NAFASI ARTS FESTIVAL, KIJIWENI CINEMA AND ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ON NICHOLAS CALVIN

Hello Art lovers! Karibu Nafasi Art Space (video). Mambo wapenzi wa sanaa! We welcome all new (and of course our regul...

Hello Art lovers! Karibu Nafasi Art Space (video). Mambo wapenzi wa sanaa! We welcome all new (and of course our regular) subscribers to our Newsletter! This is what's coming to you the rest of this year from Nafasi Art Space:  @Nafasi Now - Wed 22nd Nov East Africa Art Biennale 2017 Exhibition Now - Tue 28th Nov Group Exhibition "Safari ya Maua" Mon 13 Nov!!! Deadline for "Demokrasia na Sanaa" Art Competition Submissions Tue 14 Nov @ 7:30pm Kijiweni Cinema presents "TOUKI BOUKI" (Senegal) Sat 9th Dec @ 10am-midnight (Independence Day!) 2nd Annual Nafasi Arts Festival Sat 9th Dec @ 7pm Wikiendi Live! (as part of the Arts Festival) For event information and news on happenings, read on below! UPCOMING EVENTS On the second Tuesday of every month, Nafasi partners with Kijiweni Productions to curate screenings of culturally-bound and poignant African Independent films from across the continent. On Tuesday, 14th of November, 7:30pm Kijiweni Cinema presents "Touki Bouki - The Journey of Hyena" by Senegalese master Djibril Diop Mambety Have a look at the poster to read the synopsis or visit the event page. The movie will be shown in Nafasi's great hall and is FREE and open to the public! KARIBUNI WOTE! Watch trailer here Mon 13 Nov Deadline for "Demokrasia na Sanaa" Art Competition submissions On Saturday, 9th December 2017 from 10am-midnight, (Independence day!) we will be hosting our 2nd Annual Nafasi Arts Festival, right here at our premises (Mikocheni B, Eyasi Road, ITV). The day will include lots of activities with something for everyone -- *Exhibition - Demokrasia na Sanaa *ChapChap: Public Art Workshop *Theater Performance - "Dr. Sijawa Bado", a semi-musical performance in Kiswahili by Kimela Billa, with Vicensia Shule as the lead actor. *Dance Performances - MuDa Africa and Shine Dance *Open Art Studios  *Art Market  *Wikiendi Live! - Ze Spirits Band, Wahapahapa, Mandela, Chi, Temela Hassan, Hilary from Cocodo Band, and more! (SEE POSTER BELOW!) This day full of events is absolutely FREE and All ages are welcome. Are you interested in being a vendor at our Arts Festival? please email us at info@nafasiartspace.org This year's final version of Wikiendi Live is going to be a hit! This (below) could be you this December 9th, 7pm - Late.  Not convinced yet? Watch our video of our latest Wikiendi Live!s or for more input just visit our youtubechannel. And keep a look out for updates on our social media pages.  Wikiendi Live @ Nafasi Art Space (video), August 2017 Mon 13 Nov Deadline for "Demokrasia na Sanaa" Art Competition submissions ONGOING EVENTS The Safari ya Maua exhibition will be up at Nafasi until 28 November. Please don't miss this chance to see new works by emerging female artists on the important topic of Women's Rights. Mon 13 Nov Deadline for "Demokrasia na Sanaa" Art Competition submissions East Africa Art Biennale 2017 Exhibition On Saturday, 4th Nov Nafasi Art Space held the opening for the East Africa Art Biennale 2017 exhibition. Although it was raining cats and dogs outside, many people showed up to see the incredible art works this EAAB edition had on offer. The EASTAFAB will be exhibiting at Nafasi Art Space from the 4thuntil the 22nd Nov 2017. You can still catch the exhibition by visiting us Weekdays 9am-5:30pm and Saturdays 10am-5pm. For more information click here or visit the homepage of the East African Art Biennale. Opening for the East Africa Art Biennale 2017 at Alliance Francaise on Thursday, 2nd November. Click here to watch a video of the Opening at Alliance Francaise. The Organizers Kiagho Kilonzo and Prof. Elias Jengo at the opening for the East Africa Art Biennale at Nafasi Art Space, Saturday, 4th Nov.   RECAP Meeting of the European Union and Tanzania - Partnership in Action European Union Roundtable: On Friday, 3rd November, Nafasi Art Spacewas pleased to host a delegation of special guests from the European Union, including Commissioner Neven Mimica and Ambassador from the EU to Tanzania, Roeland Van de Geer, and several NGOs, such as Plan International, Restless Development, Baba Watoto Centre, and Save the Children. Before holding a roundtable on youth, the guests visited the Safari ya Maua exhibition in the Nafasi Gallery, the children's art space, and the East Africa Art Biennale exhibition, and enjoyed a contemporary dance performed by MuDa Africa as well as live drawing by visual artist Cloud Chatanda.   Meeting of the European Union and Tanzania Partnership in Action: Roundtable Discussion. MuDa Africa dancers performing for the EU Roundtable. Cloud Chatanda presenting Commissioner Neven Mimica with a self portrait. ARTIST SPOTLIGHT This week's Artist spotlight focuses on our Nafasi artist member Nicholas Calvin. Nicholas Calvin M. is a freelance photographer based in Dar es Salaam. Through exposure to books about film, photography and fine arts at the local library in his teenage years he became fascinated by the potential of an image to portray universal human stories. Fine arts is one of the subjects he enjoyed in secondary school. Later he studied heritage management at the University of Dar es Salaam. And then worked in two local museums: in Bagamoyo and Mbeya, before starting working fulltime as a freelance photographer. All this has deepened his appreciation for the history and culture of the region. His photography work seeks to share stories and moments in the region. With his most famous sayings:   “I am who I am, of which I don’t know much of, or rather each day I am discovering more what I am”    Have a glance at the two photos below to get a short impression of Nicholas' stunning photographs. You can meet Nicholas and see his beautiful shots in his studio at Nafasi Art Space weekdays 9am-5pm, and Saturday 10am-5pm. Visit Nicholas on all the social medias: flickr, Instagram (Nicholascalv), and facebook. Or email us for more information at info@nafasiartspace.org.  Childhood Memory Blossom Rainy Day Wagogo Music Festival OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS  Art Competition - Art and Democracy In November 2017, Twaweza is convening Democrasia Yetu -- an open dialogue on democracy and civic space in Tanzania. Differing perspectives will be deliberately brought together to challenge each other and try to create space for greater collaboration and cohesion. The event will also serve as a celebration of democratic spaces and freedoms in Tanzania through the arts. Twaweza and Nafasi Art Space are pleased to announce a Visual Art Competition and Exhibition to coincide with the event. We encourage artists to submit work in any medium (painting, sculpture, photography, video art, and installation) responding to and exploring the theme and topics of the event, which include opening up (transparency versus secrecy), acting together (positive and productive relationships between government and citizens), free exchange (openness to new ideas, constructive critique and unusual partnerships). Prizes for winning entries will include artist residencies at Nafasi Art Space, and laptops. Submission requirements:     1.    Artist Statement.   2.    Artist CV with biographical information, education, and selected exhibitions and awards (1 A4 page).     3.    1-3 High-Res images of artwork in response to theme including artwork details (title, year of production, media and size) by 13 November 2017.     4.    Entries must then be delivered in-person to Nafasi Art Space, Mikocheni B, between 13-17 November 2017. Important: Only submissions in PDF format will be accepted. The PDFs are to be sent by 13 November 2017 to the following e-mail address: asteria@nafasiartspace.org  Are you a photographer? Then this might be of interest to you. Casa África announces its 8th Photography Contest "Objetivo África" which will award prizes (up to 1200 euros) to photographs which best portray the positive aspects of the 10 past years of the African continent. Any person of legal age can take part in the competition. Photographs can be entered for the competition from 10 October to 13 December 2017 (inclusive). Each applicant may participate with a maximum of five (5) photographs. To do this, you must send them either as attachments or through a file exchange system (such as WeTransfer or Dropbox) to redes.sociales@casafrica.es. Photographs should be sent in JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 200 dpi and file-size between 1.5 MB and 5 MB. Click here for more information. That's it for this week's update! Please follow us on our social media pages for more day-to-day happenings and contact us with any queries at info@nafasiartspace.org Asante sana!