Ghana

_{An exhibition of paintings dotted by linear and pyramidal progressions as well as subdued colours in honour of Frances Ademola, one of the foremost promoters of Ghanaian art is underway at The Loom Gallery in Accra. The collective title “Celebrating Eighty”, which marks the 80th birthday of Ademola, seduces viewers with restful expanses of white space, organic/geometric motifs, sharp contrasts of light and dark and a cheerful movement of colours that tend to tickle the most insensitive eye. “Celebrating Eighty”, showcased recent works by contemporary painters from Ghana and other West African countries. Read more by John Owoo.}

_{A print making workshop aimed at initiating an awakening of the opportunities available in the area of print making for selected artists from Ghana and other countries ended last week at the ArtHaus in Accra. Celebrated German print maker Martin Noel and Michael Kruger took participants through a number of techniques, offering artists a wide variety of methods employed in the art of print making. Read more here by John Owoo}

_{Whether portraying the menace of HIV, devastation of the environment or creating awareness of the Millennium Development Goals, young artist Akindiya Rasheed Olaniyi’s works evoke diverse characteristics that suggest mankind’s lost intimacy with reality. His recent work, which is currently on show at the Goethe-Institut in Accra, reveal him as a master technician ever willing to experiment in bid to enforce his messages ..read more here by John Owoo}

^{African Community of Arts Educators (AfriCOAE), a community of practice for shaping art education in Africa, is inviting applications for its 2-week workshop residency program for art teachers and art teacher educators at a suburb of Accra in Ghana, from the 17th until the 31st of July 2008. PROJECT EARTH-TO-ART is an experimental eco-pedagogy project for application in art education in the Anglophone, Lusophone and Francophone African settings. Read more about the upcoming residency.}

^{The paintings of Fernand Nonkouni are inspired by the rich and diverse African symbols. The Adinkra symbols from Ghana, the Dogon pictograms from Mali, the mouse sign Bagre from Burkina Faso are of universal language and are translated into his art. The works presented in this exhibition are new steps in his creations. Fernand Nonkouni was born in 1968 in Ivory Coast. After practising calligraphy and decoration, he started to paint in 1994. Read more}

^{An exhibition of paintings, photographs and sculptures by the French Ambassador in Accra and his friends in aid of the Infanta Malaria Foundation, an NGO working on the prevention of malaria ended recently at the Alliance Francaise in Accra. Artists, who exhibited alongside the French Ambassador H.E. Pierre Jacquemot are Samar Zakhour, Nana Anoff, Samuel Sackey, Massimo Wanssi and Madey Ohui Ofoe, who severally and collectively raised various topics of interest. Read more.}

^{Former United Nations Secretary General Busumuru Kofi Annan, a keen art enthusiast, was at hand last Tuesday to formally open the new Artists Alliance Gallery in Accra, Ghana. In a ceremony graced by diplomats, politicians, traditional leaders, funding agencies, artists, collectors as well as art critics, contemporary Ghanaian music and dance provided a subtle groove ambience, just apt for an important event as this was. Read more by John Owoo}

^{An international art workshop that has attracted artists from the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of Africa is currently underway at the Kokrobitey Institute, located in a small caostal town west of the Ghanaian capital Accra. Dubbed Sansa International Artists Workshop 2007 and coordinated by the Ghanaian artist/academic Atta Kwami, the workshop is aimed at creating a forum for critical dialogue between artists from diverse countries and cultures while stimulating creativity and networking. Read more}

_{African Community of Arts Educators (AfriCOAE) is inviting applications for its 2-week workshop residency program for art teachers and art teacher educators at a suburb of Accra in Ghana, from the 17th until the 31st of July 2008. The eco-pedagogy workshop entails mini-labs, independent practice, and Southern Ghanaian Culture Plunge; it is to bring together art educators in Africa and the rest of the world for intensive ideation...Read more}

^{In recent days, a family of centuries-old Neem trees have been cut down on the Cantonments Roundabout island. These trees have provided both beauty & shade. The Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana will commemorate the death of these trees at 'Art in the Garden 12 - Saving Accra's Roots'. The event takes place on Feb 10th, 2007 from 4pm-7pm at the Cantoments Roundabout, Ghana.
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_{Fernand NONKOUNI invites you to discover his recent paintings. Open any time, until Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 8.00 pm. Come and bring your friends! Born in 1968 in Ivory Coast, he practised his art with several painters from Africa and Europe. In 1995 he spent nine months in Kansas City, US, for an exhibition with the Olorun Foundation (Burkina Faso). It was recognized as a success. Read more}

_{Touareg Arts in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut in Accra, Ghana, invites you to the opening of an exhibition of paintings and ceramics on the 7th of November 2006 by the Sirigu Women's Association for Pottery and Art (SWOPA). Also on show will be products of a workshop in Sirigu organised by Art in Aktion and sponsored by the French Embassy in Accra. Read more}

_{Harvard University Social and Anthropology wing Monday seminar series and the film studies centre present Steven Feld- (A distinguished professor of anthropology and music, University of New Mexico) Gazing through Transparency; On Virginia Ryan’s Exposures- a white woman in West Africa. Monday Oct 30th 2006 4:15 pm}