Inaugural Exhibition
December 7, 2020 - February 8, 2021
Inherited Values
Kendra Frorup
Anina Major
Conceptualizing Caribbean futures implore us to consider the sustainability and longevity of our ancestral micro-economies and their place in this anticipated landscape. To fathom the infinite possibilities of this landscape, all resources are necessary. Whether ethereal, tangible, intangible or indelicate, the visualization and materialization of this new reality needs them. The urgency for this culminating of resources and conceptualizing of Caribbean futures lies within our vulnerability as small developing island nations. Furthermore, COVID-19 has unearthed looming problems within most factors of our societies.
Within The Bahamas, the economic impact of the pandemic left our ancestral micro-economies vulnerable and negotiating their existence within our uncertain future. As strategies for the achievement of sustainable development goals are ongoing, it is my goal to position this exhibition as a problem solver. Inherited Values looks to the straw industry and Mortimer’s Candy Kitchen through the work of Anina Major and Kendra Frorup. Both artists utilize memory and cultural value to illustrate contemporary understandings of these micro-economies and within their investigations lie possible solutions for the endurance of historical, consequential, and modest businesses.
Kendra Frorup
Kendra was born and raised in Nassau, The Bahamas, and uses her memories of this time in her art.
Anina Major
Anina is a visual artist from the Bahamas whose work investigates the relationships between self and place as a way of cultivating moments of reflection and a sense of belonging.