ARTS

The group show traverses themes of environment conservation and sustainability, Human rights abuse and parenthood while exploring the subject of studio innovation ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | As the norm is with the periodic Students’ Exhibitions at Tadooba gallery, this edition’s showcase continues to explore and celebrate studio competence and innovation, …

New Orleans, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s premier fashion house, ARAPAPA by Santa Anzo, will take center stage at the 37th Annual UNAA Convention & Trade Expo. Hosted at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, the event runs from today, Friday, August 29, to September 1. The collaboration with …

With the theme of Free Choice the exhibition gives an opportunity to young lecturers to showcase their work alongside the masters, and also promotes the ideal of freedom which is important in art production. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | You will not miss the freshness and new energy which dominate the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Artists and artisans have been tipped on capitalizing on art products made through indigenous materials such as barkcloths to break through in the United States Market. Elaine Robnett Moore, a US-based artist, jewellery designer, and writer, while facilitating at the training of artisans at …

Agaba Hillary’s landscape paintings communicate more than the usual message of nature conversation through their exploration of everyday themes and figurative presentation of the natural world ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Landscape painting refers to the depiction of the natural scenery in art. The genre has been in existence for many …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Washington, in partnership with  today launched a six-day training program designed to enhance the skills of 100 Ugandan artisans to explore entry opportunities for their products in the US market. The initiative is funded through the …

  Afrigo Band pulls off splendid Stanbic-sponsored 50th Anniversary Concert Kampala, Uganda | ENTERTAINMENT | Not even the rain could dampen the spirit of celebration as thousands of cross generation revelers braved the evening downpour to witness Uganda’s oldest and most celebrated band, Afrigo, mark its golden jubilee in style. The …

  NAIROBI | Xinhua |  To mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, a photo exhibition was launched on Friday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Organized by the Chinese Embassy in Kenya and Xinhua …

  Working with figurative portraits and vivid expressive palettes Bwambale and Mugabe relive intimate memories of their childhood experience and their present immediate surroundings as a symbol to the subject of social cultural heritage conservation ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | There’s a singular commonality in the paintings of two young …

Yale Art Gallery funds art of the Nguni people exhibit itself ART | AGENCIES | America’s oldest university art museum pulled two federal grant applications for an African art exhibition because it refused to agree to the anti-DEI language that was part of the Trump administration’s new grant acceptance guidelines, the …