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.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...