Artists unite to annex 'virgin territory'

Budding arts trio, gifted in different types of art, plot to take over Maun with their creations later in the year. The young talented minds consider the town a somewhat virgin territory in as far as taking an assortment of sketches for tourists. Fronted by Frank Mabotowe, whose individual exhibition last year was a huge success, the Gaborone-based artists are getting ready to take the tourist town by storm.

The fair will start off in Gaborone before being taken to Maun."We have lots of tourists in Maun who obviously want to return to their native countries with some piece that reminds them they were once in Botswana," Mabotowe told Arts and Culture. He is well aware that Maun is probably buzzing with works from other artists. But he believes his associates Fikile 'Tooshort' Mabula and sculptor Gosego Motlogelwa have marvellous works that can sell anywhere in the world. Mabula works mostly with ink, pencil and paint.