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Pictures from the night of.
7.11.12
Kendal Hanna
Untitled
Acrylic and graphite on paper
10” x 14” (est)
1998
Lot 46
This piece was recently included in the exhibition “Happy Birthday To Me: A Retrospective” of Kendal Hanna’s work at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. The photograph was taken through non-glare glass and is more vibrant in reality.
About the Artist:
Kendal Hanna (born 1936, Nassau, The Bahamas) is one of the country’s earliest abstract expressionists. He always dreamed of being “trained in art” and left for New York City in order to study it. He came back to look after his ailing mother and never returned to art school.
Hanna studied marine biology for a time and then worked in the post office in Nassau. During his breaks, he would visit the fabled Chelsea Pottery and soon became one of their first apprentices, along with Max Taylor and Brent Malone. An avid reader of the art books he found at the Pottery, it was here that he learned about the work of European artists and was inspired to turn to painting. Hanna also met many visiting artists and sculptors who came to Nassau, among them Hildegard Hamilton and famous American muralist John St. John. Hanna was influenced by their work and they encouraged him to pursue his art.
Much of Hanna’s work is in abstract images and he went through a phase of painting using only black and white. After treatment for illness, he began using color more extensively. Much of his early work, which had a realistic style, was lost in a house fire twenty years ago. Hanna is also a sculptor using metal and found objects. He is currently working on integrating his painting and sculpting.
His first exhibition was held in 1992 in Nassau and then at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, a restored colonial mansion formerly known as the Villa Doyle. Hanna remembers accompanying his mother to work and looking at the Villa Doyle opposite. “I would never realize that my paintings would be shown in this place, you know it’s sort of unbelievable,” he says about seeing his work hanging in the Gallery now. Hanna had exhibitions at the new Providence Art and Antiques Gallery in 2005 and 2006, the second exhibit showing many of his self-portraits. He moved into Popup Galleries in 2007 where he is the artist in residence.
He is represented in many of the key private collections in The Bahamas and in the National Collection of the Bahamas and has exhibited at the Chelsea Pottery, Bahamas Festival of Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Annual Central Bank Exhibition and Competition, and at the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington, D.C. among other venues.
About the artist from http://daguilarartfoundation.com/daguilar-art-foundation-bahamian-artist-kendal-hanna.html
7.10.12
Neko Meicholas
Untitled
Ink on acid free paper
9.5” x 8”
2012
Lot 44
About the Artist:
Neko Meicholas is a publisher and artist. He is a graphic designer/photographer/illustrator for Guanima Press Ltd, which is the first press in The Bahamas dedicated to the publication of literary material.
Meicholas mounted his first solo exhibition in 1986 at Caripelago. He has participated in several group art exhibitions, Transforming Spaces and Transforming Mud which he organized in December 2010.
He has published books authored by a number of Bahamian writers: Dame Ivy Dumont, Governor General of the Bahamas (2002-2005), Eugenie Lady Nuttall, Michael Pintard, Cindy Armbrister, Cleare Belgrave and Patricia Glinton-Meicholas. He also co-publishes “Yinna”, the journal of the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies (BACUS). He recently completed and launched Years of Favour, a fiftieth anniversary publication for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau, for which he was the principal photographer and designer. He is currently involved with the production of Yinna, Volume 4 for the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies (BACUS) and the catalogue for Transforming Spaces 2012 (http://www.transformingspacesbahamas.com) and the revamping of the website for the Bahamas Marine EcoCentre (BME) (http://www.tropicbirds.org).
About the artist taken from http://www.guanimapress.com/NEKOM.php.
Creative Partner Highlight: The Bahamas Music Conservatory
@ The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
“I have always been a fan of cross-disciplinary happenings, so when it was decided that The Small Art Auction House was going ahead my first actions -aside from approaching visual artists for artwork- were to invite writers and musicians to the table.
Having seen Bahamas Music Conservatory tutor, Stephanie Cleare, play the violin on several occasions -particularly at The Hub’s jam session Mixed Nuts- I immediately approached her about organizing a musical component for the Welcome Mix & Mingle on the evening of the auction. It was such a pleasure when a few weeks later she informed me that 24 members of The Bahamas Music Conservatory Chamber Ensemble -from age 7 to 50- agreed to perform.
I couldn’t have asked for a better pairing. Although the Small Art Auction House event is centered around the sale of amazing artworks it is first and foremost an educational fundraiser. Therefore it is only appropriate that as I welcome the public to share in my developing skills that this collective of musicians united by the philosophy of education, training and growth be able to do the same.
I welcome you (yes, you) to arouse your senses and to not only see the art, but hear the music.
I humbly thank all of the participating musicians and look forward to an amazing performance!”
- Jon Murray,
Small Art Auction House Producer.
ABOUT THE BAHAMAS MUSIC CONSERVATORY
The Scotiabank Symphony run by The Bahamas Music Conservatory has over 100 members at this time, aged from 2 and a half years old up to adult.
The philosophy of the orchestra is that it is an orchestra for developing musicians. This means that musicians of many different levels participate together, but each one has a mission and responsibility to develop and grow as a musician.
The main orchestra rehearses once every week on a Saturday afternoon.
We have special performance projects each term. This September we will begin learning our music for the Christmas Concert!
To find out more visit www.bahamasmusicconservatory.com or email bahamasmusicconservatory@gmail.com or call 242 393 1597.
THE PERFORMANCE
As mentioned above, the performance will take place during the Welcome Mix & Mingle of The Small Art Auction House at 6:30PM on Friday, July 13th at The Bahamas Historical Society. Some of the pieces being performed include:
“William Tell Overture Finale” by Rossini
The William Tell Overture is the instrumental introduction to the opera “William Tell” by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini’s 39 operas. The Finale, “March of the Swiss Soldiers”, is a “cavalry charge” heralded by trumpets and played by the full orchestra. This segment is often used in popular media to denote galloping horses, a race, or a hero riding to the rescue. Its most famous use is as the theme music for the Lone Ranger.
“Allegro Orchestra” arranged by J. Connaughton
Allegro Orchestra is a full symphonic arrangement of the tunes ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ and the popular Suzuki tune ‘Allegro’. Twinkle, Twinkle little Star is a popular English lullaby: the lyrics are from the poem ‘The Star’ by Jane Taylor (1806). The lyrics are sung to a French folk tune known as ‘Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman’ (Ah! Will I tell you Mommy!) (1761). Mozart later published a famous set of variations on this tune.
“Frere Jacques” Traditional
This French folk tune will be performed by the BMC in a dramatic round. The violas and second violins start with an eerie drone followed by the first violins on the melody. The piece builds in the form of a round when the cellos and doubles bases come in with the same melody creating a heavy, striking sound. The brass and wind enter on the last round easing the tension slightly and as the sections trickle off, the end, although same as the beginning, seems slightly less eerie but no less dramatic.
ORCHESTRA PERFORMING AT THE SMALL ART AUCTION HOUSE
Conductor
JoAnne Connaughton
Guest Conductor
Koda Major, 7
Violins
Stephanie Cleare (tutor)
Cleopatra Chea (returning student)
Aldwyn Hogg (returning student)
Georgia Martel, 13
Deja Forbes, 8
Ariadne Roker-Tynes, 8
Laresha Johnson, 8
Koda Major, 7
Dishan Anderson, 15
Alexandra Bain, 15
Christopher Bain, 8
Imani Davis 9
Violas,
Hollie Major, 12
Alysha Wells, 9
Cellos
Kameron Major, 13
Jacovia McKenzie, 10
Basses
Timothy Linden, 18
Israel John, 16
Flutes
Ann Chea (mom)
Daniel Jaggesar, 15
Aldwynn Hogg (returning student)
Clarinet,
Alexandria Chea, 14
Trumpets
Sarah Jaggersar (returning student)
Jayden Wells, 7
7.06.12
Lillian Blades
Mixed Media Assemblage
Lot 40
About the Artist:
”I am a full time visual artist from Nassau, Bahamas currently living in Atlanta, GA. I’m a Public Artist and a Studio Artist whose artwork takes on assemblage qualities that reflects the improvisational compositions, colors and patterns of Quilts (eg. Gees Bend) and the textural qualities of Memory Jars. My inspirations are rooted in ancestral and matriarchal visual traditions I connect with.”
Biography
Lillian Blades was born in 1973 in Nassau, Bahamas. She received a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA in Painting from Georgia State University. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and Caversham in KwaZulu Natal South Africa. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, The Bahamas, Trinidad, Germany, and South Africa. Her work has been commissioned for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, The East Atlanta Library and is in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art and the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
Lillian Blades was born in 1973 in Nassau, Bahamas. She received a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA in Painting from Georgia State University. She also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and Caversham in KwaZulu Natal South Africa. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, The Bahamas, Trinidad, Germany, and South Africa. Her work has been commissioned for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, The East Atlanta Library and is in the collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art and the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
About the artist taken from http://www.lillianblades.com/1/category/studio/1.html
7.06.12
Marysa Malone
Rhythm II
Charcoal on newsprint
11” x 25”
Lot 37
About the Artist:
Khia Poitier
Pouting as Revolutionary Praxis
Acrylic and watercolour on canvas
10” x 7” diptych
2012
Lot 26
About the Artist:
Bahamian artist, Khia Poitier, began her formal education at the College of The Bahamas, graduating with an AA in Art in 2011. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout New Providence and was one of three recipients of the Popopstudios Junior Residency Prize in 2010.
Khia is currently pursuing a BFA in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design with an additional concentration in Gender, Sexuality, and Race studies.
Her work comments on and dialogues with issues of identity – particularly of Black identity, in the modern world.
About the artist provided by Khia Poitier.
khiapoitier.tumblr.com
7.03.12
Alistair D. Stevenson
Coconut Trunk Experiment, 7/7
Porcelain
6” x 5” x 4”
2012
Lot 39
About the Artist:
Alistair D. Stevenson (b. 1990) was raised in Long Island, Bahamas
where from an early age displayed a desire for the creative arts. This
desire blossomed in senior high school where he decided to pursue a
career in the visual arts. After graduating from N. G. M. Major High
School, Long Island, in 2007, Stevenson moved to New Providence where
he began studies in Art Education at the College of The Bahamas. In
2011, though close to completing his Bachelor’s degree in that field,
he decided to switch to the Associates Degree in Art and graduated
almost immediately in May, 2012. Due to a strong interest in the
Ceramic Arts, Stevenson has received awards such as the Dennis Knight
Award for the Ceramic Arts in 2009 from Jessica’s Tileworks as well as
the Popop Junior Residency Prize in 2011 from Popopstudios
International Centre for the Visual Arts. Stevenson currently works as
the Curatorial Intern at the D’Aguilar Art Foundation and is a
committee member and contributing artist to Empty Bowls Bahamas.
About the artist provided by Alistair D. Stevenson
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