Blank Canvas

Blank Canvas

National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Episodes 40
Avg. Duration 50m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Nov 2016
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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About This Podcast

In partnership with Guardian Talk Radio, NAGB’s Blank Canvas is where we talk art, culture, and what’s happening on the ground in The Bahamas and the Caribbean. Each week, Amard Rolle chats with artists, organisers, writers, neighbours, and friends to dive deeper into creative practice, community life, and the ideas shaping how we live and create here.

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Recent Episodes

FUZE & SCOPE Art Show 2025

Dec 01, 2025 1h 1m

John Cox and Averia Wright from The Current Baha Mar join us to recap the highlights of FUZE Art Fair and preview what's coming at SCOPE Art Show Miami.

NELEVEN: Ryan Lewis

Nov 03, 2025 1h 1m

Artist and designer Ryan Lewis speaks about his vision of a futuristic Junkanoo in his generative AI collage series in NELEVEN.

FUZE 2025: Myrtis Bedolla, Cydne Jasmin Coleby, and Akilah Watts

Oct 06, 2025 1h 4m

FUZE Art Fair artists and gallerists speak about the artist's journey and how art fairs have the power to connect the region.

NAGB's Inaugural Artist-in-Residence: Reagan Kemp

Jul 01, 2025 1h

A conversation with Reagan Kemp, NAGB’s inaugural artist-in-residence, on her residency experience, current projects, and what’s next.

Bahamas National Youth Choir

Jul 03, 2024 59m

BNYC Director Dexter Fernander joins Maddie in the first of a series of conversations centered around Bahamian independence and cultural impact.

Urban Light & While You Were Out

Jun 27, 2024 1h

John Cox and Averia Wright join Maddie to talk about the exhibition "Urban Light" by Cardo Knowles, on view at The Current. Ty B also pops in to talk about his recent project "While You Were Out".

Letitia Pratt: PREE Writing Studio

Jun 06, 2024 59m

NAGB's Associate Curator Letitia Pratt discusses a recent professional development trip to Kingston, Jamaica, to be a part of the PREE Writing Studio 2024.

Education Takeover

May 15, 2024 59m

The education team takes over Blank Canvas to talk about all things summer camp. In addition to camp, we also have exciting opportunities for camp counselors, teachers, and a mural artist.

Embrace & From the Soil Exhibitions

May 06, 2024 1h

Christina Wong, Jordon Ritchie & Selena Munroe discuss upcoming exhibitions at Hillside House and CAB Gallery & Studio.

What's On at NAGB

Mar 15, 2024 47m

Host Amard Rolle and team member Germaine Knowles talk about current and upcoming NAGB exhibitions, events, and opportunities.

Zearier Munroe Wilkinson, Nowé Harris-Smith, and Richardo Barrett: Inter-Island Travelling Exhibition Thirty

Apr 06, 2023 50m

NAGB team members Zearier Munroe Wilkinson, Nowé Harris-Smith, and Richardo Barrett join host Amard Rolle to discuss Thirty: Island Life Perspectives, now on view at The Star Plaza in Georgetown,…

Education & Outreach at NAGB: Reagan Farrington and Zearier Munroe-Wilkinson

Mar 22, 2023 50m

Tonight on Blank Canvas, Amard Rolle talks with NAGB’s education team about upcoming initiatives, including the travelling exhibition Thirty: Island Life Perspectives and Easter ARTernoon.

The Power of Museums with Nyasha Warren and Douglas Barkey

Feb 22, 2023 40m

This week on Blank Canvas, Amard Rolle talks with Nyasha Warren and Douglas Barkey about the upcoming MAC Conference, The Power of Museums: Relevancy, Advocacy, Transformation, happening in Nassau…

Jodi Minnis: In this house is a home...

Jan 25, 2023 51m

TERN Gallery’s Jodi Minnis joins guest host Katrina Cartwright to discuss the upcoming exhibition, In this house is a home…, featuring works by artist Heino Schmid.Minnis shares thoughts and insights…

Marknesha Bastian & Reagan Kemp

Jan 11, 2023 51m

Guest host Amard "Maddie" Rolle, NAGB’s Executive Assistant, is joined by Reagan Kemp and Marknesha Bastian, two emerging multimedia artists working with I.C.E. (Incubator for Collaborative…

Gio Swaby

Jul 28, 2021 51m

Gio Swaby is a Bahamian artist who left The Bahamas several years ago to pursue studies in Canada, where she completed a BA in Fine Arts at Emily Carr University. Now embarking on her MA in Toronto,…

Seph Rodney: On the Necessity of Art Criticism

Feb 28, 2019 52m

This episode features art critic and writer Seph Rodney, PhD. Born in Jamaica and raised in the Bronx, Seph is a staff writer and editor at Hyperallergic, where he focuses on contemporary art and the…

NE9: Anina Major and Natascha Vazquez

Jan 10, 2019 44m

This week on Blank Canvas we return to looking at the ninth National Exhibition NE9: The Fruit and the Seed, with two artists, Anina Major and Natascha Vazquez, whose work speak to our ties to the…

On the Move: Sasha Dees and Caribbean Cultural Networks

Oct 24, 2018 52m

Curator, producer, and cultural connector Sasha Dees joins Blank Canvas to talk about building networks across the Caribbean and beyond. Based in the Netherlands, Sasha has spent decades producing…

John Cox & Natascha Vazquez from The Current: Baha Mar

Aug 02, 2017 51m

On tonight's episode, Amanda Coulson welcomes back Blank Canvas's original host, John Cox (Creative Art Director at Baha Mar) and his colleague at The Current, Natascha Vasquez (Creative Arts…

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