May 5-6, 2023 [Friday 10am-3pm, Saturday 10am-2pm] @ FCA-Ghana Project Space and Library @ W.E.B DuBois Center 1st Circular Cantonment Accra The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana and Fihankra Review are pleased to announce a two-day workshop on ‘Research for Arts practice’. Writers, visual artists, photographers, musicians, and curators are invited to participate. The […]
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Art and Thought Conversations
The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana [FCA-Ghana], Fihankra Review and The Studio Accra invite you to an Art and Thought Conversation with Fred E. Okai and Abbey IT-A. Date: Thursday September 15, 2022.Venue: Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana, W.E.B. DuBois Centre, Accra.Time: 6:00pm From Clay to Play – Forging Forms through Associations Fred investigates […]
LOATAD Symposium 2022-Saturday, 2 April, 2022 | 10am – 5pm
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora(LOATAD) in collaboration with the Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana(FCA-GH) invites you to its first Symposium titled, “Locating the Intersection between the Digital and the Physical: Creating Accessible Decolonised Archives, Libraries, and Literature for a Knowledge-Based African Renaissance” Do join us on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 10am – […]
The Line in partnership with the Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana is a recipient of a @britisharts International Collaboration Grants!
Longitudinal Dialogues is a project developed by The Line in London that takes the project’s location on the Greenwich Meridian as a starting point for global cultural exchange. The inaugural project, co-curated with Arup Phase 2, explores the role of art in public space through a new commission by Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey. The British Council’s International […]
The Line, Longitudinal Dialogues, Serge Attukwei Clottey project, 2022
The Foundation for Contemporary Art – Ghana in collaboration with The Line and the artist Serge Attukwei Clottey is looking for two artist facilitators to deliver workshop sessions to 6 primary schools in Accra. Longitudinal Dialogues Project As part of parallel projects in London and Accra, The Line in collaboration with the Foundation for Contemporary […]
El Anatsui Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
El Anatsui is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 56th International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia – All the World’s Futures. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of la Biennale chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Curator of the 56th International Art Exhibition […]
Chalewote street art festival [2011- 2015]
The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and performance out onto the streets of James Town in Accra. The festival targets exchanges between scores of local and international artists and patrons who create and appreciate art together. It also serves as a ground for experimentation and many […]
Global Crit Clinics – [2012-2014 ]
The Global Crit Clinics serve international communities where emerging fine artists have limited access to rigorous idea-based dialogue. They are rooted in the Fine Arts pedagogical studio critique and affectionately known as the “10-Day MFA”. These 2-week intensives are site-responsive and adaptable to the framework of their individual locations. They bring together faculty from arts […]
ASIKO[2013]
“The Archive: Static, Embodied, Practiced’’ 3rd International Art Programme May 6 – June 9, 2013 After two very successful programmes which took place in Lagos on Independence and the Ambivalence of Promise 2010 and History/Materiality in 2012, for the first time the initiative moved to another West African country, Ghana- Accra. This 3rd International Art […]
Art in Public Spaces
Art in Public Spaces is a development from Art in the Garden, which offered artists a chance to present thought-provoking conceptual pieces. The public spaces also provided space for voluminous works such as installation pieces and huge sculptural works which one may never encounter in any of the galleries. This project is to create a […]