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Budula Dance Festival 2025; Dancing with Community at Boli-Muhlanguleni….

Building Sustainable Connections, Budula being an active, well used pathway. The Budula Festival 2025 is spearheaded by the Mahlanga Trust, focusing on Dance. A budula is an active pathway, a corridor, and so is an apt title, considering the transboundary collaborations … Continue reading

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Dancing with Elephants; Culture and Community, Elephants and Dance inspire my art practice….

Tsonga/Xangana (Changana) Culture; Dance, Mucino. The Xangana/Tsonga people of the south-eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe, and into adjoining South Africa and Mozambique, are the proud owners of strong social traditions, and a unique and vibrant culture. The Budula Festival 2025, will … Continue reading

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GOATZ; food, family, culture, storytelling, art, proverbs and so much more…

For 2025, I vote Goat!…. of food, of family, of culture, of art, of drums, of storytelling, of proverbs… Goats, GOATZ, really are the greatest of all time…. Worldwide goats are the GOAT, closely allied to man and domesticated for … Continue reading

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Dancing with my Shadow; An Elephant in the Room and the Budula Festival…

When I am not at my Harare art studio, I live with my partner Clive Stockil, in the south East of Zimbabwe at Mahenye Village, adjacent to Gonarezhou National Park, (near Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge and Jamanda Community Wilderness Area) … Continue reading

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Art Student Assignment; Apt Art Questions; Rivers Beads and Baobabs; All Things Connected!

My colour choice in both paintings is reflective of the bright and often pink-tinged skies in our Zimbabwean landscape- and apart from this being an exquisite sunrise/sunset landscape colour, it is a creative and vibrant colour to express movement and emotion Continue reading

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Endangered things; Ebony and Ivory

Much as animal predators utilize their prey, we humans utilize animal parts; we wear leather shoes and belts; many of us eat animal products; we use fats and scents in cosmetic products, skins and horns in musical instruments. Thinking musical … Continue reading

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Rembrandt@350 exhibition; Lin Barrie Art, Lions and Life Drawing!

Rembrandt@350 exhibition will be hosted by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Zimbabwe, and the National Galleries in Harare and Bulawayo.This year marks 350 years since the death of Rembrandt van Rijn, the most famous artist from … Continue reading

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