IChilumba Arts & Culture Foundation

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We invite emerging artists, writers, and curators to apply to our newly established program with an international faculty of practising artists, art historians, curators, and writers to help and guide the participants. The Arts & Curatorial Studio Program will begin on January 15, 2024. The application deadline is November 15, 2023.

LoCA-SP for artistic and curatorial practices focuses on criticality, art production, and the need to build on well-researched themes. Curating refers to a wide range of activities, including the care of collections and the development of exhibitions, festivals, screenings, digital platforms and more.

Who Can Apply?
• Visual Artists working in any media – painting, text, sculpture, textile, ceramics, photography, sound, video, film, and performance art.
• Upcoming curators and writers from across Africa with at least two years of experience.
• Applications are open to all artists (with or without formal art education) who have been professionally active for at least three years.
Our program targets African artists living in Zambia and on the continent. The LoCA-SP also has two places for international visiting student applicants (or from cooperating institutions).

Conditions of Acceptance:
• All Participants must be based in Livingstone for the one-year duration of the program.
• Please do not apply if you cannot attend the whole program.

Program Costs
• There are no costs attached to the program itself, but each participant must pay a K600 (ZMW) semester fee.
• Additionally, each participant must be able to document approximately $1, 700 USD or equivalent, which would cover their living expenses, food, and local transportation.
• LoCA does not offer accommodation at the moment, nor does it offer financial support to cover accommodation, therefore participants are advised to be ready to cover this expense.

⏱ Deadline: November 15, 2023
💻 More info & apply via our website: https://www.locazm.org/application-requirements

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Unlock your leadership and management skills with the six Community Arts Centres Toolkits for Community Arts Managers available for FREE download on our website. Content covered on the toolkits is:
Toolkit 1: Definitions, environment and roles
Toolkit 2: Governance, management and staffing
Toolkit 3: Marketing and publicity
Toolkit 4: Towards sustainability: fundraising and income generation
Toolkit 5: Financial management
Toolkit 6: Programming and project management

Get inspired and download yours today at https://www.standfoundation.org.za, and go to resources.
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ZAMBIA FILM LAB CHALLENGE!

Are you a passionate filmmaker eager to showcase your talent? This is your moment to shine on the big screen! The Zambia Short Film Festival, with the support of the American Corner at NIPA, is thrilled to present the Film Lab Challenge—an exhilarating opportunity for aspiring filmmakers like you to unleash your creativity and storytelling skills.
🌟 WHAT'S THE FILM LAB CHALLENGE?
The Film Lab Challenge is a unique platform that provides participants with insights into the filmmaking process, from development to distribution. We're seeking filmmakers who can captivate audiences, challenge conventions, and inspire change.
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If you aspire to be a filmmaker or dream of entering this industry, or if you're already in the industry and up for a challenge, this program is tailor-made for you! Whether you're a student, recent graduate, self-taught enthusiast, or a passionate dreamer, we welcome individuals with a keen eye for storytelling.
🌟 HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1️⃣ Four days of immersive knowledge sharing:
Two days at American Corner NIPA with local filmmakers (09:00hrs to 16:00 hrs)
Two days online with international filmmakers (17:00hrs to 18:30)
2️⃣ Collaborate in groups to produce six short films within the challenging timeframe of one week!
3️⃣ Have your films screened at the Zambia Short Film Festival Awards night.
4️⃣ Receive a certificate of participation and potentially an award for your efforts.
5️⃣ Get the opportunity to have your film distributed to a wider audience.
🌟 HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, simply fill in your information on the provided Google document.

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Successful applicants will be notified one week before the training.
Don't miss this incredible opportunity to accelerate your filmmaking journey, gain valuable experience, and have your work showcased at the Zambia Short Film Festival!
For inquiries WhatsApp 0978847701

OPINIONISTA: Creatives are sick and tired of being digitally screwed – it’s time for us to get entrepreneurial Digitalisation has wrought both good and bad outcomes for art forms and artists. Can artists equip themselves with the skills and business savvy to understand and navigate this new terrain more strategically?

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Lusaka Playhouse opens membership to the public

The Lusaka Theatre Club has opened its doors to new members.
Artists and the public can join the beleaguered cultural institution, popularly known as the Playhouse.

Future members from the art fraternity and art patrons (members of the public) can now join as members and shareholders.

The membership fee is K350, while shareholders pay an additional 1,000 after a probational membership period of three months.

Membership applications are open until April 30.

“I am calling artists and anyone who wants to rebuild the playhouse to pay up for membership and become shareholders,” says Sampa Kangwa, an artist.

Shareholders have the right to vote and can stand for positions, but members cannot.

Kangwa says it makes little sense to be a member without voting rights.

“It’s a bizarre clause that will cleverly exclude many artists from voting or being voted into leadership positions. Unfortunately, the current economic situation makes it hard for many artists to afford K1350 to become a member and a shareholder,” she said.

In May 2022, a plan by the board and management of the Theatre Club to turn its car park into a filling station as part of a 25-year lease to Hass Petroleum Limited was condemned across the country.

Artists, policy makers, stakeholders, and members of the public described the plan as retrogressive and not in the interest of building the art industry and would violate the institution’s cultural and historic character.

In a petition to the Lusaka City Council, artists accused the board of making decisions without consultation, inclusion, participation, and consensus from the wider art community and other stakeholders.

For their part, the board, then led by Henry Phiri, defended the plan as a source of revenue for the cash-strapped club to help keep it afloat and maintain its dilapidated infrastructure.

The Lusaka City Council moved in quickly to cancel the temporal permit following a public petition against the plans.

“We stopped the permit in response to the huge public interest and a petition against the development,” explained Chilando Chitangala, the mayor of Lusaka.

Subsequently, on August 22, 2022, the Energy Regulation Board announced a revision in its regulations for the sitting of petroleum infrastructure, forbidding the construction of filling stations within a 50-meter radius of auditoriums, schools, churches, markets, and bus stops, among others.

Opened in 1958, the Lusaka Playhouse remains one of the city’s most iconic and historical landmarks and has staged thousands of theatre and art productions.

The petition also called for the intervention of the Government of Zambia to protect and declare the property as a national treasure of historical and cultural significance to the country.

"The membership drive, in particular, the shareholding, comes as part of a small, but welcome victory after more than a decade of exclusion and overwhelming rejection of membership applications from artists," says Kangwa, one of the petition leaders.
“This is a window of opportunity for artists to join the Playhouse, re-build it, re-brand, and re-adapt to a changing cultural industry.”

The new membership drive ends on April 30.

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This week, the Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre hosts the latest Artist in Residency Lyra Li Yuchen.
LI Yuchen (1991) is a visual and performance artist from Nanchang, China, currently living and working in Amsterdam. In 2013, she graduated from Life Sciences in Xiamen University in China. In 2021, she graduated from ArtEZ University of Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Her work has been shown in various art and academic institutions in the Netherlands and abroad, such as Stedelijkmuseum, Rijksakademie, CBK Zuidoost Amsterdam, Casco Art Institute Utrecht, Arnhem Museum, Utrecht University, International Institute of Social Studies The Hague, Wageningen University; as well as Beaufort Triennale Belgium, Bonn University, Kassel University Germany, Editorial Collectivo Retos Mexico and UniTierra Manizales Colombia.

The work of LI Yuchen revolves around migration, diaspora, memory, and belonging. She investigates the historical-cultural-political contexts which gear the movements for both humans and our food. By listening to the personal narratives, she questions the conventional notion of identity and expands the sense of belonging while reconnecting to ancestral memories.

In her project, she plans to conduct field research in Zambia and China to continue the investigate on China’s evolving relation with Africa, by comparing the ancient Maritime Silk Road with the 21st Century Belt and Road Initiative (aka the New Silk Road Project). It is also a personal request to understand one’s cultural identity in between the polarised narratives such as the anticolonization ally and the neo-colonial power.

Her residencies in Zambia are in Lusaka (LuCAC) and Livingstone (LOCA) from March to May 2023.While in Residency at LuCAC, Yuchen will engage with the local artists in a dialogue to talk about her Project. The Artist Talk will be held this Saturday, 25th March, 2023 16:00hrs-18:00hrs at the Lusaka Contemporary Art in New Chamba Valley, corner of Musekese and Makole Road.

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"To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art."
- Ben Okri

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Book tickets for AFRONAUTS - an out of this world theatrical experience Afronauts is a cosmic clash of circus, daredevil acrobatics, theatre, original music, hip hop dance and space exploration. 

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After 100 Years of Whitewashing, Brazil Will Depict Goddess Iemanjá as Black February 2, 2023 marks the centenary of the Iemanjá Day in Salvador, Brazil. In celebration, Salvador’s Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture is producing a Black Iemanjá sculpture to finally reclaim the African deity's Blackness after decades of whitewashing.

Home - Africa Chamber of Content Producers TELLING AFRICA’S STORY THE AFRICAN WAY ProfessionalTeam Members Promote Positive African Contents strategy plans We work with dedicated partners across Africa and the diaspora to tell stories that elevate the people of Africa. Rethink Rediscover Rebrand Africa we define our purpose as a continent ...

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Home - Africa Chamber of Content Producers TELLING AFRICA’S STORY THE AFRICAN WAY ProfessionalTeam Members Promote Positive African Contents strategy plans We work with dedicated partners across Africa and the diaspora to tell stories that elevate the people of Africa. Rethink Rediscover Rebrand Africa we define our purpose as a continent ...

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Henry TayaliThe Man, The Artist and The Gallery - Nkwazi Magazine One of the most critical and highly lauded places displaying art for the public in Zambia is the Henry Tayali Art Gallery.

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Chongwe Community Art Gallery More than just art: a story of trust, passion and community pride - Nkwazi Magazine CCAG is an organic manifestation of trust, of thinking together in a shared vision and passion for public visual arts.

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Kamunu: The Human Library

Launches on 27 August 2022 at Kalulu Kreativez Centre for the Arts and Culture.

Time: 15.00 hours
Entry: Free but with the love for Africa and Africannness.

To be part of this revolutionary launch, get in touch today and register.

With an afrocentric bias, Kamunu: The Human Library aspires to provide safe spaces for people to tell their own stories without prejudice on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity or religious affiliation. As Achebe puts it “Unless the lion learns to tell his own stories, the stories of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

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Africa, now is your birth.

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You are invited to the Traditional Beer, Mbira and Cultural Criticality: A Zimbabwean Story forum brought to you by our Resource of Open Minds (ROOM) project.

Join us LIVE today, tomorrow and Friday from 9:30am until 11:15am as we harvest the diverse forms of underlying criticality in African-Zimbabwean culture.

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" Nkoloso I believe in everything you do today. And I know they will bear fruit tomorrow. You believe in yourself no matter what they say. And I know you will conquer the world tomorrow "
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Festival : Films – fespaco 2023 - CFW FESTIVAL PANAFRICAIN DU FILM ET DE LA TÉLÉVISION DE OUAGADOUGOU (FESPACO) Dans le cadre de la 28ème édition du Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO) prévu du 25 Février au 04 mars 2023, la Direction du Festival tient à informer les professionnels du ci...

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South Africa: Five African documentaries to watch at the Encounters International Festival The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival is back for the first time in two years…which films made our top five?

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Documenta 15 Review: Who Really Holds Power in the Artworld? Ruangrupa’s rhetoric of collectivity and self-organisation muffles a wider range of motives and interests

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Subvention : La bourse Tarkovski - De nouvelles opportunités pour les cinéastes indépendants - CFW Le Brussels Independent Film Festival accepte toutes les formes et tous les genres : courts métrages, moyens métrages, longs métrages, drame, expérimental, comédie, horreur, slow cinéma, science-fiction, fantastique, animation, documentaire,… Tous les cinéastes sélectionnés recevront La b...

🥁💪🌞🇮🇹🇿🇲 Art Talk Series continues this Saturday 21st May 2022 at Lusaka National Museum between 14-16hrs.. All are invited to participate in-person in conversations on "Art and Education, Training/Mentorship" by Mwamba Mulangala, Isaac Kalambata, Tosca Pannico and Lazarina Matuta.. It is to be Moderated by Raphael Mwale..

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The Lechwe Trust Art Gallery will be hosting the VeraCity exhibition of recent artworks by Mwamba Mulangala.

The exhibition is curated by Rapheal Chikukwa, Executive Director of National Gallery of Zimbabwe and Founding Curator of the Zimbabwe Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Mwamba is also a popular, inspiring, and renowned teacher of art at the American School of Lusaka.

The exhibition is open to the public on Friday 20th May, 2022 and closes on 19th June, 2022.

Artworks are available for sale.

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Dumi-Maichi-Na Chi-Maraire & Nyunga Nyunga Mbira, by Dumisani Maraire 8 track album

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MoMA celebrates a ground-breaking Ivorian artist who drew a new language This past week, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, became the first Ivorian artist to have his work showcased in a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.