For a second year in a row, we kick off CHALE WOTE Week with The Open Gallery from August 14 – 20th. This time we are linking up with 15 art and cultural institutions across Accra and promoting the wealth our city has to offer. Witness visual exhibitions and artist conversations, partake in interactive lectures and workshops and electrifying historical tours, taste the best food and drinks the city has to offer, connect with old friends and create experiences with new friends. Most events are free and open to the public.
Here is a taste of what will be on tap during CHALE WOTE 2017 Week:
August 14
Cocktails & Hip Hop Mondays
Tea Baa, Osu
1 – 10pm
Historical Photos + Narratives from Gold Coast to Ghana with a special focus on the life and times of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
Exhibition and Talk
Deo Gratias Studio, James Town
3 – 4:30pm
Day of ReMembering: Opening CHALE WOTE 2017 Ceremony
ACCRA [dot] ALT
Brazil House, James Town
5 – 7pm
August 15
Dolezalism and Jollof Rice
Lecture/Q+A with April Bey (U.S.)
CHALE WOTE feature participant
National Theatre, Folkspace
6 – 8pm
Open Surgery with the Aidoo Centre: FICTION
Creative Writing Lab with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing
Hosted at Brazil House, bottom floor
*open to 8 selected writers through an open call process. Deadline Aug 8th.
2 – 4:30pm
August 16
DeVerb
Performance by Elisabeth Efua Sutherland
Terra Alta, Abelemkpe Junction (near Lucas College)
6 – 7pm
August 17
DISPERSED
The Black British Female Artist Collective (BBFA)
Hosted at Nubuke Foundation
Lome Close, East Legon Accra
Artist Talk: Is there such a thing as a women’s art perspective or is art just art?
2 – 3pm
Wata Poetry, Wata Song
Tea Baa
7pm
August 18
King Solomon Garden
Dansoman (behind Keep Fit Club)
Wata Mata Graffiti, Film Screening and Reggae Night
2 – 11pm
Africa Actualized
Thought We Had Something Going (TWHSG)
Creative cultural conversations
Hosted at Republic Bar + Grill, Osu
4:30 – 7pm
August 19
We Were Queens and Kings
An exhibition and performance by Zohra Opoku
ANO Institute of Contemporary Arts
1 Lokko Road, Osu Accra
7:30 – 10pm
August 20
Shifting the Center
Album release party for Elizabeth Moreau Kallop
ANO Institute of Contemporary Arts
8 – 10pm
EXHIBITIONS, EXPERIENCES + TOURS
A Celebration of Indigo: Designing Culture
Osu, Accra
August 14 – 20
11am – 7pm
DISPERSED
The Black British Female Artist Collective (BBFA)
Nubuke Foundation, East Legon
August 16 – 22
10am – 5pm
James Town Walking Tours
ACCRA [dot] ALT
Brazil House, James Town
Contact: tours@accradotaltradio.com to book an appointment
M – Sun, 11am – 5pm
Oxford Street, Osu (near Photo Club)
M – Sat, 8:30am – 5pm
with leading artists from Nima Muhinmanchi Art (NMA)
Contact: Larry2g12@gmail.com to book an appointment
M – Thu, 10am – 2pm
Mohammed Awudu Gallery Visit + Tour
Meeting Pont: Nima 441, Hot Coffee (near the ATC Roundabout)
Contact: Mohawudu3@gmail.com to book an appointment
M-Sun, 11am – 5pm
Orderly Disorderly
blaxTARLINES: Dept. of Painting and Sculpture K.N.U.S.T.
Museum of Science and Technology, central Accra
Open until September 1st, 2017
M – Sun, 8am – 5pm
Twists, Turns and Broken Doors
An exhibition by Dorothy Amenuke
Nubuke Foundation, East Legon
Open until September 10, 2017
M-Sat, 10am – 5pm
Sun, 12noon – 4pm
The Post-CHALE WOTE Open Gallery Experience
August 25
SMOKE
An Accra House Music event
Mama Adjele Road
Off Spintex Road, behind Hypermarket Palace
8pm
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