NGCI Weekly News
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) is planning some exciting exhibitions, programmes and events for 2014.
Gallery memberships make for great gifts!
Holiday Hours
The National Gallery’s exhibition halls will be open during the holiday season. Please see details below. NGCI administrative offices will be closed at 2:00 PM Tuesday, 24 December 2013 and will re-open Thursday, 2 January 2014. For administrative assistance please visit the reception desk located in the Lower Exhibition Hall during the hours listed below or email [email protected]. – Happy Holidays!
Gallery Holiday Hours – Exhibition Hall
Mon, 23 December 2013 – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tue, 24 December 2013 – 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Wed, 25 December 2013 – Closed Public Holiday
Thur, 26 December 2013 – Closed Public Holiday
Fri, 27 December 2013 – 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sat, 28 December 2013 – 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sun, 29 December 2013 – Closed
Mon, 30 December 2013 – 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Tue, 31 December 2013 – 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Wed, 1 January 2014 – Closed Public Holiday
Thur, 2 January 2014 – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
New Cine Club
Ever wanted to visit Europe? From January you can visit six European countries without leaving Grand Cayman!
The next season of Cine Club films on show are popular, award winning features from France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Austria, and Russia and cover a variety of genres including comedy, romance, action and drama.
Cine Club gift memberships make for fabulous gifts for movie-lovers. The season begins on Monday, 13 January with Les Intouchables, an uplifting comedy about friend ship and human possibility that broke box office records across France.
The season also features the multi-award winning drama Amour, recipient of an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, the Palme d’Or and four European film awards. There is fun, action and clever film-making in the German movie Run Lola Run, while Mermaid tells the tale of a green-haired girl moving to Moscow who believes she has the power to make wishes come true. For a complete listing of the season’s new films go to the NGCI website.
Films are screened every other Monday evening at 7:00 PM at the National Gallery Dart Auditorium. Cine Club membership gives you access to this season’s six meetings, refreshments and film handouts. Membership is $50 for 6 meetings or $10 per movie (drop-in). A reduced rate is available for National Gallery members.
For more details contact the National Gallery by calling (345) 945 8111 or by emailing [email protected].
Public Art – Sculpture Competition
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands draws attention to the empty space awaiting the winning sculpture in its public art with a striking mock-up in the shape of a very large question mark. The competition, supported by the Water Authority – Cayman as part of their 30th anniversary celebration, invites all eligible artists to enter proposals for a public sculpture or installation for the entrance roundabout of NGCI’s new building, located on the Esterly Tibbetts Highway. The winning project will receive financial assistance for the execution of the final artwork as well as a CI$10,000 cash prize. All proposals can be submitted to the National Gallery between Monday, 27 January 2014, 9:00 AM (EST) and Friday, 31 January 2014, 5:00 pm (EST).
The complete list of rules and regulations is available on the NGCI website here. Artists are asked to carefully consider location, theme, production, and implementation. A Jury Committee consisting of Water Authority – Cayman representatives and professionals from the arts community will be looking for long-term durability as well as artistic merit, as the final work will become a permanent feature at the National Gallery. No purchase or fee is necessary to enter or win. For more information email [email protected] or call (345) 945 8111.
Kids and Families
Pre-schoolers and Parents restarts 10 January
with Kieshona Brown Every Friday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Admission free, drop-in, all welcome!
Family Fun restarts 11 January 2014
with Kieshona Brown Every Saturday 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
$5 per child, drop-in (first come first served), for children and families!
For more information on our youth educational programmes email [email protected].
New for Teens and Adults
Walkers Art Club (Teens)
For ages 13-18 taught by Chris Mann every Thursday afternoon 3:45 PM -5:15 PM.Admission free and limited to 15 students!
Registration is now open.
Drawing
with Gabrielle Wheaton every Saturday morning 10:45 AM – 1:15 PM
$198 members (non-members $220)
Registration is now open.
In the Brac…
Walkers Art Club
Every Friday afternoon 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Spot Bay Primary
LAST CLASS 27 DECEMBER
Outdoor Painting with Simone Scott
4th Saturday of the month 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Beach west of Divi Tiara abandoned Timeshares, South Side
Free for residents (visitors: $10 includes use of supplies)
Both residents and visitors can attend this open-air class and record their contemporary experiences and the beauty of the island.
Art for the Elderly with Simone Scott
Every 1st and 3rd Thursday 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Kirkconnell Community Care Centre
Free for residents (incl. use of supplies)
This class is designed to allow people who live in rest homes to engage with art.
Sponsored by Ernst & Young.
Live Studio Night
Class restart on 6 January 2014
For more information on our Cayman Brac programmes and events contact: Simone Scott Tel: (345) 917 7718 or email
Community Events
(non-NGCI events)
The National Gallery seeks to “promote visual arts in and of the Cayman Islands”. Through this e-bulletin you can learn about other arts-related happenings in our community.
What’s Happening
Life
An exhibition of works by Lorna Reid
Opening 15 December 5:00 PM
Venue unit #218 Mirco Centre
Viewing 15 December – 29 December
VAS
Weekly ceramic open studio
Every Wednesday 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
If interested email [email protected]
Cayman Colours
Recent works by
Kathryn Elphinstone at Full of Beans Cafe for the month of December.
To the Edges of the World
Underwater and Land Photogallery
90 School Road George Town
Darvin Ebanks(345) 929 7181
Cayman Islands Craft Market (waterfront)
Come out and support our local artists.
Items on sale include prints and original pieces.
Please contact Cira Bush on (345) 929 4777
Opportunities
‘Red Sky at Night’ arts festival
Cayman National Cultural Foundation
1 March 2014
F.J. Harquail Cultural Centre
Contact: Lorna Bush / Rita Estevanovich
(345) 949 5477
Website: www.artscayman.org
‘Big Ole Looky Ya’ cultural festival
National Museum of the Cayman Islands
May & November 2014
National Museum, George Town
Contact: Maia Muttoo
(345) 949 8368
Website: www.museum.ky
Various events at the Visual Arts Society
Visual Arts Society of the Cayman Islands
The Watler House at Pedro’s Castle
Contact: Marry McCallum
(345) 327 0751
Website: www.visualartcayman.com
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed at non-National Gallery events are the artist(s)/organisations personal views/ideologies and do not necessarily reflect the views and ideology of the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
Renew Your NGCI Membership…
2014 promises to be an exciting year for the National Gallery. The Gallery has seen some 13,000 visitors this year including young and old, locals and visitors. As you know, the Gallery offers a Permanent Collection Exhibition, a temporary exhibition space, an education centre including an auditorium, an arts library and a fully equipped art studio, all within beautifully landscaped grounds in a fabulous location. Your membership enables us to continue with our busy exhibition schedule, education and outreach programming, and gives you the opportunity to be a part of and enjoy this wonderful cultural facility.
To renew your Gallery Membership stop by or give us a call on (345) 945 8111. Memberships make for great gift items too!
Looking forward to a new art fair in 2015!
The Gallery Shop
NGCI Christmas gift baskets now available.
The Gallery Shop is located in the National Gallery’s lower exhibition hall. Proceeds from the Gallery Gift Shop help to fund our exhibitions and education programmes. The shop is open during regular Gallery hours.
Sculpture of the week…
Sol LeWitt (1928 – 2007) was one of America’s most inventive, prolific, and influential artists. An originator of minimal and conceptual art in the 1960s, he continually experimented with new ideas and materials to create works of art that could not have been conceived through traditional approaches to composition. As the artist famously wrote, “The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.”
These two outdoor structures chart 40 years of development of LeWitt’s work from the early white geometric cubes through to the late, multicolored organic forms.
Photo: A view of the fiberglass Splotch 15, 2005, and Three x Four x Three, 1984, in “Sol LeWitt Structures” at City Hall Park, organised by Public Art Fund. Photo by Jori Finkel.
Thank you Corporate Members!
School Tours
Schools can now book a tour for the new exhibition Our Story of Art. NGCI Active Learning Sessions are also available. These sessions explore the National Collection of art and covers different areas of the National Curriculum.
Both of these programmes are FREE for local schools, but must be booked in advance.
Group Visits
The National Gallery welcomes group visits. Contact us in advance to organise a guided tour or educational package.
Holiday Shopping?
Be sure to stop by the Gallery Gift Shop for great unique gift items for all ages. Click here to a photo album of gift items.
Opportunities for artists at the National Gallery…
In February/March 2014 the National Gallery will be hosting a call our for anyone who is interested in selling items in the Gallery Gift Shop. Details to follow in the new year!
Exhibitions
Our Story of Art
Curated by Natalie UrquhartStart Date : 15/11/2013 End Date : 14/02/2014
Sponsored by Susan A Olde OBE
The National Gallery’s new exhibition ’Our Story of Art’ features fifty years of Cayman Islands art history through the work of fifty artists.
The exhibition traces the journey local artists have taken over the past five decades. Starting in the late 1960s, which was a period dominated by picturesque realism, the exhibition follows the development of the fledging art scene through the 1980s, moving on to the emergence of a home-grown Caymanian aesthetic in the mid-1990s, before culminating in the more socially conscious visual narrative of the present day.
The diverse selection of works on display provide an insight into the history and creative vision of a people realised through a wide variety of mediums and disciplines – painting, works on paper, collage & mixed media assemblage, ceramics, sculpture, thatch craft, textiles and photography. Many of Cayman’s best known artists are represented including Bendel Hydes, Gladwyn ‘Miss Lassie’ Bush, and The Native Sons, along with lesser known artists that were instrumental in establishing the early visual arts scene. Works have been loaned from private and public collections.
“Our Story of Art is only a brief survey of our story thus far”, says curator and NGCI director Natalie Urquhart. “It is intended as a starting point in the creation of a framework for the interpretation of our art, a chance to reflect and to simultaneously engage in further scholarship and discourse about Caymanian visual expression.” The supporting education programmes are designed to start this process through a series of panel discussions, lectures and education programmes for all ages.
The National Gallery’s Our Story of Art exhibition is supported by Susan A Olde, OBE. The Friday 15 November and runs until 13 February 2014. For a complete list of exhibiting artists and related education programmes visit www.nationalgallery.org.ky or email [email protected] .
To find out more information on all of the NGCI events go to:
https://www.nationalgallery.org.ky
