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NAGB Tribute to Petrine Archer-Straw (1956-2012)

Dr. Pertrine Archer-Straw at the launch of Dawn Davies' Love & Responsibility

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Petrine Archer-Straw this week. As a highly respected presence in the art community, Dr. Archer-Straw will be greatly missed.

She served as a consulting curator in the formation of the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas and will be remembered for her invaluable contributions to its establishment.  She will also be remembered as curator of two large-scale exhibitions at the Gallery: One Man’s Vision, The Vincent D'Aguilar Collection (for the official opening of the NAGB in 2003) in addition to "Past, Present and Personal", The Dawn Davies Collection (30 September, 2004—31 March 2005). Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.

National Art Gallery of Jamaica Tribute to Dr. Pertrine Archer- Straw
ARC Magazine Tribute

NAGB To Screen Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase 2012

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is pleased to announce that it will screen select films from The Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase. The Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase is a gathering of films from around the Caribbean showcasing the talent of our region. As the name implies, the showcase travels around the region and the Bahamas.

Below is a schedule of the films, days and times.
Films are screening at The National Art Gallery.For further information or questions, please call us at 328.5800/1.
In case of rain, films will be shown inside of the NAGB instead of the outdoor theater.

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Location: The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
7.00 PM: Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (USA)
Director: Katrina Browne
Length: 86 min.
Synopsis: Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide.


Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Location: The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas    
7.00 PM: Yo soy tumbero (Cuba)  
Director: Bilko Cuervo
Length: 15 min.
Synopsis: French Tumba in Bejuco fights to keep alive the magic of its ancestors, who gave us the strength of their passion and art.

7:30PM: Cheila Una Casa Para Maita (Venezuuela)
Director: Eduardo Barberena
Length: 90 min.(Feature film)
Synopsis: Cheila returns from Canada to spend Christmas in the beautiful house that he gave his mother with a great effort. He brings with great news: finally he’’s going to make real his dream of a sex change and being "a total woman". The operation is soon, but he needs his family support. After seeing the once-beautiful "villa" in absolute decline and occupied by a chaotic rush of brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews, Cheila finally understands hard truths that will make her redefine the relation with himself and with his family, when he finds out their biggest lack: the intolerance, the meanness and lack of affection.


Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Location: The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
7.00PM: The Amerindians (Trinidad and Tobago)
Director: Tracy Assing/ Spohie Meyer
Duration: 40 min.
Genre: Documental
Synopsis: ““The only real Caribs are dead Caribs.”” In this revealing film, Tracy Assing seeks to put to rest that historical saw. Assing was raised a member of the Santa Rosa Carib Community, the only recognized  group representing indigenous descendants in Trinidad and Tobago. Until now, ␣Amerindian descendants have depended on the stories of their grandparents and great grandparents for their history, while the indigenous story of survival has been written out of the history books. Assing walks us through her  own exploration of the history of the Santa Rosa Community and, as her great aunt,  the Carib Queen, prepares to join the Great Spirit, ponders an uncertain future.           

8:00PM: Ticket to Paradise (Cuba)
Director: Gerardo Chijona
Length: 88 min
Genre: Feature film
Synopsis: The movie is the chronicle of the physical and spiritual trip of Eunice, the protagonist. A  physical trip, which begins in her small town in the interior of Cuba, continues in the road up to Havana, and ends in a sanatorium for AIDS patients. A spiritual trip towards the maturity, which goes of a teenager violated by her father. The dramatic arch that the protagonist crosses, has a particular visual atmosphere in each of three acts of the script, according to the physical landscape and, especially, to her spiritual condition.


Saturday, October 27th, 2012
Location: The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
4:00PM: Classical Steel (Trinidad and Tobago)
Director: John E. Barry
Length: 42 min.
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Playing classical music on the steel pan showed Trinidad society that a percussion instrument invented in the poorer areas of Port of Spain could reach the heights of a symphony orchestra. The film  looks at the importance of classical music in the development of the steel band and its acceptance worldwide as a legitimate instrument.

5:00PM: The Promised Ship (Costa Rica)
Director: Luciano Capelli/ Yazmin Ross
Released in: 2000
Length: 52 min.
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: “The promised Ship”” is a bilingual documentary that goes after the oral trace of the Black Star Line, a shipping adventure taken by Marcus Garvey, the leader of the first black mass movement of the XX century and founder of a line of steamboats intended to cross the Atlantic in search of a lost continent. Today, a barber, and fourteen officers keep alive the utopia that mobilized millions of people of African descent around the world.

7.00PM: Barra-bas
Director: Giuliano Salvatore
Released: 2009
Length: 90 min. 
Genre: Documentary 
Synopsis: This documentary is about Rafael Serrano Toro, Venezuelan writer, famous in the 70’’s as “The number 1 public enemy in Venezuela””. He was put in jail and condemned. In jail became a writer.

8:30PM: Rain
Director: Maria Govan
Released: 2008
Length: 85 min. 
Synopsis:  A  teenager named Rain has lived her entire life with her grandmother on a tiny rural island in the Bahamas. When her grandmother dies, Rain goes to Nassau to find her mother, Glory, whom she has never met. When she arrives, Rain is devastated to discover that Glory lives in a desperately poor, AIDS ravaged neighborhood called ““The Graveyard”” and that she turns tricks to support her drug habit. With no strong maternal role model in her life, Rain must look within for strength and discovers she has a gift for running. Rain receives guidance from her school’’s track coach, Ms.Adams, but Rain’’s living situation threatens to spoil her dream.

Bahamian Outsider Exhibition Catalogue Available Soon

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is pleased to announce the publication of the Amos Ferguson: Bahamian Outsider Exhibition Catalogue.

On Thursday, September 20th, a print of 100 copies will be available the Mixed Media Store. The general public is encouraged to reserve copies of the catalogue. Additional copies will be published and tentatively sold as of October 2012.

To reserve your copy of Amos Ferguson: Bahamian Outsider Exhibition Catalogue please call 328-5800/1 or email aknowles@nagb.org.bs.

To download a PDF Preview of the exhibition catalogue click, Here.

Membership Drive Fair Video

New NAGB: Blank Canvas Page

The NAGB: Blank Canvas now as its own page on our website!

Updated every week, the page includes information on guests, hosts and links to any Blank Canvas shows that you may have missed.

To go to the official Blank Canvas page, click Here.

To listen online or download past shows, click Here or click on the dates below.

To see Blank Canvas pictures, click Here.

Ganoid's and Madonnas: A Short Review of NAD Exhibition Two

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) and the Nassau Airport Development (NAD) have partnered to beautify the airport. The inaugural exhibition occurred in 2011, with February 2012 marking its second rotation. In charge of the project is Curatorial Assistant, Ashley Knowles, who curated 7 cabinets with the Curatorial team: Jackson Petit, Nastassia Pratt and Averia Wright. Each cabinet features works by different 3D artists.

Hoping to bring some diversity airport, Knowles intends to make a "call-for-artworks" for the September 2012 rotation encouraging all types of 3D artists to submit proposals. Knowles states, "I might have 14 cabinets in September, I am not too sure actually but I know that I want to push forward thinking that I do. I have submitted a proposal to further the collaboration between the NAGB and NAD, so there may be a big surprise coming soon- just wait and see! I'd also like to point out this project was alot of team work and was a big Curatorial effort." The public can expect and official call and press release to come out mid-May.

 

Cabinet 1, featuring "Ganoid" by Averia Wright and "Untitled Vase" by Denis Knight.

Cabinet 3 with artworks by Robin Hardy. All of his wood sculptures feature local wood such as guinep or sapodilla. 

Cabinet 2 featuring "Bahamian Madonna 1" and "Bahamian Madonna 2" sculpted women by artist, Joann Behagg.

Alternate view of Cabinet 2.

The first view, Cabinet 1 with artworks by Averia Wright and Denis Knight.

 Cabinet 2 featuring Bahamian Madonna's sculpted women by artist, Joann Behagg.

 Cabinet 5 featuring 3 amazing ceramic sculptures by artist, Imogene Walkine. Walkine is also featured in Cabinet 7.

Front view of Cabinet 4 with Botanical Vase and 2, 8 in. tiles by artist, Jessica Colebrooke.
Colebrooke is also featured in Cabinet 6, with 1 large rippled turtle and 2 baby turtles.
 

Alternate view of Cabinet 4 by artist, Jessica Colebrooke.

 Cabinet 5 featuring amazing ceramic sculptures by artist, Imogene Walkine.

 Alternate view of Cabinet 5 featuring sculptures by artist, Imogene Walkine.

 Cabinet 4 featuring wood sculptures by artist, Robin Hardy.

There will be upcoming opportunities for young artists to participate in the NAD Exhibition 3 rotation in September, 2012. Interested 3D artists can contact Ashley Knowles at aknowles@nagb.org.bs.

Blank Canvas: The Creative Community

NAGB Chief Curator John Cox welcomes Pam Burnside to NAGB: Blank Canvas on Guardian Radio 96.9FM. Together with NAGB Curatorial Assistant, Ashley Knowles they discuss the ‘Creative Community,’ Junkanoo’s place in the modern artistic community.

Junkanoo’s community based ideas and origins as well as the ongoing designation of Nassau as a city of folk art and craft by UNESCO

Blank Canvas will air every Wednesday at 6:30PM on Guardian Talk Radio 96.9 FM. Remember to stay tuned! Every week there will be different cohosts from the NAGB team and amazing guests.

Notice: As We Knew Him Exhibition Closing

“Junkanoo is a celebration. Junkanoo represents the spirit of the Bahamian culture, and it is this spirit, once celebrated with the intensity of the parades in all other aspects of our culture, that will provide the leadership for our society in the future.”  - Jackson Burnside III, 2009.

Sunday, April 29th, 2012 is the last day to catch “As We Knew Him: One Family’s Tribute to Jackson Burnside Boxing Day 2011,” the NAGB’s first Junkanoo exhibition. The show has been running since February 3rd, 2012.

Covering the One Family Boxing Day Junkanoo parade, the show boasts a lively discussion on contemporary Junkanoo within an artistic setting. The show also commemorates Jackson Burnside through his art and participation in One Family. A popular show, the exhibition has hosted many tours, workshops and educational activities. There are still 2 opportunities to visit the gallery! Saturday, April 21st there is a Junkanoo Pasting Workshop, and on Thursday, April 26th there is a film entitled: A Beat Forever, Junkanoo.

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Junkanoo Pasting Workshop
Join The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas in an educational celebration of Junkanoo on Saturday, April 21st, 2012.

The NAGB’s Educational Department has created a complete family day where guests can: Participate in the following hands-on activity, create and paste your own Junkanoo piece.

Date: Saturday, April 21th, 2012
Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm

RSVP by paying in advance by Friday, April 20th.

The workshop will only take place with a min. 10 RSVP's. We reserve the right to cancel this workshop if numbers are not met.

Prices are as follows:
$25 Adults
$20 NAGB Members
$10 for children under 12
$40 Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 kids; or 1 adult, 3 kids)

Price includes workshop and FREE entrance to gallery.

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NAGB FIlm Series: A Beat Forever, Junkanoo
Produced By: Isabella Astengo
Date: 8:00 pm, Thursday, April 26th, 2012

The film documents, 6 Characters, 6 Bahamians, 6 Junkanoers that takes the viewer on an incredible travel inside Junkanoo. The film follows the characters throughout a full year, discovering their inside passion, which begins with the conceptual idea to the performance on Bay Street. Darren Bastian, Jackson Burnside III, Arlene Nash Ferguson and Shona Wood, from One Family Warriors group; Howard Bethel and Chris Justilien from Colours talks about their passion, their life with and for Junkanoo.

"When I hear the music, the transformation take place, it starts with my head, then goes to my heart, then the cloths come off and then I become a fanatic, A Real Junkanoo Fanatic”, Darren Bastian, One Family’s Chairman Magnus.

The Education Department is excited to screen the film, “A Beat Forever: Junkanoo” because of the contents it offers the viewer. For the first time, the viewer can receive a ‘back stage pass” and go behind the scenes in the Junkanoo shacks, Junkanoo groups meetings, practices, and personal interviews with the individuals that make this event possible. The film also has interviews with Jackson Burnside III who is the star of the current exhibition at the gallery. The viewer will walk away with a complete understanding and appreciation of the Bahamian culture expression, Junkanoo.

Junkanoo Dance and Music Workshop

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is going to “dance to the Junkanoo”, “shake to the Junkanoo” and “jump to the Junkanoo”. Everybody join NAGB in a dance and music workshop. Learn either Junkanoo choreography or the musical instruments that make it all happen.

Date: Saturday, April 14th, 2012
Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Please RSVP by 4:00 PM Friday, March 31st, 2012.

Workshop Fees:
Non-members: $30
Members: $25

For further information please call 328-5800/1.

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas in the News

Today's Tribune published an article about the Jackson Burnside exhibition. An amazing piece written by Tribune reporter, Alesha Cadet, explores the different influences, sections and meanings of the show.

The NAGB was also featured by ZNS during its news broadcast. Check out our new Chief Curator, John Cox, talking about the importance of the current exhibition, As We Knew Him.

Have any suggestions for the NAGB or the Mixed Media blog? Please email mixedmediablog.nagb@gmail.com and let us know.

Wanted: Volunteers Needed

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is looking for volunteers to assist with curatorial and education events, as well as assisting with the Mixed Media store. Volunteers will staff the store, assist with exhibition openings, closing, All-star Amateur Artist nights and film previews.

Please call 328-5800 for further information.

News: Volunteers Needed!

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is looking for volunteers to work part-time in its gift store. We are looking for mature individuals (preferably retirees) who are customer service oriented, friendly, able to work a 2.5 hour shift on a negotiated day of choice and have basic computer skills. If you have these qualities and would like to apply, please contact Ms. LuAnn Morris at telephone 328-5800/1 to arrange an appointment.

Reminder: All Amateur Artists Deadline Tomorrow

The NAGB All-Star Amateur Artists CALL FOR WORKS Deadline is this Friday, January 6, 2012 at 5pm. Send your artwork in Artists!

Email submissions to nagbaaa.bs.@gmail.com.

Reminder: All Amateur Artists Deadline Fast Approaching

Calling All Amateur Artists! The NAGB announces the launch of a new NAGB art initiative designed to encourage and engage amateur artists in The Bahamas: The All-Star Amateur Artists Night! If you are an amateur, non-professional artist, submit your work and possibly get the opportunity to be featured in a museum level exhibition at the NAGB. Pass the word!

Below is the Promotional Flyer, Rules of Entry and Application Form. If there are any problems, please call the NAGB at 328-5800 or email us at nagbaaa.bs.@gmail.com.

REMEMBER: Deadline for submission is January 6th, 2012.

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Rules of Entry:

The All-Star Amateur Artist Night: Rules of Entry



Application Form:

The All-Star Amateur Artist Night: Application Form

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The All-Star Amateur Artists Night: Flyer, Rules and Application Form

Calling All Amateur Artists! The NAGB announces the launch of a new NAGB art initiative designed to encourage and engage amateur artists in The Bahamas: The All-Star Amateur Artists Night! If you are an amateur, non-professional artist, submit your work and possibly get the opportunity to be featured in a museum level exhibition at the NAGB. Pass the word!

Below is the Promotional Flyer, Rules of Entry and Application Form. If there are any problems, please call the NAGB at 328-5800 or email us at nagbaaa.bs.@gmail.com.

Flyer:
Promotional Flyer OR



Rules of Entry:
The All-Star Amateur Artist Night: Rules of Entry OR


The All-Star Amateur Artist Night: Rules of Entry



Application Form:
The All-Star Amateur Artist Night: Application Form OR


The All-Star Amateur Artist Night: Application Form

Feel free to send us a comment or email, we look forward to hearing from you! Also "like" our Facebook page to get the latest updates and information!
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NAGB Announces New Director & Staff Appointments

Earlier this year, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas began a comprehensive and transparent search, locally and worldwide, to fill a number of positions including Director, Assistant Educational Officer, Curatorial Assistant and Curatorial Trainees. The Board of the NAGB and the Gallery itself worked in consultation with the arts community throughout the entire process. With this talented selection of persons, the Board is confident that the process has been a sound one and that it has resulted in the best persons being chosen for each position.

After an extensive search, the Board of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas announces the appointment of Director Amanda Dana Coulson to succeed Dr. Erica M. James, who managed the National Art Gallery since its establishment seven years ago.

Amanda Coulson- Director of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
Amanda Coulson, a Bahamian citizen, earned her Master’s Degree in Art and Architecture from New York University’s prestigious institute of Fine Arts and went on to become an internationally-renowned art critic and curator, while supporting Bahamian artists on the international platform.

Dr. James is a strong supporter of Coulson who she worked with in 2006 on the international exhibition Funky Nassau – Recovering an Identity. The exhibition was staged at both the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and the celebrated Nassauischer Kunstverein in Wiesbaden, Germany, where it garnered great international press for the nine Bahamian artists: John Beadle, Dionne Benjamin-Smith, Lillian Blades, John Cox, Blue Curry, Michael Patrick Edwards, Antonius Roberts, Heino Schmid and Clive Stuart.

Coulson maintained close contact with many of the artists and helped further their careers with advice and insights in navigating the complex world of contemporary art. “I’m really touched at how many friends and colleagues have supported this appointment. It underscores the warmth and richness of our community that I’ve missed for so long,” Coulson comments.

Having co-founded contemporary art fairs with her German husband in both Basel, Switzerland and New York, Coulson wished to bring her expertise in arts administration, curating and critical writing back to her native soil. “Like many Bahamians who went abroad to complete their studies, connections are made that take one further away from home, professionally or personally. I secured a great job in New York and then married a German art dealer. While I found myself in a network that was extremely rewarding, it was disengaged from my homeland. So I was particularly thrilled when this opportunity arose for myself and my family.”

Coulson has promoted artists from other Caribbean nations like Che Lovelace (Trinidad), Enoc Perez (Puerto Rico) and Zac Ové (Trinidad), as well as African artists like Athi-Patra Ruga (South Africa) and Meschac Gaba (Benin), increasing their presence on the international art platform. “There are many art scenes that are unfairly marginalized due to their remoteness from the global art hubs. I hope to use my network of 20 years of arts management, to further the reach of Bahamian artists by bringing our national achievements to an international stage, and to garner more international focus on the islands themselves, encouraging visits by art lovers and curators to see the richness of our cultural scene.”

Additional appointees are:

Jordia Benjamin- Assistant Education Officer
Jordia Benjamin was born in Nassau, The Bahamas, attended Aquinas College and graduated from High School in Kissimmee, Florida. She attended Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida pursuing and completing the Associate of Arts Degree in Studio Arts. She transferred to the University of South Florida, in Tampa where she graduated with honors and received dual degrees, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Studio (concentration in Painting) and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. While a student at USF, she furthered her studies abroad by enrolling in the University’s summer programmes in Paris, France and the United Kingdom. As an undergraduate, Miss Benjamin received numerous awards and grants including ‘Exceptional Talent Grant, CVPA Diversity Enhancement Grant, Transfer Student Achievement Scholarship, USF Art Department Talent Grant and USF College of the Arts Study Abroad Grant.

Her work has been exhibited in several Tampa galleries: The Centre Gallery, Flight 19, Traditional and Digital Arts Gallery, The International Boba House and William and Nancy Oliver Gallery. She received Honorable Mention in “Cityscape,” the University of South Florida Study Abroad International Photo Competition and was co-curator of “Je veux l’art” Fall 2008 Paris Study Abroad Exhibition at the USF Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL. Miss Benjamin has worked in several museums including the Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa, Florida and the Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida. She is a member of two honor societies Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key International Honor Society. She is the daughter of Crispin and Juieth Benjamin.

As Assistant Educational Officer, Miss Benjamin will assist with the development and supervision of education programmes for children, adults and artists; develop and execute community and island outreach programmes; along with assist with the development of educational materials for exhibitions as a part of educational product development.

Ashley Knowles- Curatorial Assistant
Ashley Knowles was born in Nassau, New Providence where she first developed an interest in art. After graduating from Bishop Michael Eldon School in Freeport, Grand Bahama, she received the Bahamas United World College full scholarship to attend Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada for 2 years to complete her International Baccalaureate. Upon completion of her baccalaureate degree, Ashley Knowles received a scholarship to attend Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts where she completed her Bachelors of Arts in May 2011 in Anthropology and a concentration degree in Museum Studies. Whilst attending Smith College, she also completed a thesis in Museum Studies on the role of relevancy in the Bahamian history museum. In the summer of 2011, Ashley Knowles successfully completed a certificate programme in Art Museum Studies at the Summer Institute of Art Museum Studies (SIAMS) where she was published and was 1 of 5 curators for the certificate exhibition entitled, Surface Tension: Reconsidering Water as Subject.

Ashley Knowles has had the good fortune of working at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC where she researched and curated an online digital exhibition entitled, "An Attempt At Noise: The Presence of Junkanoo in The Bahamas" and the Smithsonian 1994 Folklife Festival. Ashley Knowles has also interned at the National Museum of The Bahamas, The Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation where she researched and conducted interviews on Grand Bahamian history and assisted with the completion of a mini exhibition on the history of Grand Bahama.

As Curatorial Assistant, Miss Knowles will assist the director and curators with the research, development, design, installation and implementation of exhibitions, maintain and manage the National Collection and exhibition galleries. She will also act as liaison between curatorial staff and the general public, supervise use of the National Collection and perform routine condition reports on the galleries and National Collection with curators.

Nastassia Pratt- Curatorial Trainee
Nastassia Pratt was born in Nassau, Bahamas. Her interest in art began during her high school studies at St. John's College, particularly in 2003 during the RBC Finco Summer Art Workshop when she was introduced to watercolor painting. This subsequently led to her studies in design at The College of The Bahamas' Associate's Degree in Architecture. She then continued studies in architecture at Ryerson University in 2005 where her interest in model-making began. An ongoing exploration of these avenues of creating has led her to her present position as a Curatorial Trainee at the NAGB.

As Curatorial Trainee, Miss Pratt will support the work of the curatorial staff and focus on professional museum practices training. Miss Pratt will assist with exhibition development and maintenance, collections management, research, public programming, merchandising and gallery promotion.

Averia Wright- Curatorial Trainee
Averia Wright was born in Nassau, The Bahamas and graduated from St. John's College. She is a ceramicist/sculptor who graduated from the College of The Bahamas with an Associates Degree in Fine Art. She transferred to the University of Tampa where she studied under Bahamian sculptor Kendra Frorup and graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art with a concentration in ceramics. She was employed at Doongalik Studios Art Gallery, Nassau and participated in a two-man show, alongside Toby Lunn, in Transforming Spaces 2010 in the exhibit "Earth to Flight". Her work can be found in the collections of Dawn Davies, the D'Aguilar Art Foundation and Jackson and Pam Burnside.

As Curatorial Trainee, Miss Wright will support the work of the curatorial staff and focus on professional museum practices training. Miss Wright will assist with exhibition development and maintenance, collections management, research, public programming, merchandising and gallery promotion.