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Tanzanian Artists Tour Northwest Ohio
Special to The Truth
In September 2008, two northwest Ohio regional agencies, the
Great Lakes Consortium for International Training and
Development (GLC) and the Arts Council Lake Erie West (ACLEW)
received a grant for arts exchanges on international issues.
The 2008-2010 grant program is funded by the U.S. Department
of State and the two agencies were specifically charged with
arranging exchange opportunities with the nation of
Tanzania.
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Mwandale Mwanyekwa and
ebony self portrait |
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The program provides women artists in northwest Ohio and in
Tanzania the opportunity to develop an exchange network to
collaborate on artwork and to create exhibitions, address
person to person issues, travel to diverse art agencies and
cultural institutions and develop networks and strategies to
empower young women artists to further their artistic,
leadership and community goals.
In February 2009, the first American delegation with six
participants traveled to Tanzania, conducted workshops and
had discussions, meeting with artists and arts
organizations.
Eleven young Tanzanian women artists were selected for the
first fellowship program. They arrived in the U.S. on April
7 and will remain through May 4. They are creating joint
artwork and discussing women’s issues that are important to
both countries.
The artists are sculptors, painters, photographers,. They
work in oil, wood, stone and fibers, among other media.
The group of artists will be leaving this week for Chicago
and returning over the weekend for a few days before
departing for Tanzania.
The delegation includes Mwandale Mwanyekwa, a sculptor from
Dar es Salaam; Amoke Kyande, a photographer from Dar es
Sallam; Irham Jaruph, a sculptor from Bagamoyo; Agnes Kijazi,
a sculptor and painter from Baganoyo; Asha Mohamed Hassan, a
sculptor from Bagamoyo; Neema Mjengwa, a sculptor from
Bagamoyo; Kaiza Mohammed, a painter from Zanzibar; Tatu
Hussein Ali, a tinga-tinga painter from Zanzibar; Salma
Massenga, a fiber, batik cloth artist from Tanga; Ester
Kilua, a weaver from Tanga and Fatma Azzany, a painter from
Tanga.
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