Blue Action Lab's Art Meets Ocean Talk: Expanding Livelihoods Through the Orange & Blue Economy

In recognition of World Fisheries Day, Blue Action Lab hosted Art Meets Ocean, a conversation exploring how creativity and the ocean economy can work together to strengthen coastal livelihoods and build a more resilient future for The Bahamas.

Blue Action Lab Talks Tarran Simms

Blue Action Lab Talks Obed Pinder

Blue Action Lab Talks Lachelle Russell

(i) Tarran Simms (ii) Obed Pinder (iii) Lachelle Russell

Bringing together leaders from the creative, environmental, tourism, and fisheries sectors, the panel examined how art, culture, and storytelling can drive sustainable economic opportunity, inspire conservation, and support community-led development across the islands.

Blue Action Lab Talks Ann-Marie Carroll

Blue Action Lab Talks Jasmine Ferree, Rupert Hayward

Blue Action Lab Talks Panel

 (i) Ann-Marie Carroll (ii) Jasmine Ferree, Rupert Hayward (iii) Farrah Flowers, Chesna Fox, Lachelle Russell, Kishan Munroe, Tarran Simms

The event also featured Blue Actions' short film, directed by Bahamian filmmaker Lauren Ritchie, showcasing the wider blue economy work led by Blue Action Lab across The Bahamas. In addition, the evening highlighted the Underwater Sculpture Garden commissioned by Blue Action Lab in Grand Bahama — a new protected installation designed to create habitat for marine life as local reefs decline, while offering a pioneering model for sustainable tourism and community-led ocean restoration.

Watch film here