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Artists of the MAIC
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| Henry Wallace |
Henry
grew in Beantown, Nassau when it was a different
place. He became a Rastafarian at an early
age influenced by the regular visits Bob
Marley made to his neighborhood. He has been
carving wood for 35 years, knocking it out
as his sole means of survival. He is a winner
of the Cacique Award the Bahamas highest
honor and has had several solo shows at George
Mason University, The Smithsonian, and the
University of Florida. He is a natural teacher
and humble student of the natural world.
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| Annie Colebrooke |
One
of the few women who still carries heavy loads
balanced upon her head, Annie has always been
a keeper of the old ways. She regularly camps
on the remote cays off shore of Andros, digging
crab and fishing. She has been a basket weaver
since just after birth and tells stories that
seem to cover two lives. Teaching basketry
for over 10 years to the students of Forfar
field Station, she is an experienced master.
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| Bertram Murphy |
Bertram
is one of the few remaining wooden boat builders
in the Bahamas. He has done it all in boats,
fished, sponged and brought in cargo from other
islands. A sailor as well as builder he can
recount the days not so long ago when a jib
sheet and story board were essential to life.
Using no power tools he is a master craftsman
with the necessary eye for crooks in trees
needed for ribs. Watch yourself on the domino
table he is hard to beat.
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| William Colebrook |
“Old
Iron” came by his
name the hard way. This man is known
throughout the islands as the hardest
working and toughest guy around. He
stalks wild boar with a kitchen knife
and when it was in favor was a great
iguana hunter. Iron is 78 years old
this year but still strong, he recently
completed the thatch work on the studio
at MAIC. His baskets are enormous in
scale often large enough for several
people to climb into. He also has shown
with Henry at the Smithsonian and the
University of Florida
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