DAR PHOTO PROJECT THIS WEEK! EXHIBITION AND ARTIST ENCOUNTER ON FRIDAY EVENING

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Hello Art Lovers! This week, the Haba na Haba dance workshops continue as the dancers and choreographers prepare pieces for the festival taking place at Nafasi on 26 and 27 May. On the 23rd of May from 3pm, we will host an art reception during Nordic Week. Come tour the Nafasi studios and enjoy live acoustic music! This is also the week of the DAR PHOTO PROJECT 2017, a collaboration between Nafasi and the Spanish Embassy to bring award-winning contemporary photographer Lurdes Basolí to Dar to lead a one-week intensive workshop on documentary photography. On Friday, there will be an opening of two simultaneous exhibitions -- Lurdes's "My Danube" and the "Dar Photo Project" exhibition with work by Tanzanian photographers. We hope you will join us! This week @ Nafasi Friday, 19 May 5pm: Encounter with Lurdes Basolí - meet the artist and hear about her work. This is a public session for all interested people, especially photographers who missed their chance to participate in the workshop 7pm: Exhibition Opening, "My Danube" by Lurdes Basoli and "Dar Photo Project" by Tanzanian photographers

UPCOMING EVENTS  ARTIST TALK We had such an overwhelming response to the call for participants for the workshop with Lurdes Basolí that we decided to have a public session where she will talk about her work and she some of her knowledge on contemporary and documentary photography. The session will be at 5pm, before the official opening of the exhibition. EXHIBITION On Friday at 7pm, we welcome you to the exhibition opening of "Dar Photo Project", a collective exhibition by a group of Tanzanian photographers, and "My Danube", works by Spanish photographer Lurdes Basolí.  We look forward to seeing you here! SPECIAL EVENT On 23 May, from 3-5:30pm, Nafasi will be hosting an Art and Culture reception in honour of our partner, Denmark, during Nordic week. We hope you will join us for an afternoon of live acoustic music and studio tours where you can meet the Nafasi artists and see their work! HABA NA HABA DANCE FESTIVAL with CHAP CHAP Body Painting Our end of the month event for May will be Haba na Haba Dance festival presented by ASADEVA. There will be contemporary and traditional dance pieces featuring dancers and choreographers from Germany, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Congo. The festival will take place on Friday, 26 May and Saturday, 27 May. Saturday will also include an afternoon public dance workshop where you can dance and paint with your body at the same time! Please bring a spare change of clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. Please see poster below and share with your friends!

Our 2017 programme is generously supported by DANIDA (The Danish Embassy), NMB, and Friends of Nafasi. Thanks for reading, and we hope to see you at Nafasi soon! Connect & get in touch with us at any of the links below: