News Updates info@africancolours.com Fri 15-Apr-2011 Kenya Fri 15-04-2011 3 Celebrated Artists Exhibit @ the Re Launch of Gallery Watatu Press Release 3 of East Africa's most celebrated artists, Wanyu Brush, Sane Wadu & Jak Katarikawe respond to post election violence in Kenya in an exciting new exhibition opening at Gallery Watatu on the 16th May 2011. South Africa Thu 14-04-2011 The Index: 40 Leading Works from the Sanlam Art Collection By a Correspondent Sanlam Art Collection, one of South Africa’s most important corporate art collections, exhibits 40 carefully selected art works at Oliewenhuis Art Museum from 19 April to 22 May 2011. Kenya Wed 13-04-2011 A Million Shillings, Escape from Somalia: An Exhibition of Photographs Press Release This exhibition of photographs by British photographer Alixandra Fazzina, documents the perilous and often fatal journeys undertaken by Somali refugees seeking a better life by crossing the Red Sea into Yemen. Kenya Wed 13-04-2011 Call For Proposals: African Stones Talk, 2011 International Stone Sculpture Symposium By a Correspondent With the help of funds from UNESCO, African Stones Talk, invites professional sculptors to apply for the 2011 International Stone Sculpture Symposium, to take place in Tabaka, Kisii, Kenya.     South Africa Mon 11-04-2011 Art as an Expression: Are artists part of “the problem”? By Mike van Graan Artists often have the image of not being “normal”, & are dismissed, marginalised or tolerated for being “creative”, in expressing & exercising their freedom. Is this their un-doing? International Fri 08-04-2011 New works by Akindiya Akirash @ Red Mill Gallery, Vermont By a Correspondent Nigerian artist, Akindiya Akirash who has been in residency program fellowship in Vermont Studio Center since March 27th will be showing his experimental works on 16th April @ Red Mill Gallery, Vermont. International Fri 08-04-2011 'From Time to Time': Drawings by Ibrahim El-Salahi Showing at Skoto Gallery By a Correspondent Skoto Gallery presents drawings by Sudanese artist Ibrahim El Salahi whose work is a resonance of personal truth firmly rooted in the fissure between the natural world & the world of imagination. International Wed 06-04-2011 Call for Application: Artist in Residency Programme (AIR) By a Correspondent Newly launched Artist in Residency Programme (AIR) is looking to support artists from Africa who are provocative, innovative, relevant & highly engaged with both social issues & their art forms. Opportunities Call for Participation: PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival “Russian Urban Environment. New Vision” GIC Biennale 2011 International Competition, Korea Visual Arts Industry Opportunity Updates Nairobi Art Academy Program Exchange Radical Moments! Brand New Europe Wide Live Art Festival Art Competitions Blueprints of Paradise Exhibitions Thupelo 2011 Printmaking Workshop 2 Exhibitions @ KZNSA Original Skin by Jessica Webster Kunstcafé donderdag @ Stichting Thami Mnyele Coming Around Full Circle by Miriam Rubino de Rinck ‘Ins & Outs' Solo show by Yonas Million Life is a Labyrinth opens at Galerie 23 Gallery MOMO presents: Sharlene Khan's Other Stories AMATERAS Annual Paper Art Exhibition-Competition 2011 KALL for Artists for the 2011 Bayimba International Festival of the Arts - Entry Form Workshops Illustration Art Workshop at Darb 1718 Residencies Call for Application: Artist in Residency Programme (AIR) Featured Artist Portfolio Title:Escape Name:Leena Shah Country: Kenya Medium: Mixed Media Size:76 cm X 61 cm Click here to view Advertisements Partners   If you'd like to from this news update, click here.