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Great News

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Coral Paint agreed to be a sponsor and give us discounted supplies. Unik Image, which was going to give us a heavy discount, instead printed our posters (which look fab) completely FREE. Now we can spend the money on more art supplies. Woot woot. Also did I mention that Paloma Restaurant is providing some dishes for free, and Larry (Aminu)’s sister will cook up a huge pot of jollof rice for everyone?

Musah’s been busy buying supplies at the market. He, Larry, and Sharif met with the kids for more workshops yesterday. (Serge Attukwei Clottey is rejoining us next week once he’s done with his residency.) Musah was telling me about the pieces the students at Adab are doing…a mosque, a typical home in Nima, women fetching water. I can’t wait to see. In the meantime, I have lots of rounds to do, dropping off posters at various media houses and embassies. Can’t believe the event is one week from today.

And now I’m off to Chale Wote, that street art festival in Jamestown I mentioned in a previous post. Musah and Larry are both doing a painting on a building, Attukwei has his own show, and a bunch of my other friends are involved – Ato and Adwoa from the FCA; Bernard Akoi-Jackson whom I finally got to sit down with this week; Toke Olagbaju, a friend of a friend who runs I Heart Accra…and more.

Tags: Accra, adwoa amoah, art, ato annan, bernard akoi-jackson, coral paint, fca, foundation contemporary art, Ghana, i heart accra, july 23, larry aminu, musah swallah, nima, nima: muhinmanchi art, paloma restaurant, serge attukwei clottey, unik image, yussif larry aminu
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V.I.P.’s performing…but first we need support

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Oy, potential sponsors are giving us a hard time. So…your support on IndieGogo would be great. Medasi paa (thanks very much) for what we’ve already received, you guys are great. Video’s up, btw.

On the bright side, Nima’s own hip life music group V.I.P. has agreed to perform. The event itself is going to rock, now we just have to get the funds.

VIP performing at Ghana Meets Nigeria at the Conference Center last Friday...just wait til they hit their home streets of Nima

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Tags: Accra, adab, al-rushideen, anani, art, coz of moni, event, fundraising, funds, Ghana, hip life, jesse shipley, kizito, m3nsa, musah swallah, music, nima, nima: muhinmanchi art, sharif, sponsors, v.i.p., vip, wanlov, workshops
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Support NIMA: MUHINMANCHI ART

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Be a part of this great project. Support art and youth in Nima (and, ahem, my internship :)  ).

Now taking contributions on IndieGogo.

Video coming once I get to high speed internet…

 

Tags: Accra, art, contribute, donate, Ghana, indiegogo, nima, nima: muhinmanchi art, support
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Larry’s on Facebook

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Ch-ch-check it out, “like” my Ghanaian dad. More photos coming when I have better internet…just this took about three hours

Tags: Accra, art, artist, facebook, Ghana, larry otoo
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While I’m at high speed wi-fi…

Friday, June 24th, 2011
Constance Swaniker's opening at the Artists Alliance June 22. Here's her piece "In Celebration." The artist herself is hidden behind the woman in the green dress.
Constance Swaniker’s opening at the Artists Alliance June 22. Here’s her piece “In Celebration.” The artist herself is hidden behind the woman in the green dress.
A Night With Larry Otoo at the Nubuke Foundation June 17, sponsored by the Spanish Embassy as part of his residency in Segovia this "spring" (he said it was freezing cold the whole time). The audience loved him, and the Q&A was lively. When Larry said installation art isn't for him, artist and critic Bernard Akoi-Jackson questioned his thinking and suggested that Larry himself is an installation artist, for the way he disregards horizontal planes.
A Night With Larry Otoo at the Nubuke Foundation June 17, sponsored by the Spanish Embassy as part of his residency in Segovia this “spring” (he said it was freezing cold the whole time). The audience loved him, and the Q&A was lively. When Larry said installation art isn’t for him, artist and critic Bernard Akoi-Jackson questioned his thinking and suggested that Larry himself is an installation artist, for the way he disregards horizontal planes.
Environmental Film Festival in Accra - screening and discussion at the Golden Tulip June 16, on Accra's plastic waste. Ended with a heated debate on whether or how environmental activism can be effectively spread to the masses. I'm with the guy from Trashy Bags, Stuard Gold, who is working to make an impact with simple but direct local action, such as selling 5-cedi trashy bags for just 1-cedi to the sellers at Makola Market, who hand out hundreds of "rubbers" (black plastic bags) a day.
Environmental Film Festival in Accra – screening and discussion at the Golden Tulip June 16, on Accra’s plastic waste. Ended with a heated debate on whether or how environmental activism can be effectively spread to the masses. I’m with the guy from Trashy Bags, Stuard Gold, who is working to make an impact with simple but direct local action, such as selling 5-cedi trashy bags for just 1-cedi to the sellers at Makola Market, who hand out hundreds of “rubbers” (black plastic bags) a day.

Before the whole environmental argument there was cause for celebration: an all-plastic wedding in honor of Trashy Bags, with gown and suit made of Fan Ice sachets (a delicious 50-pesewa ice cream treat that comes in a little plastic sachet).
Before the whole environmental argument there was cause for celebration: an all-plastic wedding in honor of Trashy Bags, with gown and suit made of Fan Ice sachets (a delicious 50-pesewa ice cream treat that comes in a little plastic sachet).
Stumbled upon Virginia Ryan's book "Almighty God" at the DuBois Centre library - an artist/writer/I-don't-know-what whom I admire, who works in Ghana and all over the world. She's a friend of my mom's friend Steve Feld and helped to start the Foundation for Contemporary Art in Accra. On the right there is a book by Ayi Kwei Armah, a Ghanaian author HC prof Ruti Talmor recommended to me, but who is impossible to find in the U.S.
Stumbled upon Virginia Ryan’s book “Almighty God” at the DuBois Centre library – an artist/writer/I-don’t-know-what whom I admire, who works in Ghana and all over the world. She’s a friend of my mom’s friend Steve Feld and helped to start the Foundation for Contemporary Art in Accra. On the right there is a book by Ayi Kwei Armah, a Ghanaian author HC prof Ruti Talmor recommended to me, but who is impossible to find in the U.S.
This is where the Ghana end of the Haverford-Ghana Intersecting Zones exhibition took place, in December at the DuBois Centre...
This is where the Ghana end of the Haverford-Ghana Intersecting Zones exhibition took place, in December at the DuBois Centre…

Men playing cards on the street in Osu. Looked pretty against the green wall. One of the guys joked that I should pay them for the photo. (I didn't.)
Men playing cards on the street in Osu. Looked pretty against the green wall. One of the guys joked that I should pay them for the photo. (I didn’t.)

Tags: Accra, almighty god, art, ayi kwei armah, bernard akoi-jackson, constance swaniker, dubois centre, environmental film festival accra, exhibition, fan ice, Ghana, golden tulip, haverford college, intersecting zones, larry otoo, nubuke foundation, opening, ruti talmor, steve feld, trashy bags, virginia ryan, w.e.b. dubois centre
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