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It's a hard sell but Africa must invest in art and imagination


It’s a hard sell but Africa must invest in art and imagination
Teesa Bahana
I’ve been raising funds for a building project: not a hospital, not a school, but an arts centre.
It’s not an easy sell at the best of times but add in a pandemic and the fact that I’m in Africa and, according to the current rules of financial engagement, art is the verylowest of priorities.
According to the people who decide these priorities, art does not create thousands of jobs, or keep people from dying, and it doesn’t “scale up”.
I used to work in development, so I understand where this mindset comes from, but now that I have worked in arts and culture, I see repeatedly how much Ugandan society misses out on because we do not prioritise our art. ....

Bathsheba Okwenje , Teesa Bahana , Yoweri Museveni , Ugandan Arts , East Ugandan Arts , அக்யாஂடந் கலைகள் ,

It's a hard sell but Africa must invest in art and imagination | Teesa Bahana


I used to work in development, so I understand where this mindset comes from, but now that I have worked in arts and culture, I see repeatedly how much Ugandan society misses out on because we do not prioritise our art.
Artists make us constantly question how we see the world. Sometimes, they help us imagine a new one. As an arts centre, one of our greatest legacies is our residency programme. During a residency an artist will come for a few months, be given a studio, living expenses, a modest materials budget, and access to our community and our library of contemporary African art. ....

Bathsheba Okwenje , Teesa Bahana , Yoweri Museveni , Ugandan Arts , East Ugandan Arts , அக்யாஂடந் கலைகள் ,