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…
Male circumcision program for Chitungwiza Arts Centre
Obituary: The Life and Works of Tizirai Gumbere
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.
Paypal partially reduces online trade restrictions against Zimbabwe
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 Sculptures From Zimbabwe
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.
Figurative Shona Stone Sculptures from Zimbabwe
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 in Zimbabwean stone sculpture
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.
Zimbabwean Art
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…
Recycled Art. A case for the Environment.
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.
To Our Fallen Heroes
In Zimbabwe, the month of August is a month when we remember our fallen heroes. We remember and celebrate the lives of our dead loved ones; some Zimbabweans even practice rituals and ceremonies to honour their gone heroes. In Stone Sculpture we rememember and celebrate the lives of our heroes, such as Fanizani Akuda, Henry…
Great things For Chitungwiza Arts Centre.
The Chitungwiza Arts Centre (CAC) is going further to develop their working area through improving their structures. Currently they are refurbishing their exhibition stand, a building close to their offices. They are having a redo of its thatched roof and walls as the building was now getting old and had time not in its proper…
