The UN Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) had a review deadline of the year 2015. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is drawn from the experiences of the 8 MDGs and as a continuation and expansion of the UN global development initiative. The 17 SDGs are more or less the same as the MDGs and basically…
The reason why I write this blog is because I continuously find myself in an awkward position when I see a very beautiful artwork without a title. Coming up with a title is one of the most difficult aspects of being an artist. Stone sculpturing is an art comparable to written, sung or spoken literature…
A delegation from ZAZIC and Daniel C Rutz the Communication Specialist and Country Director for the United States Centre of Disease Control and Prevention Zimbabwe visited the Chitungwiza Arts Centre offering free circumcision to artists. Tendai from ZAZIC made a presentation on the benefits of male circumcision. Benefits of circumcision mentioned include: – Being circumcised…
The Art community is mourning the death of Tizirai Gumbere, a shona stone sculptor whose work has left a permanent mark in the visual art scene. Tizirai, popularly known by his colleagues as “Gwama” passed away on the 21st of September 2015 after a long illness.
Until recently, Paypal the largest international online merchant finally lifted its restrictions against users in Zimbabwe. Paypal considered Zimbabwe a sanctioned country and denied access to its platform to users from Zimbabwe. The sanctions were related to the “targeted” sanctions against certain individuals in Zimbabwe which have been in force for over a decade. The…
Abstract Stone Sculpture is a sensual expression of the mind to the heart, it is sculpted by artists who do not think like we do. It does not promote a full accuracy of the real world, but does so intentionally so that its elements can penetrate the cognitive thinking of an audience.
In language, figurative refers to the use of words outside their basic meanings but with an imaginative meaning in order to create a special effect. In visual arts, figurative arts refers to the distortion of real world objects and figures to create imaginative figures that retain the form of the real world objects. Figurative art…
Fine Art is a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic and intellectual purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.
Zimbabweans are generally handiwork people; most earn a living through the work of their hands and art is a mong the top handiworks practiced by Zimbabwean people. Evidence of the practice of art can be traced back to the 16th Century when the Great Zimbabwe a great work of art was constructed. The Great Zimbabwe is…
Human activity can cause seen and unseen damage to our planet. It is the responsibility of us the current generation to interact with our environment in a sustainable way so that future generations can also enjoy the planet as we are enjoying it today.
