Thapong hosts a unique multimedia exhibition
Friday, April 16, 2010
The workshop (and therefore, the exhibition) attracted a number of Thapong artists from Gantsi, Digawane, Kanye, Pelotshetlha, Kauxcwi (near Shakawe), Mahalapye, Mochudi, Molepolole, Moshupa, Tutume, Shashe and Francistown.
The facilitator at the workshop was a lecturer at Kwame Nkurumah University in Ghana, George Kushiator who told Arts & Culture in an earlier interview that he was going to mainly focus on teaching the participants integration of multimedia in painting.
At that time, the facilitator also revealed to Arts & Culture that he had noted that Batswana mainly specialised in representational as opposed to the more challenging conceptual art and therefore, one of his endeavors was to change their mindset in that regard.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...