Nubuke Foundation
supporting the arts over 8 years...
Issue 2 - February 2015
 
 
 
Past and Current Exhibitions
Main Gallery
Last Chance to See!
Compositions
Ends on 28 February 2015

The works of Caleb Hampton, Nii Obodai, Seton Nicholas, Adoma Afful-Kwaw and Abdul Karim Abu still showing till 28 February.
Audience had insightful discussions with photographers regarding their subjects and compositions and negotiations...
 
 

 
 
 
 
Upcoming Exhibitions
Exhibition:'Voyage of (Re) Discovery'
Main Gallery@Nubuke Foundation
Opening and forum at 5:30pm on 5 March 2015
and Ussher Fort, Jamestown, Accra
Opening 6 March at 10am till 14 March 2015

 
Voyage of [Re]Discovery, confronts issues such as ancestry, colonialism and independence.
11 artists and poets from Ghana, Uganda, South Africa and USA explore these difficult subjects within the context of the history of the heritage site of Ussher Fort in Jamestown.
Exhibition will start and continue at Nubuke Foundation from 5 March till 26 April 2015.
It will show at Ussher Fort from 6 March to 13 March 2015, with guided tours between 10am and 12pm only.
 
Events Elsewhere
Exhibition: Kuduo
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
Opening 26 February till 4 April 2015

 
Atta Kwami exhibits recent works at the Howard Scott Gallery.
 
 
Workshops, Drama and other news...
Are you an artist?
click here for more details and other artist residencies and calls for participation.
 
L'Atelier Art Prize still open for submissions. Shortlisted works will be exhibited at the Nu gallery at Nubuke Foundation from 20 March 2015. The finalists will be announced in South Africa on 15 July 2015
See here for more information...
 


 
The shortlisted names for the first Kuenyehia prize for Ghanaian Contemporary Art were announced. Works will be shown from 1 March to 31 March 2015.
Artists selected are Isaac Addico, Negyem Adonoo, Charles Agbetsoamedo, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, Kweku Ampadu Appah, Kwaku Boateng Asare, Kelvin Haizel, Isshaq Ismail, Ian Kwakye and Michael Lokko. Further details can be found here.
 
 
 
Film Screening- ' Black Stars of Ghana- Art District'
Nubuke Foundation, Accra
Friday, 13 March 2015 at 17:00
 

 
Visual artists as diverse as Prof. Ablade Glover, Wiz Kudowor, Kofi Setordji, Marigold Akufo-Addo, Larry Otoo, Gabriel Eklou, Kobina Nyarko and Kwadwo Ani talk about their artistic career, their views on the status of contemporary art in Ghana and the motivations that inspire them to do their best work. The videos are excerpts from a big archive of research that was started in 2005 by Safia Dickersbach, a Berlin-based Tanzanian curator and publisher. The conversations that are now presented document the development of visual art and contemporary culture in both practice and discourse in Ghana today.

There will be an opportunity for Q&A with some of the artists and the curator at the end of the screening.
Accra Theatre Workshop
Story Marathon
Nubuke Foundation, Accra
Saturday, 14 March 2015
10 am-2pm-Performances, storytelling and drama workshops for children
2pm- 5pm- Panels, Dance Marathon
6pm-10pm- Music, Theatre, Dance, Spoken Word

 
A jam-packed day full of diverse programmes in music, dance, theatre and spoken word presentations from over sixteen different groups will be presented in the second edition of the Story Marathon. Don't miss the four shows by ATW.

More details here...
Accra Francophone Film Festival
Nubuke Foundation, Accra
Saturday, 21 March 2015 to 27 March 2015
7pm each night

 
Organised by the Institut Francais, a series of film screenings of short films, animations documentaries from Francophone countries at Nubuke Foundation and different venues in the city of Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast.
Opening screening at National Theatre at 7:30pm on 20 March 2015

  Ehalakasa returns on Sunday 29 March 2015 at 6:00pm
 
There is something for everyone at the Gift Shop, now relocated inside the Nu Gallery.
Immerse yourself in the only best-selling photographic book on Ghana.
Available in Nubuke Foundation giftshop. Other stockists including Sedco and Wild Gecko...
 

The library is open to the public during normal weekday opening hours.
Check out Ohema Ohene's boutique now at Nubuke.
Grounds are available for cultural events or other private receptions.
Please note: Gallery is currently not open on Sunday.
 
Call for more information.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Nubuke Foundation
7 Adamafio Close , East-Legon, Accra
Near Mensvic Grand Hotel
0277 44 55 96/ 0289 10 21 63/ 0244 61 09 70
Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 am – 5:30pm
Sunday 12:00 noon – 4:00pm
www.nubukefoundation.org