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Art Success. Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Wiz Kudowor source: http://www.adelaidedamoah.com/  specifically: http://www.adelaidedamoah.com/2012/09/art-success-adelaide-damoah-in_9.html  Born in 1957 in Takoradi, Ghana, Wiz Kudowor is one of Ghana's most respected visual artists. Kudowor's career as a professional artist spans more than 30 years and he has exhibited in more than 50 group shows and 12 solo shows around the world. Kudowor's unique works are held in public and private collections the world over. Public collections include Ghana's National Museum, China's Ministry of Culture, Japan's Osaka Prefecture Collection, and a public mural at Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. Kudowor's style is unique and instantly recognisable. His abstracted figures, faces scenes and shapes are created using a roller brush and pallet knife, creating bold paintings reminiscent of traditional Ghanaian themes while simultaneously referencing cubist and futur...

UGANDA’S SPACE PROGRAMME (!) The normal reaction when the African Space Research Programme (ASRP) based in Kampala is discussed is one of disbelief. But when international media houses – like BBC and CNN – start paying attention and Hillary Clinton decides to phone, people start to take it more seriously. Chris Nsamba, the 27 year old from Kampala who heads the programme describes getting the call from Clinton as one of the most shocking experiences of his life. “She said congratulations on what we’re doing and asked me to ‘stop by and say hello’ when I’m next in the U.S.” In the international press, the idea has been portrayed mostly as a variation of either sweet but ultimately doomed or downright crazy. Chris is well aware of the perceptions saying that they placed a poll on the ASRP website to get an idea of what Ugandans thought about the idea of Ugandan space research and exploration and about 70% just don’t believe it. But this doesn’t dissuade him and he has a profoundly pragma...

Published on  Artinfo  ( http://www.artinfo.com ) See the Designs for David Adjaye's Glittering New African American Culture Museum in DC Language English © Adjaye Associates David Adjaye's design for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture :  by  Janelle Zara Published: February 23, 2012 The largest of several new museums devoted to African American history and the Civil Rights movement, the $500 million  National Museum of African American History and Culture  (or NMAAHC for short, kind of), broke ground on the National Mall this week. It joins two other in-progress institutions, the sprawling  National Center for Civil and Human Rights  slated for Atlanta, to the upcoming  International African American Museum  in Charleston, each of them larger in both size and scope than their predecessors. For the NMAAHC project, the Tanzanian-born, London-based Ghanian architect and  Design Miami  des...

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source:  Wiley: The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking Eli Broad ,  Michael R. Bloomberg  (Foreword by) ISBN: 978-1-1181-7321-3 Hardcover 192 pages May 2012 Unorthodox success principles from a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad's embrace of "unreasonable thinking" has helped him build two Fortune 500 companies, amass personal billions, and use his wealth to create a new approach to philanthropy. He has helped to fund scientific research institutes, K-12 education reform, and some of the world's greatest contemporary art museums. By contrast, "reasonable" people come up with all the reasons something new and different can't be done, because, after all, no one else has done it that way. This book shares the "unreasonable" principles—from negotiating to risk-taking, from investing to hiring—that have made Eli Broad such a success. B...