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Mathias Muwonge Kyazze | Master of Glass Art By Margaret Nagawa margaretnagawa Source: Margaret Nagawa Wordpress   Mathias Muwonge Kyazze How did you go about becoming an artist? I was always interested in drawing geography maps and science drawings at primary school.  At home, I was involved in mat weaving and basket making. I started formal art classes in Senior One. Senyondwa Deus was then my best friend. He is now a lecturer at Kyambogo University. He inspired and encouraged me because he was a better drawer. I studied art through high school to attaining a Masters degree.  I am still practicing, and becoming more of an artist.   What are you working on at the moment? I am working on two major stained-glass design projects. One at St. Charles Lwanga Church in Ntinda near UNEB, and another at St. Joseph’s Church, Nansana. Where do you see your art practice in the next five years? It is difficult to predict because it depends so much on the design com...

Emmanuel Jegede | The Sacrifice Art, Artists and Art Criticism Situational Report in Nigeria from 1950 – 2004 Introduction This article is focused on some issues concerning contemporary art and its practitioners and art critics as it relates to Nigeria from 1950 to date. In any way the article may not be able to discuss in minute detail due to space constraint. At the same time the theoretical framework of the paper will be historical and also analytical in order to be able to state the author’s views on some issues raised here. The history of contemporary art in Nigeria cannot be complete without referring to the instrumental figures who through their solo efforts brought Nigerian modern art into the world art history. The history started with Aina Onabolu 1881-1963 as a leading figure who did not only start the art of drawing and painting but also fought single handedly to put art in the school curriculum in 1927. Onabolu consciously went into art of figure drawing and ...

Cityscapes of Istanbul, Turkey  by Joe Pollitt  İlk izlenimler | ISTANBUL 2014 Ben geldiğimde SOMA olaydan önce bir hafta var. 21 . yüzyılın en büyük Madencilik felaket . Medya ilgisini gizli nerede oluştu dehşet . İnsanların ölmesi ve hangi onlar öldü yol tutar . Seçimlerden önce sorunlar susturulması . Tüm bayraklar yarım maske uçuyordu ve yas başladı . Hüzün omnipresent . Kabir azabı tarafından etkilenen tüm . Güneşin ne olursa olsun , üzüntü içinde Turizm Merkezi sahne aldı . Bu trajedinin ve topluluklar içinde 800 artı madenci öldü Türkiye'nin batısında etkilendi ve gelecek nesiller için olacak . Ölümlerin her bir dokundu ; Aile , arkadaşlar , komşular ve daha fazlası... Ve Başkan'ın yardım bölgeye askeri adamları ile geldi , Bu Soma nezaret ve bu bölge için bakan ama . Galatasaray forvet sanki çılgınca masum tekme fotoğraflandı . Bagajda bir protestocu koyarak , iki asker sa...