our Youngie & Exuma Lecture Series!
Also, keep an eye out for details on our Sunset Reception! We hope to see you there to celebrate these Bahamian Cultural Icons. (double click on the photo to read larger)
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Doongalik Studios Celebrates Youngie & Exuma!
August 4th marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the internationally celebrated guitarist Joseph Spence and the month also marked the 40th anniversary of the world release of Tony McKay’s electrifying album “Exuma the Obeah Man.”
These artists are two of The Bahamas’ most recognizable cultural icons and their artistic genius will be celebrated during October in an exciting Exhibition of original paintings by Tony McKay from private collections along with a wide variety of memorabilia, photographs and articles on both artists as well as selections from their musical repertoire.
The Exhibition, which is being presented by Doongalik Studios and Island FM Radio Station with the assistance of The National Endowment of the Arts, is the first ever of its kind mounted in the country and will be an official event of the 2010 CariFringe Festival taking place here in Nassau from October 1-11.
The Exhibition will be open to the public from October 1 until Wednesday, October 27 and will close with a musical tribute to both artists—stay tuned for more information in our October Newsletter!
These artists are two of The Bahamas’ most recognizable cultural icons and their artistic genius will be celebrated during October in an exciting Exhibition of original paintings by Tony McKay from private collections along with a wide variety of memorabilia, photographs and articles on both artists as well as selections from their musical repertoire.
The Exhibition, which is being presented by Doongalik Studios and Island FM Radio Station with the assistance of The National Endowment of the Arts, is the first ever of its kind mounted in the country and will be an official event of the 2010 CariFringe Festival taking place here in Nassau from October 1-11.
The Exhibition will be open to the public from October 1 until Wednesday, October 27 and will close with a musical tribute to both artists—stay tuned for more information in our October Newsletter!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Exclusive Video: Max Taylor Drops Some Knowledge at Village Road!
For those of you who missed the official opening of Max Taylor's "Remnants," do not despair! The show will remain open for viewing throughout the summer at Doongalik Studios' Village Road location.
In addition to the usual Artist Walk & Talk, Max Taylor was kind enough to treat patrons to several printmaking demonstrations. Below is a never before seen video of Max Taylor at Doongalik Studios Village Road with students from the Ministry of Education Summer Art Program 2010. Enjoy!
Also, look out for exclusive insight to some of Taylor's works in the show to be featured in this month's Art Newsletter!
In addition to the usual Artist Walk & Talk, Max Taylor was kind enough to treat patrons to several printmaking demonstrations. Below is a never before seen video of Max Taylor at Doongalik Studios Village Road with students from the Ministry of Education Summer Art Program 2010. Enjoy!
Also, look out for exclusive insight to some of Taylor's works in the show to be featured in this month's Art Newsletter!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
DOONGALIK STUDIOS TO HOST MAX TAYLOR’S EXHIBITION ‘REMNANTS’ FOR THE SUMMER
Doongalik Studios Art Gallery, Village Road is honoured to host Max Taylor’s ‘REMNANTS’ Exhibition throughout the summer. The Exhibition comprises an amazing collection of woodcuts, prints, acrylic paintings on canvas and paper, as well as wood sculptures from 2001—2009. The Official Opening of the Exhibition is slated for Thursday, July 8 from 6-9 pm with an Artist’s Walk and Talk taking place at 7pm.
In addition to an appreciative adult audience the Gallery is looking forward to welcoming a continuous stream of summer school students armed with their sketch pads and pencils who will be encouraged to study and draw from this Bahamian master’s work. The Exhibition will be on display until September 24.
Gallery Owner Jackson Burnside, in this 2006 review of the artist, wrote:
As one of the first Bahamian Artists, Maxwell is perhaps our most advanced. He is a stubbornly individualist artist that has followed his own vision, disregarding the commercial aspects of art that could have made his life so comfortable. These are the words that the late Brent Malone, a close friend and fellow artist, used in introducing Max Taylor at the opening of a one-man exhibition at Brent’s Matinee Gallery, on the 12th December, 1978.
After a lifetime of constant search and struggle, Maxwell Taylor has established an international reputation of excellence, and has earned a celebrated place in a society that had no place for artists when he was born. Born in 1939 in Grant’s Town, New Providence, Bahamas, Max Taylor, along with Brent Malone and Kendall Hanna, was one of the first apprentices of the fabled Chelsea Pottery in Nassau. When the pottery closed in 1966, Max found his way to New York. This visit, which was to last approximately twenty years before he moved south to the Carolinas and traveled extensively in Europe observing the social, economic, and political dynamics of many cultures. This exposure opened doors to the unique and intensely sensitive perception of the world of Maxwell Taylor.
Solidly grounded in the consciousness of his Bahamian background, and steeped in the pain and pleasure of the outside world, Taylor works incessantly to record the celebration and the atrocities he sees. The work of Max Taylor is a highly personal and spiritual odyssey creating a time-less quality of the dignity and strength of suffering in the experience of mankind and nature.
Max Taylor is a versatile and accomplished technician and a master of a variety of media - painting, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture. In all of his works the search for meaning, the depth of thinking, and the joy of the graphics is evident. Taylor will tell you I love to draw. I am constantly drawing. I make hundreds of drawings.
For further information on this Exhibition please contact the Gallery at 363-1313 or doongalikart@batelnet.bs
In addition to an appreciative adult audience the Gallery is looking forward to welcoming a continuous stream of summer school students armed with their sketch pads and pencils who will be encouraged to study and draw from this Bahamian master’s work. The Exhibition will be on display until September 24.
Gallery Owner Jackson Burnside, in this 2006 review of the artist, wrote:
As one of the first Bahamian Artists, Maxwell is perhaps our most advanced. He is a stubbornly individualist artist that has followed his own vision, disregarding the commercial aspects of art that could have made his life so comfortable. These are the words that the late Brent Malone, a close friend and fellow artist, used in introducing Max Taylor at the opening of a one-man exhibition at Brent’s Matinee Gallery, on the 12th December, 1978.
After a lifetime of constant search and struggle, Maxwell Taylor has established an international reputation of excellence, and has earned a celebrated place in a society that had no place for artists when he was born. Born in 1939 in Grant’s Town, New Providence, Bahamas, Max Taylor, along with Brent Malone and Kendall Hanna, was one of the first apprentices of the fabled Chelsea Pottery in Nassau. When the pottery closed in 1966, Max found his way to New York. This visit, which was to last approximately twenty years before he moved south to the Carolinas and traveled extensively in Europe observing the social, economic, and political dynamics of many cultures. This exposure opened doors to the unique and intensely sensitive perception of the world of Maxwell Taylor.
Solidly grounded in the consciousness of his Bahamian background, and steeped in the pain and pleasure of the outside world, Taylor works incessantly to record the celebration and the atrocities he sees. The work of Max Taylor is a highly personal and spiritual odyssey creating a time-less quality of the dignity and strength of suffering in the experience of mankind and nature.
Max Taylor is a versatile and accomplished technician and a master of a variety of media - painting, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture. In all of his works the search for meaning, the depth of thinking, and the joy of the graphics is evident. Taylor will tell you I love to draw. I am constantly drawing. I make hundreds of drawings.
For further information on this Exhibition please contact the Gallery at 363-1313 or doongalikart@batelnet.bs
Monday, March 22, 2010
Junkanoo Talks celebrates its 500th Show!!!
Doongalik Studios Art Gallery would love to congratulate Junkanoo Talks on its 500th broadcast! From its humble beginnings on More FM, Junkanoo Talks has been delighting listeners around the Bahamas for many episodes, and many years.
Hosted by Jackson Burnside III along with Arlene Nash Ferguson, the program has become on of the premiere talkshows on Bahamian Culture, and is broadcast on Saturday mornings at 11am on 1540AM.
In case you missed it, Doongalik Studios is pleased to stream (for a limited time) this hallmark episode, featuring esteemed guest and radio personality, Charles Carter. Charles Carter is the creator and founder of Carter Marketing and 106.5 Island FM, and one of the foremost scholars on Bahamian Music in the country.
Enjoy!
Hosted by Jackson Burnside III along with Arlene Nash Ferguson, the program has become on of the premiere talkshows on Bahamian Culture, and is broadcast on Saturday mornings at 11am on 1540AM.
In case you missed it, Doongalik Studios is pleased to stream (for a limited time) this hallmark episode, featuring esteemed guest and radio personality, Charles Carter. Charles Carter is the creator and founder of Carter Marketing and 106.5 Island FM, and one of the foremost scholars on Bahamian Music in the country.
Enjoy!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Save the Date: Earth To Flight Official Opening!
Sadly, the Transforming Spaces Art Tour has come to an end, but you can relive the experience through our slideshow of photos to your right!
Many of the galleries will also be keeping the TS2010 exhibitions on display so do not be discouraged! In fact, Doongalik Studios Village Road is pleased to invite you to the Official Opening of Earth to Flight - Toby Lunn and Averia Wright's collaborative exhibition of painting and sculpture. The event will talk place at 18 Village Road, March 26th, 2010; 6pm-9pm; and will feature an Artist Walk and Talk which begins at 7pm. So mark your calendars and we hope to see you there!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Last Chance!
9 spaces, 5 hours, 1 day.
Tomorrow is your last opportunity to experience the wonderment that is the Transforming Spaces Art Tour - don't miss it!
Buses depart at 10am sharp from NAGB.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Bahamas B2B's Coverage of Transforming Spaces!
Still not convinced about the Transforming Spaces Art Tour? Perhaps this video by Bahamas B2B will change your mind! Don't forget to purchase your tickets soon because TS2010 is only ONE week away!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Transforming Spaces 2010 on Junkanoo Talks!
The Transforming Spaces Art Tour is just around the corner and Doongalik Studios' Artists Toby Lunn and Averia Wright hit the air waves to promote their exhibition Earth to Flight. The duo, along with Pamela Burnside were featured on last Saturday's episode of Junkanoo Talks, hosted by Jackson Burnside on the ZNS Network.
Do not despair if you missed the original broadcast of the show! For a limited time, you can tune in right here on our blog site using the Radio Widget! We hope to see you there!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Save The Date
presents:
EARTH TO FLIGHT
a collaborative visualexperience of
Painting and Sculpture
by
Averia Wright
and
Toby Lunn
The time is fast approaching for this year’s popular Transforming Spaces Art Tour which is celebrating its sixth anniversary!! Patrons purchase a $30.00 ticket for the day which allows them to be driven along with other art lovers in the comfort of an air-conditioned bus with its own knowledgeable Tour Guide to visit different Art Spaces located throughout the island. The spaces are specifically ‘transformed’ for the occasion and patrons get the opportunity to meet and interact with the artists, view and purchase their works and enjoy delicious food and drink!
This year the following nine spaces will be participating:
Doongalik Studios Art Gallery, Ladder Gallery, New Providence Art & Antiques, Pink ‘Un, Popop Studios, Post House Gallery, PRO Gallery, StingraeStudio, and The Hub.
Tickets will soon be available for purchase from the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), Doongalik Studios, Village Road and The Ladder Gallery. Telephone us for more info.
Doongalik Studios extends a warm welcome to the New Acting Director of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, David Bailey, MBE who had this to say about the Tour:
“It is important to note that the Transforming Spaces event is created by a curatorial collective made up of many of the self-run visual art spaces, who come together to ensure that over a weekend Bahamians and visitors are given an intense visual art experience. Forgive my use of formal terminology but I really want to emphasize by using these terms that the works on display have not been arbitrarily put together as a mis-matched survey of Bahamian art, but that there has been a focused discussion and planning process in- volved in order to ensure that the audience will be exposed to the rich quality of the art and the amazingly diverse talent of the artists.
Transforming Spaces serves as a recurring yearly reminder of the necessity to see visual art within the context of place and each space will offer a distinctive perspective on Bahamian art. Every member of the audience will be taken on a visual art experience that at its heart has a narrative which raises questions about the nature of art both within the context of the gallery space as well as within the context of the role and nature of contemporary art in the wider Bahamas.
We are now in the 2nd decade of the 21st century and are witnessing the legacy of the economic crash as well as recent ecological disasters in our neighborhood country of Haiti. It is in times like these that we need to look towards the visual arts for inspiration, encouragement and the ability to progress forward and it is for this that I welcome you to join us on our Transforming Spaces journey.”
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