On 17th April 2012, in Doha, Qatar, Ugandan Bruno Ruganzu stepped on the podium to claim the TED Prize for City 2.0 at the TEDx Summit. Ruganzu scooped US$10,000 prize, beating 700 competitors, including 300 innovators and 200 motivational speakers, [ … ]
Ismael Katerega is in a solo exhibition at Afriart gallery,Kamwokya for three weeks. The exhibit of 22 paintings largely in oil is one that should not be missed given the rich repertoire of the young artist; he has participated twice at the East Af [ … ]
Saturday, 05 May 2012 09:58
By Prof. George Kyeyune
I have been following the trends in Uganda’s visual environment in the last decade, with keen interest and I have noted something rather distinct. While the events in art that made headlines in the period of economic recovery (1986-2000) were led by seasoned artists with predictable results, those i [ … ]
Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:36
By Independent Correspondent
The Rwandan genocide through the eyes of Auschwitz
When Dorcy Rugamba attended a session of the Gacaca courts, an old justice mechanism put to new use in Rwanda to try 1994 genocide crimes it wasn’t to testify against anyone or to stand trial, for that matter.
Saturday, 21 April 2012 13:45
By Dominic Muwanguzi
Exhibition reveals a big switch and more mature approach
After a marked absence from the Ugandan art scene, Felix Magima returns this month with a solo exhibition at AKA gallery (former Tulifanya gallery) on Hannington Road, Kampala.
Magima, a self-taught artist from Kenya, is showcasing large can [ … ]
Lion-hearted Tumusiime started as a village apprentice
Farouk Tumusiime, 24, is a self-taught amateur sculptor plying his trade in Kabalagala, a city suburb of restaurants, bars and small colourful shops selling home commodities, odd bits and artifacts by day and offering a busy nightlife in a main [ … ]
Makerere poets find inspiration in Black History Month
By definition, poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to its apparent meaning.It has a long history, dating back to the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh, the Babylonian (moder [ … ]
Monday, 02 April 2012 05:47
By Thomas Bjørnskau, editor of startjournal.org
Uganda’s finest artists host first TEDx-conference in Kampala
A city flooded with litter is great news for the creatives. Artists should look for waste materials in their immediate surroundings, take advantage of the built-in shapes, colours and textures of ordinary rubbish, and treat the piles of [ … ]
Sitting at a table in a run-down bar on the edge of Ugandan capital Kampala, Stella Kobusingye stares into the distance as she recalls the tangle of lies and deceit that led to her sex-slavery ordeal.
Struggling to support her young son and sickly mother with the i [ … ]
Eco-art gets its prize
On 17th April 2012, in Doha, Qatar, Ugandan Bruno Ruganzu stepped on the podium to claim the TED Prize for City 2.0 at the TEDx Summit. Ruganzu scooped US$10,000 prize, beating 700 competitors, includ...
