Archive for the ‘MOZAMBIQUE’ Category

MONA in MAPUTO

My friends in Mona-Trio are playing in Joburg this weekend and I wish them luck while knowing they do not need luck they are very pro in their preparations. I went to the studio last week to see their run through of the program and take some photos. I have realized that what I like […]

April 30, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

PARK PROJECT IN MAPUTO

A banner on the fence to the park. It has all been fenced and has guards on the gates, something that is sensible for the darker hours. There are many ways to motivate design students but the most effective motivation to work hard is real projects. We have been so fortunate to be asked to […]

April 29, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

NÚCLEO – MAPUTO

The sign over the entrance to the arts gallery Núcleo de Arte is an old institution in Maputo. It is an important cultural and artists’ centre in the city. It is a collective for artists under the name of Associação Núcleo de Arte. It is the oldest collective of artists in Mozambique. Seated in an old […]

April 25, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

ISARC STUDENT IN WORKSHOP IN CAPE TOWN

The article in the Times in Cape Town. You can print out a good copy of it here. Craft producers from throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been participating in a workshop in Cape Town. This has been funded by the Kellogg Foundation and facilitated by the Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI). […]

April 24, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, MOZAMBIQUE, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

Mugendi M’Rithaa and African Design

I had a meeting with the highly sympathetic African design activist and educator Mugendi M’Rithaa in the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He operates in the Faculty of Design and Informatics. He is a co-founder of Design With Africa, a network for sharing a knowledge base and to be an open forum for debates and […]

April 22, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, MOZAMBIQUE, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

A NEW PARK FOR ARTISANS AND CULTURE IN MAPUTO

A big sign on the park fence invites people to the new location for artisans and culture. The old Parque dos Continuadores was rather dilapidated when I first saw it. A bit scary and not to go into at night. Now it has been transformed and great stalls have been built for displaying work by […]

April 14, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

WA GUNE QUARTET FIRST CD AVAILABLE

The stage at the end of the concert. Cabocha on left playing the various drums, Cheny on the sofa with the Timbila, Zito to far right on drums and Nene behind the two lady singers, Thobile Mcincinini and Bongiwe Dlamini. The TIMBILA is a musical instrument in Mozambique, like a Xylophone. It is traditionally associated […]

April 3, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

SUMMER HOLIDAY HOBBIES AT HOME

Atanasio, Gildo, Rejao, Soley and Dagmar on the Mac that Jonni managed to get for us. Being properly back in Maputo starts off the many activities that are needed here to keep up the pressure for more results and learning. It so happened last Sunday when I went to Nucleo, a colony of artists here […]

February 5, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

Campus Waiting to become Arts Academy

  We are going through the finishing touches for the new school ISAC. Tomorrow morning is the opening ceremony. The applicants for studentship have got their notices and the invitations for the formal opening have gone out from the Ministry. These images show how it looks like just before opening. Not much different from other […]

September 2, 2009   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

Study Program and Space Planning

  The entrance to the campus of the ISArC Academy. We sat on Saturday doing the final touches of the program for the first pilot semester in the new academy. Things are falling into place, while we also have very many odds and ends to complete. We discussed teaching programs, media lab, library, how to […]

August 31, 2009   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

Application Procedure for ISAC

  Now the evaluation work of the applications for student places in the new Arts Academy is almost over. There was a meeting yesterday in the Ministry of Education and Culture here in Maputo to discuss the outcome of the interviews and a collection of marks for the examinations that the applicants took. We had […]

August 27, 2009   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

New Arts Academy in Mozambique

Since we blog about our activities people follow what we are up to. I always see the blog as a two sided thing: a) Reporting to others what one is up to; especially for us who do not live close to the largest cluster of friends and co-workers, and so that others can maybe learn […]

August 18, 2009   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

ISAC – THE INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ARTES CULTURA

  The whole campus seen from Avenida das Industrias Will be launched next month. The first higher education arts and design academy in the country, as I have said often before. Things have been slow and hickuppy and, yes it could be an African thing, but I had the same experience all through the Nineties […]

August 9, 2009   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed

MAPUTO VISITED FOR THE FIRST TIME

Having interesting time in the Arts Academy in Maputo (ENAV). Looking over and discussing possibilities in development of design and the entrepreneurial activity that the Mozambican people are actually quite clever at. The people here seem to have an inner style sense. Greatly inspiring to see the school, gaining insight into the education and possibilities […]

April 16, 2007  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE  Comments Closed