ASIRI Magazine Presents ‘Colours of our History ‘Art Campaign
ASIRI Magazine, a digital repository with the concern of preserving and promoting the cultural heritage and history of Nigeria is set to embark on the art of telling the Nigeria history in a renewed form, taking heritage and culture to a new level with its…
WARIF Set To Tackle Gender-Based Violence through the ARTS
The WARIF ADVOCACY THROUGH ARTS (WTA) is a new initiative by WARIF Foundation which seeks to create awareness; change behavioural patterns; discourage gender-based violence (GBV) in tertiary institutions. With the widespread issue of Gender-based Violence across university campuses today, there is a need to engage…
Goethe-Institut Lagos Welcomes New Director
For artists and art enthusiasts in Lagos, there has been a new development on the scene. Goethe-Institut Lagos, the German cultural centre in Nigeria, welcomes a new director, Friederike Möschel, to its Lagos City Hall offices. Ms Möschel, who should have arrived last year, replaces…
British Council and Polly Alakija partner with Lagos state for the Rivers of the World art exhibition.
The official displaying of the Flying flotilla under the remodeled Falomo Bridge took place on Children’s day 27th of May.The students transformed 6 canoes into beautiful works of art which represents their immediate surroundings,while under the supervision of the world renowned Polly Alakija. The Flying…
Rele Arts Foundations Announces its 2017 Young Contemporaries Exhibition in Lagos
The Rele Arts Foundation (RAF) has announced the sophomore edition of the Young Contemporaries. Young Contemporaries is an artistic initiative that identifies, promotes and, mentors young visual artists; giving them the tools to succeed critically and commercially in the global art marketplace. Five bright, and…
20 Years After, Re-Living the Atlanta 96 Memories with Ore Apparels
Preserving legacy, heritage with fashion art. Nigeria’s foremost fashion outfit known for its mix of contemporary style with a twist of cultural and artistic boost; Ore Apparels is back at it again. Now re-living the memories of Atlanta 96 memories on Adire T-shirts. 20 years…
Art Forum Africa Presents “Where Are The Women In Visual Arts”?
Recurring research on artists’ representation in galleries and at art sales shows that women are less visible in the art scene. Female artists are underrepresented in the markets as well as in discourse, and this consequently limits the narrative and the market, and bereaves all…
Ake Arts and Book Festival Calls For Submissions
The Ake Arts and Book Festival has just announced the Ake/Air France 2015 Prize for Prose and Photography. We call upon the literary and cultural community for submissions as Air France is flying three winners from anywhere in Africa to the Ake Festival. It’s an…
Grand Opening of MUSON Festival 2014 “Coming of Age”
The MUSON Festival 2014 is one music festival all lovers of classical music,stage play and Art shouldn’t not miss. At the 2014 kick off of the Festival yesterday,it was a pretty sight to see the who is who in Nigeria. An evening that brought all…
Promoting the Nigeria Cultural Heritage in Chicago. The C.A.K.E Story.
Promoting and showcasing the Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa Culture in Chicago, C.A.K.E INC, a cultural, educational body that cares about promoting and teaching kids in the city of Chicago is here again with its Nigeria Culture camp, teaching kids the cultural values, and artistic way…