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sTREET aRTs festival – Join Us
BY Patricia Arthur
That was the end of another art exhibition where the Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) facilitated the participation of 15 young women at the end of the evaluation meeting, the next on the foundation’s art project was the street art festival 2005.Among the materials gathered were canvas, brushes, different kinds of paints, fixer, glue, wooden frame, clay, water, knife, and it continues.
35 young women registered from different art schools. Akwele Suma-Glory, Lydia Ezuo Dike and Amoah Adjoa was available to share their rich experiences with the participants. Given that it was an art event, the choice of materials had to be artistic to compliment what was going to be shared.
The activities included an art exhibition, workshop, discussions, lectures, job counseling and informal interactions.
The festival provided space foe women artists to work within a development concept of art, encourage artists to create a friendly learning environment for children in deprived communities as well as promote self-reliance and economic independence.
Among the focuses of the festival included the grooming of women artists to produce works that meet world standards. The artists were encouraged to use materials produced by local rural women in their various communities in their works.
Some of the topics they handled were, what about art, photography, naming of art works, making of art, choosing colours, selling of art works and sculptures.
Membership of the Infonin gallery is open to all women artists, which is designed to create the platform for women artists to work with a developmental agenda. The festival was organized with financial support from Mama Cash of Netherlands and the African Women Development Fund (AWDF) based in Accra. When you read this story kindly ask female artists to send e-mail to ffpnet@yahoo.com asking the membership of the Infonin gallery programme.
BY Patricia Arthur
That was the end of another art exhibition where the Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) facilitated the participation of 15 young women at the end of the evaluation meeting, the next on the foundation’s art project was the street art festival 2005.Among the materials gathered were canvas, brushes, different kinds of paints, fixer, glue, wooden frame, clay, water, knife, and it continues.
35 young women registered from different art schools. Akwele Suma-Glory, Lydia Ezuo Dike and Amoah Adjoa was available to share their rich experiences with the participants. Given that it was an art event, the choice of materials had to be artistic to compliment what was going to be shared.
The activities included an art exhibition, workshop, discussions, lectures, job counseling and informal interactions.
The festival provided space foe women artists to work within a development concept of art, encourage artists to create a friendly learning environment for children in deprived communities as well as promote self-reliance and economic independence.
Among the focuses of the festival included the grooming of women artists to produce works that meet world standards. The artists were encouraged to use materials produced by local rural women in their various communities in their works.
Some of the topics they handled were, what about art, photography, naming of art works, making of art, choosing colours, selling of art works and sculptures.
Membership of the Infonin gallery is open to all women artists, which is designed to create the platform for women artists to work with a developmental agenda. The festival was organized with financial support from Mama Cash of Netherlands and the African Women Development Fund (AWDF) based in Accra. When you read this story kindly ask female artists to send e-mail to ffpnet@yahoo.com asking the membership of the Infonin gallery programme.
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