Category Archives: Body art,

National Culture Month, Zimbabwe 2025, “Celebrating Indigenous Voices”; a turning point for me into a wider Dance, Art, Rhythm, Music and Craft celebration in my art practice…

Posted on December 11, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Zimbabwe’s 2025 National Culture Month, May 2025, under the theme “Celebrating Indigenous Voices” celebrated the country’s diverse cultural and linguistic heritage. Culture Month Launch at Rusununguko Clinic, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe, was the lowveld component of the nationwide events – particularly celebrating … Continue reading →

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Take Note! Look! Cheuka Harare Art Fair (CHAF) 2025

Posted on October 8, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

Cheuka is a Shona word that refers to the observation or noticing of both tangible and intangible things that surround us. Look; the act of noticing, noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; Cheuka Harare Art … Continue reading →

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Chauke ChaHumba; of Fire, Giant Snail Shells and Totems..

Posted on May 30, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

The Chauke Cha Humba story: In Mahenye Village, our Chauke clan reveres the giant land Snail (Humba) , and Fire… Snail/Fire artworks at the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe National Cultural Month Launch at Rusununguko Clinic, Zimbabwe, 17th May 2025….. … Continue reading →

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A Material Practice; Art for Impact; an Earth, a Social, an Art Practice….

Posted on March 19, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

A MATERIAL PRACTICE A workshop on process with Ann Mary Gollifer and Mma Motsei Nkwemabala Facilitated by Dr. Tammy Hodgskiss, (curator at Wits Origins Centre) and Julie Taylor (Guns & Rain Gallery) November 2024 at Origins Centre, WITS University, Jozi. … Continue reading →

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Earth Pigments, Art of the Earth; Art for the Earth: EARTHART, Art with Heart…

Posted on March 16, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

My thoughts and art practice, Art of the Earth, for the Earth, in the Earth…. EARTHART, Art with Heart… Over the last few years in my art practice I have been digging into the earth, mining for information and delving … Continue reading →

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From the Earth, of the Earth; a gift of Art by Ann Gollifer

Posted on November 16, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

I enter the Origins Centre -the museum at Wits University, with great anticipation – carrying my Art Harare Art passport as a tangible memory in the making… An EXHIBITION is opening : “Hold me said the Earth” by Ann Gollifer, … Continue reading →

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Punching Above our Weight; Rise, a Zimbabwean Movie!

Posted on November 10, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Beginning years ago in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, an epic…. the story of a child, living on the streets, surviving by scavenging on the municipal dump, battered and bruised but rising against all odds, daring to dream ….. Director and writer, … Continue reading →

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Xibelani -wonderful word for a vibrant cultural fabric tradition…

Posted on September 5, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Xibelani is a vibrant and colorful fabric that is popularly worn by the Tsonga women of South Africa. It is a type of traditional attire that has been worn for generations and has become an integral part of Tsonga culture. … Continue reading →

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Roses for Remembrance; Love and Loss….

Posted on July 6, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

Roses for Remembrance; Love and Loss….Nature’s Palette from our artists’ brushes and palette knives… Surrounded as I am by African wilderness, gardening with and painting indigenous African plants in the majority of my working days, and as much as I … Continue reading →

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This child of mine; my muse and inspiration…

Posted on June 6, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

This child of mine, Kelli Barker, has always been my best collaborator, muse and inspiration… 2024 started with us being creatively inspired by the launch of Design Life Magazine.. Kelli, Milly (magazine muse) and Lin in the photo… Make up … Continue reading →

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