DOONGALIK STUDIOS ART GALLERY NEWSLETTER

April 2013 Volume 7 Issue 4

20 Village Road Open Mon-Fri 9am 4pm Saturday 9am1pm

P.O. Box N-1207 Nassau, Bahamas Tel (242) 394.1886 Email:doongalikart@batelnet.bs Web blog: doongalik.blogspot.com Website: doongalik.com We are also on Facebookfacebook.com/doongalik 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.

CERAMICIST ALISTAIR STEVENSONS TALKIN BOUT CHINA was well received last week.
His exhibition of Chinese ceramics, tools, books and memorabilia will be on display for another week .
As an expression of gratitude for his many supporters who continue to believe in his progressive success as an artist and as a contributor to his community, Stevenson shared his experience in a digital presentation along with a display of various articles accumulated during his travels throughout China. He was also honoured to present his talk to representatives from the Chinese Embassy who attended.

Under the patronage of many art enthusiasts and supporters, Alistair D. Stevenson had a fantastic opportunity to visit the Peoples Republic of China during the summer of 2012, experiencing the world of the ceramic arts there. For six (6) weeks, Stevenson along with 10 peers and 2 guides from across North America traveled to four (4) provinces in China (Shanghai, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Beijing), weaving in and out of historical and contemporary aspects of Chinese ceramics and culture. Three weeks of this time was spent as an artists residency living and working at the JDZ-WVU International Ceramic Studios in JingDeZhen City, a place known for producing approximately 90% of the worlds blue and white porcelain. Amongst other mind-blowing events, Stevenson visited tombs housing the renowned terracotta warriors in Xian, combed ancient pottery villages, walked through massive dragon kilns, climbed the Matianyu Great Wall and to top it off celebrated a birthday with fellow Chinese artists in Beijings 798 Art District.

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Its here!! The second shipment of Rosie Hannas popular book has been delivered to the Gallery, so please stop by to get your copythey are going fast!
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We have additional Bahamian books in stock since the last newsletter: McPherson Street and the folks who lived there by veteran writer, Mackey Williams, and a classic Bahamian cookbook by the late Cindy Williams!

The Opening of the Nassau Exhibition of MASTER ARTISTS OF THE BAHAMAS at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas takes place this Thursday at 7pm. This is the show that travelled to Iowa in 2011, then to Florida in 2012 and has come back home! The NAGB will also be screening the most recent movie Jackson Burnside Native Son produced by filmmakers, Tom and Karen Neuwirth, (who will be in town for these events) on Saturday, April 27 at 6pm. We are proud to announce that the movie won a Bahamian Oscar from the Bahamas International Film Festival earlier this year! These events are free and open to the public!

Well known hotelier Netica Symonette will be officially launching her first novel A Girl called Nettie this week. It is now available for sale at the Gallery. She will be signing copies at Doongalik at a later date!

Looking forward to May, an all day CRAFT & FOOD FAIR entitled InWhichin Tings Bahamian will be held on the grounds of Doongalik Studios on Saturday May 4 from 10am6pm and will feature the works of various skilled artisans around the country. Please join us for an interesting shopping day of fun, food and fabulous crafts!