Hotel’s 100th anniversary to be celebrated with art show
Local and international artists will display and sell some of their works at a Sandys hotel.
Black Pony Gallery will debut its newest collection at Cambridge Beaches on Saturday, in honour of the resort’s 100th anniversary.
Black Pony Gallery features works from artists from throughout the Caribbean and mid-Atlantic regions, and has collaborated with the hotel’s owners, Dovetail + Co to curate the existing artwork in each of its guest rooms.
The new collection will feature works from Bermudians Meredith Andrews, James Cooper, Graham Foster, Teresa Kirby Smith and Charles Zuill.
Artwork by Cuban artist Osmeivy Ortega and Nasaria Chollette, of the Cayman Islands, will also be on display.
Photographer Meredith Andrews’s work has been featured in dozens of local and international exhibitions and some her clients include The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Delta Air Lines, Fortune Magazine and the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
James Cooper is another photographer, whose work has been featured in photo festivals in New York, Toronto and Brighton, England. Some of his pieces are part of the Bermuda National Gallery’s permanent collection.
One of painter and sculptorGraham Foster’s most well-known pieces is a 1,000 sq ft mural depicting Bermuda’s history, located at the National Museum of Bermuda in Dockyard.
Photographer Teresa Kirby Smith’s work has been shown in many exhibitions in Bermuda, overseas and online.
Charles Zuill is a painter and printmaker who helped to form the Bermuda National Gallery, and many of his works are now part of its permanent collection.
Osmeivy Ortega has had solo exhibitions in the United States, Cuba and New Zealand, participated in more than 100 group shows, and his works are featured in both public and private art collections.
Artist and storyteller Nasaria Chollette’s pieces can be found throughout the Cayman Islands and around the world.
Lisa Howie, owner of Black Pony Gallery, said: “I am honoured to work with a hotel partner who appreciates the visual art talent on island and who respects my mission to present artwork from the mid-Atlantic region.
“Together we are inching along the narrative on how this region produces fine art and, we hope, shifting perspective that our island cultures are much more than beaches.”
Phil Hospod, founder and chief executive of Dovetail + Co, said: “At Dovetail + Co, partnering with local organisations in destinations we operate to offer enriching and memorable experiences is at the core of our hospitality mission.
“The opportunity for a Black Pony Gallery exhibit for the centennial season was the perfect alignment and we’re looking forward to having visitors to the hotel to see the artwork on display.”
Some pieces in the collection will be available for purchase.
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