An Arts Festival for Namibian Youth is gearing up to showcase the power of art as a means of education and social awareness. In the lead up to this festival, children were taken through workshops where different art mediums were shown to them by leading Namibian artists. From Maria Caley teaching Fashion Design to children at Hage Geingob High School, …
Forging forward to build the innovative industry, is what a team of imaginative individuals are aiming at when talking Namibia’s first ever, Creative Industry Guide. The Guide is aimed at providing a map of Namibian innovation and innovators. Artists are being asked to submit their details, free of charge, to be part of this project that seeks to quantify as …
Two acclaimed Namibian artists, a Musician and a Filmmaker, have collaborated on a project described as raw, innovative, unique and guided by intuition. The two are, Steffen List, the Namibian singer and songwriter, also known as Tonetic and Lila Swanepoel the Namibian Film Director who has worked on major international film productions, of Lila Productions. The project is the music …
It started as a politically inspired project and became a thought provoking statement that questions individual inner perspectives. Ndasuunje Papa Shikongeni is about to open his first photographic exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Namibia, titled ‘Inspiration through the lens – Home is where the heart belongs’. The images, stirring and beautiful, are contradictory; warm yet chilling. The story …
She auditioned at a church in Pioneerspark, a competition called ‘The Namibian Championships of Performing Arts’, this was where Treza Cooper’s singing journey took flight. Through a series of competition rounds, Treza has been selected to jet off to America to represent Namibia in the ‘World Championships of Performing Arts’ later this month. 99FM’s MYD Art spoke to Treza, the …
In a one woman playmakers production, that has toured Namibia to rave reviews and avid applause, Lize Ehlers is about to take to the stage as Sunshine Fontein in ‘Sunny van die Suide‘ at the Warehouse Theatre in Windhoek. The play is touted as both hilarious and serious, and 99FM’s MYD Art spoke to this years Namibian Theatre and Film …
The art of weaving words together to create emotion and convey story is about to increase its audience as, a first of it’s kind, the Windhoek Poetry Festival begins in the capital. Already attracting artists from Ghana and Botswana, this festival is being put together by passionate Namibian poets and artists, who wish to share their art and their expression …
Nicky Marais’ artwork is known for telling the story of the Namibian landscape, and the social and political history of the Namibian people. Her most recent collection, that adorned the walls of the National Art Gallery of Namibia’s Main Gallery and was titled Presence In Absence, saw this acclaimed Namibian artist, and Lecturer at the College of the Arts, explore …
Visionary Namibian sculptor and printmaker, Alpheus Mvula, is delighting the senses and provoking the mind yet again with another exhibition on at the FNCC Gallery. The exhibition, titled the Tonzo, is a new sculptural exhibition with many layers of meaning. 99FM’s MYD Art spoke to Alpheus about this exhibition and his deep connection to the stone he carves. “I have …
A lack of funds is what most young Namibian artists reference as their biggest difficulty. It’s what leads many Namibian artists to working a full time job to fund their passion, their art. However collaborative opportunities are available to young artists that focus on helping artists reach their dreams. One such opportunity comes as a project spearheaded by the Goethe-Institut …