Current Exhibition on View Until 28 November: Art of Fashion

The Art of Fashion
Exhibition Opens

(Jawara Alleyne, Natalie Urquhart, Rory Mann, Isy Obi)
Photo: Jonathan Tatum

The Art of Fashion exhibition opened with a Member’s Preview on 24 August and will be on view until 28 November (Preceded by NGCI’s Annual Costume Gala.) The Art of Fashion showcases
Caymanian Fashion Designers
Isy B and Jawara Alleyne who have been commissioned by the National Gallery to create new collections inspired by works from the National Art Collection.

Gallery hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Exhibition runs through 28 November

NGCI’s Annual Art of Fashion Costume Gala – Save the Date!

SAVE THE DATE
NGCI is honored to announce its 2018 NGCI Annual Fundraising Gala taking place on November 30, 2018 from 6:30pm until early hours. The National Gallery will host a themed costume gala to support funds towards free public
programming and free admission.

For more information click here.

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Open Call for Artists

Davin Ebanks -Waterline Eastern and Western Passage
The National Gallery is launching a new biennial exhibition and award that seeks to showcase the very best of Cayman’s artistic landscape.
The inaugural exhibition will be an open call with a wide latitude that will enable diverse and varied expression.

Artists are invited to submit work for consideration and to engage in an internationally juried process. Contemporary work in a wide variety of media from painting, photography, new media including video, experimental film and sound works, collage, digital collage, sculpture, drawing, installation, textiles, ceramics, fibre arts, performance and prints, will be considered.

Selected Artwork will feature in a three-month long exhibition at the National Gallery and in the accompanying exhibition catalogue. In addition, each year one exhibiting artist will be awarded the Juror’s Selection Award with a significant monetary prize and the opportunity to develop a solo exhibition with the National Gallery.

For more information, submission process and deadlines, please email Assistant Curator, Simon Tatum.

Purchase Kaboo tickets and support NGCI

NGCI is pleased to be named as a beneficiary of the 2019 KAABOO Cayman KINDNESS Program.

Support local arts. Purchase tickets to KAABOO through National Gallery’s designated link and NGCI will receive part proceeds from each ticket sold to support non-profit educational programming.

Curator’s Corner

Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush
Title: Window IV

Window IV is an acrylic painting on wood created by the late Caymanian artist, Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush. The work was created by Bush in 1980 and is one of several window panels that originated from Bush’s home on South Sound road, Grand Cayman.

A fourth generation Caymanian, Bush began painting at the age of 62, after what she described as a ‘visionary experience.’ Bush referred to her paintings as her ‘markings’, which were executed in a naïve style that is reflective of an intuitive, self-taught, artist. Strong Christian themes run through Bush’s work and she painted on canvas, along with other surfaces like the walls, windows and furnishings of her home.

Window IV is unusual to other window panels that were collected from Bush’s home. Unlike other panels that commonly display characters and animals that reference biblical stories, this painting only displays images of plants and flowers that seem to be from a tropical region. Perhaps Bush was inspired from the scenery she witnessed outside her window and decide to combine the tropical beauty with in the same painting excerpts as her biblical illustrations.
Miss Lassie is considered a serious intuitive artist within the Caribbean region, along with the likes of Guyana’s Philip Moore and Jamaica’s Kapo. Bush’s window panels were purchased as a part gift of Michael and Alejandro Joseph. They were purchased in part via the Susan A. Olde Collection Fund for the National Gallery. The works are now on display in the National Gallery’s permanent collection display in the upper gallery.

-NGCI Curatorial Team

Volunteers Needed

We are currently seeking volunteers to help in our exhibition hall. Gallery volunteers are one of the Gallery’s most vital assets and we are keen to attract interested people dedicated to arts. Volunteering your time, whatever you can spare, makes a difference.

The National Gallery thanks our volunteers past and present for their contribution. Please complete the form below and email it to the address below if you would like to join our
volunteer team.

Volunteer Application Form

Email [email protected] to register or call (345) 945 8111.

Membership Renewal

Have you renewed your membership? Don’t forget the wide range of amazing benefits that are available to our members that include:

1) An invitation to members’ preview evenings for each new exhibition.
2) An exclusive invitation to our Members’ Christmas Party.
3) National Gallery electronic newsletters and bulletins (optional).
4) First word on upcoming exhibitions, programming and NGCI National Collection acquisitions.
5) A 10% discount on all continuing education courses at NGCI.
6) A 10% discount in the National Gallery Gift Shop.

And much more!

Renew your membership here

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