The 11th China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium

With the theme of “Execellence, Passion, Future — Automobiles give us a better life”, the 11th China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium and the 1st Arts Symposium of Changchun International Automotive Park will be held from August 18th to September 29, 2010

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Application: Triangle France Residency

Triangle France is a non profit structure based in la Friche la Belle de Mai, a former tobacco factory in Marseilles.

The residency aims to promote contemporary art through its program, shows and events taking place in la Friche, or in other partner destinations, in France or abroad

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Big Fish School Of Digital Film Launches Additional Courses

According to CEO, Dr Melanie Chait, of Big Fish School of Digital Film Making, the country’s multi award-winning accredited film school, the recent successes of South African films – Jerusalema, District 9, Tsotsi, etc – have shown creative local youth that there’s not only a rewarding career to be had in film and TV, but one that is........

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Call For Entries: Chicago International Poster Biennial Student Competition.

Eligibility
All entries must be designed and printed between 1 January 2008 - 1 May 2010. Posters which have already been entered in a CIPBA competition may not be re-entered.
Entrants may submit up to six works for each artist / designer. Series of no more than three posters that constitute a single work will be accepted as a.......

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Call For Project Submissions For Inagural Durban Filmmart

This first African co-production market has the potential to act as a key driver in raising the visibility of film content from Africa," says Toni Monty, acting CEO of the DFO. "We envisage that it will provide African film-makers with the opportunity to pitch film projects to leading financiers and meet and network with internationally reputed directors and producers in order to form alliances for future collaborations"

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Call For Applications: 2nd International Biennial Of Painters & Sculptors

The 2nd International Biennial of Painters and Sculptors exhibition will run from 23 August 2010 – 13 September 2010. The official languages of the Biennial are English and Croatian and the theme of the Biennial is ''The Light of Climate''

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Design+Build-and-Live-In Project

Our ARchiTecture (art+architecture) Residency Programme in the Ashanti Region of Ghana welcomes artistic persons in the fields of architecture, engineering and the arts that include visual arts, literary arts, performing arts, design, new media/ film production, arts history, arts criticism, arts education, arts administration and curatorship, and emerging others to apply for residence.Length of residencies is usually from 1 month to 12 months

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Rhode Bath-Sheba Makoumbou @ African Studies Centre in Leiden

Congolese artist Rhode Bath-Sheba Makoumbou is exhibiting her recent paintings and sculptures at the African Studies Centre in Leiden, Brussels.

Rhode lives and works in Brussels, she has exhibited her work regularly throughout Europe and in Africa.

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Stephen Kappata - Legend Of Zambia

Stephen Kappata (1936 - 2007) is still the best-known Zambian painter. Dr. Marie Imbrova an ardent collector of African art acquired a small collection of Kappata's pieces which will be staged in the famous mini gallery ŘEHOŘ SAMSA CAFE in the centre of Prague from 14th April to 30th April 2010.

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‘Junk Art’ - A Captivating Kenyan Genre

Junk Art” is nothing new to Kenya........It wasn’t started by Mwingi, nor did it begin with Kenya’s best known proponent of scrap-metal sculptures, Kioko Mwitiki, who is currently in ..............Nonetheless, what the survivors, artisans and artists like Mwingi, Kioko and Odochameny have in common is the concept of recycling of waste materials...

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Mohamed Ghazala Wins AMAA Animation Prize

The only Egyptian film in AMAA competition - Honyan's Shoe has won the Animation Prize at the 6th African Movies Academy Awards in Nigeria!

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New Stock At The Loft

One Off Gallery at the Loft, Nairobi, Kenya is showcasing new work by established Kenyan artists Timothy Brooke, Sebastian Kiarie, Anthony Okello, Andrew McNaughton among others.

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Bolero: Art On The Move

Ethiopian artists Mulugeta Tafesse, Behailu Bezabih, Bekele Mekonnen, Eshetu Tiruneh, feature in a global nomad exhibition that takes them to Kinsasha, New Delhi, Dublin and Vietnam.

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Catherine Ocholla's Wise Cracks @ Blank Projects

Using the medium famed for presenting serious portraits of politicians, Ocholla engages portraiture as parody, questioning the seriousness of the men she paints in such unlikely poses....

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Nermine Hammam At TownHouse Gallery

Titled Metanoia, this exhibition is a series of 77 digitally-reworked photographs, which explore the alarming living conditions of mentally disabled patients in Egypt.

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Colleen Madamombe: Zimbabwean Sculptor Remembered

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe has launched an exhibition in memory of the sculptress who left an indelible mark of ingenuity.
The showcase, which is expected to run until the end of the month, is a collection of Colleen’s pieces and photographs showing her at work or ...

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Wangechi Mutu - This You Call Civilization

Wangechi Mutu's work boldly explores the contradictions of female and cultural identity, drawing the viewer into conversations about beauty, consumerism, colonialism, race, and gender. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqCH8uFdCG8

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The View Images Film Festival (VIFF) Zambia

The View Images Film Festival (VIFF) formerly known as the International Film Festival of Zambia (IFFoZ) was rejuvenated in 2009 .......for 2010, the festival will be held starting the evening of Saturday, 18th September through to Saturday, 25th September 2010 in Lusaka and brings alongside exciting, educating and entertaining activities.

The 2010, VIFF, theme is “Shout hard! Scream aloud! Turn around! Inspire someone”

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Great Bargains @ RaMoMA By RaMoMA Gallery

Rahimtullah Museum of Modern Art Gallery, Nairobi, will be showcasing its annual exhibition of small (30cm X 30cm) and large art works this Friday 30th April 2010 at 9.30am.

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4th Riga International Textile And Fibre Art Triennial

GLOBAL INTRIGUE 2 develops and extends the theme of the previous Triennial based on different aspects of gobalization in connection with new problems and challenges in our contemporary world

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7 African Artists Works To Show in Senegal's Historic Town of St Louis

A collection of works from 7 distinguished African artists will be exhibited in St Louis, alongside the Dak'Art 2010 Festival this May.

This exhibition takes place in the beautiful and historic town of St Louis, with works from seven artists.....

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Call For Photography Workshop

For 2010, Bayimba Cultural Foundation decided to include a Photography Workshop prior to the 3rd edition of the Festival (scheduled for 17-19 September, 2010).
The workshop aims at introducing photography as a tool of expression and creation.......

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