When Art Meets Functionality

These expertly engraved and handcrafted coffee table and stools are made from high-quality Teak wood. They boast a tailored top design that reflects clients’ unique preferences or ancestral symbols, exemplified by the Soko Murehwa totem. They say Teak is rich man’s wood and as a testament to its exceptional craftsmanship, this piece is designed to transcend…

As 2023 comes to an end…

Today marks the last day of 2023. This was a special year for AVAC Arts. This year we were able to finally open our first outdoor gallery at the Victoria Falls International Airport. When we got the land there was nothing much to see. We saw it differently however. We begun the year by planting…

Transform Africa Summit 2023 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Had fun last week at the Transform Africa Summit 2023 held in VIctoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Congradulations to all the 7 Ms Geeks who got prices. Zimbawe surely was represented amongst the winners. Well done to all of the participants and to those who won. The future of African development in this technology era lies in…

Remembering Fanizani Akuda 10 years later

The 5th of February marks exactly ten years after the death of Fanizani Akuda. Together with other group members in the 1960s they started what we now appreciate as the Zimbabwe Contemporary Sculpture Movement. The journey they travelled as a group has been recorded and cherished in different circles and today Zimbabwe is recognized internationally…

Tom Blomefield was a crook: Sylvester Mubayi

Sylvester Mubayi is one of the remaining First Generation of Zimbabwe Shona Stone Sculptors still living. We caught up with him at his studio in Chitungwiza where he shared with us his art journey which began as a serendipitous encounter with the maverick art promoter Tom Bloomfield in the streets of the former Salisbury (Harare).…