In Celebration of The Bahamas 50th Anniversary, Island SPACE hosts artist Preston Hanna
In celebration of The Bahamas 50th Anniversary, Island SPACE welcome Preston Hanna to host his artwork in the “Kollide-o-Scope” Exhibition. The exhibition ran from May 18th through August 3rd, overlapping with The Bahamas’ independence that occurred on Monday, July 10th.
Throughout the exhibition, guests of Island SPACE Caribbean Museum were met with large, bright, vivid portraiture reminiscent of the beaches and beautiful waters of The Bahamas.
To start off the closing ceremonies, Preston Hanna hosted his personalized paint and sip “Sip and Splash!” On Friday, July 14th, at 6pm, guests who came in became full fledged artist as Preston led a class for them. Preston played artist and entertainer as guests were making art and laughing throughout the night. As a Caribbean Themed party, naturally there was live music playing; at this paint and sip turned Caribbean party, Preston truly brought out the artist and dancer in each and every guest that night.
To cap off this momentous exhibit, an United States first for the Bahamian artists, Island SPACE welcomed Preston once again to speak on his process and inspiration behind his artwork in an artist talk.
On Saturday, July 15th at 4pm, the Island SPACE verandah was home to this intimate discussion. Hanna spoke of how he initially got into art, how his process of self-teaching came about, and how he goes about teaching art to his students in art classes he teaches back in The Bahamas. Hanna even showed a video demonstration of a simplified step by step of his portraiture painting process.
Afterwards, guests were welcome to ask their own questions to the artist. Preston continued on, giving advice to aspiring artists and touching upon the struggles he faced when first starting out, and how they might be different for up and coming artists today.
Island SPACE was happy to host Preston Hanna’s vibrant “Kollide-o-Scope” collection, a series of grand, large scale, brightly colored portraits that the museum was honored to have adorn its’ walls.
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About The Museum
General museum entry is $10 per adult and $5 per child. The facility is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 11:00a.m. through 7:00p.m. and Sundays from 11:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Donations, sponsorships, memberships and volunteer commitments are encouraged. Visit islandspacefl.org to learn about this unique experience and other activities and exhibitions at Island SPACE Caribbean Museum.
Island SPACE is supported in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, Florida Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, Florida Power & Light Company, Grace Foods, Broward Mall, the Broward County Cultural Division and the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Mary N. Porter Community Impact Fund, Jack Belt Memorial Fund, Ginny and Tom Miller Fund, Stearns Weaver Miller Fund for the Arts, Harold D. Franks Fund.