Randol Fawkes Labour Day

Happy Labour Day Bahamas! The first Friday in June is known as Randol Fawkes Labour Day in the Bahamas. This public holiday was established in 1961 in honour of, you guessed it, Sir Randol Fawkes. Sir Randol Fawkes is often referred to as “the father of Labour” in the Bahamas because of the work he […]

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U.S. Embassy Flies Pride Flag for Month of June

On the morning of June 1, 2021, the United States Embassy in Nassau raised the rainbow Pride Flag to honor the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in The Bahamas and around the world. During the month of June—which is celebrated as LGBTQI+ Pride Month in the United States—the widely recognized rainbow flag will fly from […]

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Meet Dyah Neilson

Some artists live to paint. Dyah Neilson lives amidst her paintings. To get to a drawer for a t-shirt, she has to shuffle past art supplies before she juggles canvases leaning up against the dresser. To climb into bed, she crawls over works in progress. Dyah’s bedroom-aka-studio is her safe haven but the industrious artist […]

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Brand-New Library Dedicated to the Late Jackson Burnside

Doongalik is extremely pleased to announce its new rebranded Gallery space and we invite you to visit to experience the transformation that was completed this month to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of our founder, the late Jackson Burnside III. The Gallery now features the varied artworks of the talented Burnside who, as […]

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