When a great artist dies, his influence inevitably lives on. And when the art community mourns, its tears flow into memories that beg for something more inspiring than an epitaph or a statue in his memorial. They beg for continuance, for a way to honor the fallen that mirrors the passion that permeated their lives.
And so it was with the late Brent Malone, a chameleon of an artist who could not be pinned to any one genre, but seemed to rediscover himself as an artist and re-opened the minds of his audience throughout his life.
Malone's death, so much like his life, has inspired an avenue for young artists to follow their dreams of becoming artists who would not have to separate creating art from making a living. Shortly after his memorial service in late February 2004, Malone's family and friends worked with the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas to establish an Artist-in-Residence Program in his honor. The Brent Malone Artist-in-Residence Program would be awarded to a promising Bahamian artist each year, giving the individual the crystalline opportunity to work solely on art.
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