DOONGALIK STUDIOS ART GALLERY NEWSLETTER

July 2011Volume 5 Issue 7 - Happy Independence Bahamas! 2011

18 Village Road Open Mon-Fri 9am 4pm

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.

WELCOME TO THE NEW DOONGALIK STORE !!

We will be hosting the opening of Doongalik Studios Store on Saturday, August 6 at Village Roadwe hope that you can join us! Here are the directions to get to the Gallery from our former Paradise Island location: Travelling over the exit bridge from Paradise Island, make a left and continue in the RIGHT lane along East Bay Street (which is a oneway street) until you get to the traffic light at Montague Beach. Turn right on to Village Road (which is a twoway street so please stay on the LEFT side to the next traffic light on Shirley Street) then continue straight ahead along Village Road past Colina Insurance on the right (which is about a quarter mile past the light). DOONGALIK STUDIOS is the third building on the right past Colina Insurance. There are large orange walls before the entrance gate with a Jackson Burnside Limited sign as well. We look forward to seeing you soon!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A LOOK INSIDE THE NEW DOONGALIK STOREnew location directions 1

DAGUILAR ART FOUNDATION, WE THE PEOPLE COMMITTEE, LYFORD CAY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, IN SITU MAGAZINE Tributes to Jackson Burnside continue 2 DOONGALIK NEWS and NEW ADDITIONS 3

Tributes continue for Jackson..We say a special thank you to the DAGUILAR ART FOUNDATION for mounting and hosting an Exhibition of his paintings last month in his honour, and to those collectors who loaned their artwork! It was an amazing evening and a fabulous Art Show! Photos courtesy of Roland Rose
Marina DAguilar, Saskia DAguilar and Pam stand near a junkanoo portrait of Jackson taken by Roland Rose

The WE THE PEOPLE Committee (of which Jackson was one of the first 30 to sign on) will be spearheading a Tree Planting Campaign on Emancipation Day, Saturday August 1 in Nassau. In honour of Jackson, they gathered at Doongalik Studios on Saturday to plant a pomegranate fruit tree on the property. Visit
www.wethepeoplebahamas.org for more information.

Andrew Parker and Art Collector, Dawn Davies greet Jacksons mother, Gertrude Burnside and aunt, Coral Taylor at the Exhibition Opening

The art community came out in full force to celebrate and honour Jacksons work.

The art students of the LYFORD CAY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL made a cheque presentation to the Jackson Logan Burnside III Library and Research Centre and donated a students painting during their art show last month in honour of Jacksons visit to their art class.

Friends and art collectors, Campbell and Sharon Taylor enjoying the evening.

Julian AndersonRollle, producer of the Sunday Arts programme on ZNS came to film Jacksons paintings at the DAguilar Art Foundation and interview Holly Parotti, Pam and Saskia for a feature presentation on Jacksons life as an artist .

IN SITU MAGAZINE will launch a special edition featuring Jackson Burnside, architect and artist, at a Reception on Saturday August 6 at Doongalik Studiosbe sure to get your copy!

DOONGALIK NEWS ++++++++++ NEW ITEMS

Over 100 summer school students from ST. ANSELMS ages 513 years had an interesting Tour of the Doongalik premises and artwork this past week. Doongalik also welcomed back Doong, the junkanoo puppet, who entertained the younger visitors!

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T R O Y NIXON We welcome the unique art of Troy Nixons Strictly Coc o n u t products JACKSON BURNSIDEA which are new print based on the made from poster artwork for the Treethe coconut tree. This is fascinat- monisha Opera produced by ing work! Cleveland Williams in 2009. MICHELLE N I X O N L I N DS AY Creativity obviously runs in the family as Troys sister, Michelle, demonstrates with her creation of beautiful angels made from native materials. MAX TAYLORNew ramic bowls from Master Artist Max Taylor. ce-

PRESENTATION TO THE AQUINAS COLLEGE LIBRARYMadame Janine Legros and Pam Burnside recently made donations of Bahamian books to the School Library on the newly built campus.

LAVAR MUNROE We welA N D R E T come JOHNNew back ceramic Shell beautifaces from this ful intritalented sculpcate tor are now mixed available in media various styles. artwork on paper from this talented artist who is preparWe are pleased to carry products ing to further his studies created by ISLANDZ, a new local abroad. company providing electronic accessories. The artwork on these BRENT Bahamian Pride cellphone skins, MALONE available for Blackberries and We now other cellphones, was created by have the local artist, Ellery Deveaux. new Brent Malone art DVD available for sale, produced by Karen and Tom Neuwirth.

Bahamian Art is flourishing