The Bahamas
The Shirley Hall Bass Legacy Project supports performing arts education in The Bahamas by developing and promoting youth programs, scholarships, research, curriculum development and advocacy work.
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MISSION
Our mission is to inspire possibilities and promote nation building through performing arts education programs that strengthen schools and communities with limited arts access throughout The Bahamas.
VISION
Our vision is to be a leader in performing arts education by utilizing the arts as a catalyst to help students develop a creative spirit, long-lasting, collaborative relationships and life skills for individual success.
Our Focus. Our Goals
Advocate for performing arts education through social media, community engagement and establishment of professional learning communities.
Evidence through scholarship
and research the relationship between culture, commerce, health, social fabric and the need for performing arts education.
Provide support to government and other institutions
towards the development of standards, curriculum and assessment for the performing arts.
Advance the development of performing arts programming
in The Bahamas through fundraising and by providing primary, secondary and tertiary education scholarships.
Preserve and share performing arts history
in The Bahamas through the support of research, publishing, artist interviews, and artifact collection.
2023 Shirley Hall Bass Dance Educators Forum
Katherine Dunham Workshop with Amansu Tempero Eason, Nassau, Bahamas.
