Introducing PlaceMaker John Cox. Raised in the capital, Cox is not only the Executive Director of Arts and Culture for Rosewood Baha Mar but is the island's preeminent local artist and curator. ​
Through his curation - the resort feature about 700 original works of art, with many more displayed on loan - he aims to spark conversation and curiosity around the diverse breadth of Bahamian art, encouraging new ways of seeing the world. ​
This film features a community of artists as well as collections of work from art studios and galleries around Nassau in The Bahamas. Rosewood Baha Mar would like to acknowledge those entities and creatives that participated in order of appearance:
The Permanent Collection at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
"THE INVADING ARTHROPOD: JUNKANOO BELLER", Jackson L. Burnside III and John Beadle, (late 1990s) reinforced concrete sculpture [10'6" (h)x 10'8' (w) x 6' (d)] courtesy of Doongalik Studios, #20 Village Road, Nassau, Bahamas.
Art Collection in Café Boulud The Bahamas
The Fairwind Exhibition at the Baha Mar Resort: featured artist, Amos Ferguson, courtesy of the Dawn Davies Collection
Cydne Coleby
Antonius Roberts
Heino Schmid
Tessa Whitehead
The Fairwind Exhibition at the Baha Mar Resort: featured artist, R. Brent Malone, on loan from The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
Street Mural by Allan Wallace
Sacred Space|Genesis Garden at Clifton Heritage Park
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