Thapong hosts a unique multimedia exhibition

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Thapong Visual Arts Centre is currently hosting a unique exhibition, which is a follow-up to the week-long workshop recently held at the centre for artists from outside Gaborone.

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.

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