Do you want to find out more about UK and Tanzanian arts and culture? Why not experience it for yourself by attending one of our arts events.
We aim to raise the profile of local visual and musical artists in Tanzania. Use our premises as a venue for artistic interaction and profiling and understamd the artistic world and potential audiences better. In Tanzania we will hold a WAPI ( Words and Pictures) event every month at our premises.
This is a British Council platform that makes it possible for visual and verbal artists in the underground to showcase their art in words and/or pictures. We take the underground to mean the upcoming, the undiscovered, those who by design or default are not part of the mainstream. Our next WAPI event will be held on 22nd December at our premises, the theme this month is
Kijiwe Maarifa provides young upcoming artist with the opportunity to pick up practical skills and competencies to get ahead in the creative world through peer-to-peer learning and sharing.
Are you an artist struggling to come up with creative drawing ideas? Come learn some basic drawing skills and do exercises that will help you develop the creative mind of a visual artist.
Artists will get an opportunity to gain skills on playing traditional and modern instruments and will learn how to build concepts in music, rhythms and arrangements and how to make music with a cultural identity.
Learn how to use the internet to publicise your art and creative ideas using ‘Blogs’. Sankofa will take you through a step by step guide in creating your own blog.
Paul Ndunguru has been painting, illustrating books and practicing professional music, for more than twenty years now. He has been participating in the British Council Bring the noise project, attended the music garage of UK last month, and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda. During the December WAPI, Paul will share his experience while travelling and engaging with other African artists to create music for “Bring The Noise” project.
Bob Sankofa is a professional film maker and creator of “mwenye macho” blog.
Attendance is free, but spaces are limited. To book your place for the session(s) advertised above, send an email to info@britishcouncil.or.tz or come and register your name at British Council Information Desk.
listed above will be held at the British Council, Dar es Salaam, on Saturday 22nd December 2007 during WAPI.
The Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) is a music festival which has established itself as one of East Africa's finest annual event. Its usually a five day extravaganza of diverse and top quality music, theatre and dance which brings together people of all ages and backgrounds in celebration of the wealth and variety of music from the Swahili region. British Council will use Sauti za Busara as a platform to launch WAPI in Zanzibar! The festival will be from 7th to 10th February 2008, The WAPI launch will be on the 9th at Ngome Kongwe (old Fort) Zanzibar Stone Town. For more information on Busara please go to www.busaramusic.org.
ZIFF is a culture, arts and media non-governmental organisation which recognises the vital role played by cinema and other media in the development of society and in promoting friendship and co-operation among nations. The event named the Festival of the Dhow Countries is the main activity of the Zanzibar International Film Festival. We enhance appreciation for UK creativity and artistic achievements through our partnership with ZIFF by sponsoring forums and workshops during the festival. This event will take place in Zanzibar from 29th June to 8th July 2007 For more information visit www.ziff.or.tz.
Every year we take part in the European Film Festival by offering a small selection of films reflecting the range of excellence and creative vision of British film-makers. The Festival presents an opportunity for us to participate in a wider cultural relations debate along with European partners committed to increasing awareness in film and film-making in Tanzania. This year's film festival will take place between October and November at the New World Cinema along Bagamoyo Road.
We will use these festivals to create partnerships between networks of Tanzanian and UK artists and run events along side these festivals. We will also showcase UK music and film and support the development of local talent.
We will run workshops and events around the festivals for Tanzanian artists to develop and enhance their entreprenurial skills. We also aim to improve their managerial and business skills to enable them increase the sustainability of their projects and competitivenes of their work.
For more information contact us.
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