A Hybrid Art Gallery, Bookstore, Café, Rum & Wine Bar
Priscilla Hintz Rivera Knight and David Knight Jr., Bajo el Sol Gallery & Art Bar owners since 2016, are proud of the gallery’s more than 30-year legacy of support and engagement with the arts community of St. John and the greater Virgin Islands. The gallery is home to thought-provoking monthly exhibitions, readings and book signings by award-winning V.I. writers and poets, documentary screenings with regional and international filmmakers, as well as presentations by local and visiting academics and musicians.
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At the Art Bar, you'll find Puerto Rican espresso coffee, chocolates, wine, classic Caribbean cocktails, lite savory bites, soups, salads, and freshly baked pastries. The Art Bar is also home to the largest selection of aged rums in Cruz Bay, which can be sampled in curated tasting flights.​
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Located in Mongoose Junction, Bajo el Sol is just a five-minute walk from the Cruz Bay Ferry Dock.
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Upcoming Events & Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibition
Current Exhibition
​Nature as Refuge, a group exhibition featuring three women artists whose work is deeply inspired by the natural world and the islands they call home.
The exhibition brings together mixed media, oil painting, ceramics, and glass to explore nature as sanctuary and emotional refuge. Artists Aimee Trayser, Elisa Bryan, and Jessica Rosenberg approach the landscape through distinct materials and perspectives while sharing a common reverence for the Caribbean environment.
The works presented in Nature as Refuge do not simply use nature as a backdrop; they offer viewers a space for connection, grounding, and renewal.
Rhyme & Lime Poetry Jam
Every last Saturday of each month starting at 7pm (except December, June, & September), the Gri Gri Project along with Raven Phillips hosts Rhyme & Lime Poetry Jam at Bajo el Sol Gallery. This monthly event features the musical stylings of the event's house jazz band From Broheem With Love
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Rhyme and Lime features poets, musicians and spoken word artists of every experience level from around the world. Although the island that is home to the Rhyme and Lime claims a population of less than 5,000 people, the event’s reach has extended far beyond its shores, welcoming visiting performers from around the Virgin Islands, the rest of the Caribbean and the United States.​
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​You can read your own poetry or someone else's - or if you don't wanna rhyme, just listen and lime!
Book Of the Month
"No Prisoners"
This sweeping and compelling first work of fiction by award winning poet and writer, Tom Lynch explores the search for meaning, redemption, forgiveness, and beauty in an imperfect world—an unforgettable story for readers who believe even the hardest journeys can end in triumph.
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​Thomas Lynch's works span decades and encompass essays, poetry, and short stories. He has dedicated much of his life to the mortuary sciences, taking over his family's funeral home in Michigan in the 1970s, and giving lectures at numerous universities. Though he has stepped away from his work as a mortician, his experiences and insights on death, life, and grief are consistently present across his writing, along with reflections on ancestry and his ancestral home in Ireland. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Irish Times and other publications, as well as two film documentaries.
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Elisa Bryan
Still Life Paintings
Elisa Bryan Is a native Virgin Islander who grew up in the French community of fishermen on St. Thomas. She is a graduate of the Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA.
The influence of the Caribbean is reflected in her work as she explores light, form and motion. Bryan is increasingly drawn to capturing moments of island life using the classical technique of still
life painting.
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