Benin Art by NGA Abuja - Call for Artist!

The National galley of Art Abuja is hosting an Art Exhibition in Benin..

Date: 5th March, 2019.
Titled: Benin Art - Shades, Shapes and Shadows.

Open Call for ArtNoise 2019 Residency

2019 seems to start up good with its Open call for Residency at the Karen Village in Kenya - home to CNN’s heavily documented Ocean Sole.

N2,000,000 is up for grabs for creative artistry at the Merrybet Sketchathon!

So, I was mentioned on a post by @falzthebahdguy and i'm happy to share with you because it's an opportunity to WIN BIG with your creative artistry at the Merrybet Sketchathon.

N2,000,000 (Two Million Naira) is up for grabs!

Artist Ogochukwu is doing it!!!

Artist Ogochukwu Ejiofor has just done an installation piece that is intriguing. She calls it "Attacking the foundation" - addressing Political crisis and how Nigeria is under attack art wise.

Follow her on instagram @arts_bulletng and @ogochukwu_ejiofor

Artist Olu still remains impressive

This Artist would never seize to impress!!!!

You guys already know who Olu is.. the hyper realistic painter. If you don't, find him on instagram @oluhyperclassical.

Title - Uncovered
Medium - oil on canvas
Size - 6ft by 4ft.

Renowned Tunisian NGO for arts and culture - Art Solution has partnered with cross cultural African Arts program Art Noise Nigeria for its July - August stay in the 3rd most visited African country on the continent Tunisia.

Tunisian based arts Platform Arts Solution partners with Art Noise Residency 2018 for its month-long exploration of North African Arts & Culture through Tunisian communities.

ART X Prize 2018 with Access

ART X Lagos partners with Access Bank in the 2018 Art X Prize, which has evolved to bolster the efforts of emerging artists who have demonstrated a commitment to careers as professional visual artists, to contribute to the burgeoning contemporary art sector in Lagos.

ICAF Art Show

S I M P L I  I N T E R N A T I O N A L

presents

an international culture and art festival coming up this July through October. This Fest would be held in four countries - Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Germany.

Theme: Global Peace and Harmony.

Venue: Radisson Blu Anchorage V.I Lagos.

If you an Art lover, start planning towards it!

Water Colour Workshop

If you are in Lagos State, you wouldn't want to miss this water colour workshop. Artist, children artist, make time.

2018 Applications Open for ArtNoise Travel Residency

Art Noise Travel Residency Program invites visual artists, Applied Artists, designers, Art Theorists/writers, cultural students are invited to explore African Arts and Cultures through work-study relationships with contemporary African Artists and Traditional Artisans as well as personal work across Kenya, Mauritius and Tunisia with the final exhibition in Lagos. 

ArtNoise Travel Residency Program 2018

This is new - a residency travel program to recruit independent creatives (people who have interest in African Arts and Culture from Africa or Black descent as well as those of non-African descent).

Art Noise is introducing this residency travel opportunity to engage these creatives in a three month travel program around 3 different African countries for 2018. It is designed for independent visual creatives, designers, and cultural studies students across the world and aims at benefiting students by providing them with valuable educational and work experience in contemporary and ancient African arts and culture and by assisting them in accomplishing their goals. There are opportunities to work with various creative sectors and demographics of people in our selected countries.

Allowance, travel, health, accommodation, safety and insurance will be available all to students selected for the program and this program is open to individuals in any level of education (regardless of their admission status) between the ages of 18 – 30 years and provides the opportunity to work within Africa and to gain experience in various areas.
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Learn more:  ArtNoise

Up Next on I Am Arts Festival 2017 - Poetry

Coming up this Friday the 13th is Mask Fest + Poetry + Visual show. Be available as the fun of arts exhibition continues.

Photos from the opening ceremony of the I Am Art Festival

Below are photos from the recently opened exhibition last Saturday. The turn out was massive!!!

I Am Art Festival..

Here's the festival happening Live in Enugu State..
Do well to attend because History is been made

#IAmArtEnugu #IAmArt #IAmArt2017 #Art #Painting #Fashion #Digitalart #Technology

I Am Art coming to Enugu soon

#IAmArt #IAmArtEnugu #IAmArt2017 #IAmArtFestival #IAmArtExhibition

Happy New Month

With each month, we draw closer to end the year. And every moment of our life matters. Remember not to compromise yourself because God is all you've got. FIND YOUR TRUE SELF, live life and make each moment beautiful. Happy New Month!!!

Art Is Everywhere

Art truly is everywhere.. from the shredded papers to the used plastic cans to the abandoned leather slippers to even the wraps of sweet. Everything can be used, that's why nothing is a waste to an Artist because we recreate and turn a nothing into something useful.

Street Installation of "Second Hand" (Used) Shoes market, depicting Africa as a dump ground of used European goods - Art Is Everywhere 8, Enugu

Do have a wonderful week

#IAmArt #AppreciatingArtist

Visit Art Is Everywhere on facebook

What Does It Mean For An Artwork To Communicate?

An Artist friend once said "Art to me is a language,  a means of communication. Which also means that any work that doesn't communicate is not art. And then the greater the communicative power, the greater the art. The lesser the communicative power, the lesser the art."

So what does it mean for an Artwork to communicate?

Have you seen Barnett Newman's plain blue painting that sold for $43.8 million?

Can you say it actually communicated it's purpose for creation to its buyer?

Let me answer that by sharing a story I just heard from an Artist.. Ogochukwu Ejiofor a.k.a Bullet Art

The Rasheed Gbadamosi Eko Art Expo

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is set to revive the visual art with the hosting of the first Rasheed Gbadamosi Eko Art Expo.

Credit: EKO ART EXPO and VANGUARD

The Rasheed Gbadamosi Eko Art Expo, which ran from Friday January 27^th and ending today, Sunday January 29th, 2017 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, VI, Lagos –  is an art exhibition by Lagos State Government being organized to honour the late Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, who was a playwright and one of the notable art collectors in the country who also served as the co-chairman of the Lagos @ 50 Planning Committee before his death in November 2016 and to showcase the creativity of students in tertiary institutions as well as emerging artists.

The project was aimed at encouraging the ingenious creativity of visual artists thereby boosting the curation of contemporary and homegrown artworks. In the long run, the exhibition put a spotlight on the visual art space as a major contributor to the economy and development of the State.

PERMUTATIONS by Tayo Olayode

Credit: PREMIUM TIMES

One of Nigeria’s experimental artists, Tayo Olayode, will open the Wheatbaker’s 2017 Art Program with “Permutations”, an exhibition showcasing 38 impressive mixed media artworks.

Olayode, who graduated from Ahmadu Bello University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art in 2000, presents diverse works using a range of complex techniques and styles, setting him apart as an artist who spans the worlds of abstract, realist and surrealist expression.

The exhibition opened at the Wheatbaker, Ikoyi, Lagos, on January 23.

One of the most exciting elements in the show is an 8-by-10 foot long installation created out of colorful synthetic ropes and copper wire which he calls Endless Development; a powerful reminder that society is strongest when we allow diverse philosophies, ethnicities and persuasions to be interwoven into a rich tapestry of creative expression.