Some of the participants
The National Folklore Board and the Centre for National Culture has invited institutions, artistes and professionals to collaborate and contribute to the project dubbed “Unfolding Cultural Heritage” in Greater Accra.
The initiative aims to build capacities in the cultural and creative sectors, by supporting the exposure and reinterpretation of oral and intangible heritage through the promotion of social impact initiatives for the youth and families as well as encouraging the use of digital technologies in storytelling and sharing of knowledge.
The project seeks to promote collaboration between cultural professionals, artistes, institutions, and local communities.
The project will connect the Greater Accra Region with the Salento Region in Italy through art residencies, cultural exchanges, training programmes, and collaborative workshops to display and review bodiless heritage through arts.
It will also highlight the role of modern arts as tools for intercultural exchange, community engagement, and sustainable development, in alignment with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
There will be an online training and co-design programme with four thematic workshops open to freelancers, public and private organisations from Europe and Africa, as well as the virtual training which will focus on the following topics: Museums and Libraries in the 2030 Agenda, Arts and New Languages for the Emergence and Enhancement of Intangible Heritage, Community Engagement, New Technologies and New Narratives.
Artistic residencies and field research will involve two Italian and two Ghanaian artists, working across disciplines to explore and reinterpret traditional practices.
Their work will result in a children’s illustrated book, a digital archive of audio-visual materials, and a collective mural inspired by Ghanaian “talking drums” and oral storytelling.
The residency in Ghana will bring the artistic collective to the village of Tutu in the Eastern Region for a six-day cultural immersion. Activities will include workshops in schools and community spaces, creative labs focusing on folklore and performance and co-creation sessions to design future collaborations.
Interested persons can register via https://forms.gle/9M7uYaYHJav5zYL4A.
More info is available at https://artlifematters.org/uch/ | IG/FB @artlifematters | Email: [email protected] Tel: +233 247719411.
Unfolding Cultural Heritage is an international cooperation project by Ramdom, Biblio Museum Center of Lecce, and Artlife Matters, funded by Apulia Region and supported by the National Folklore Board and the Centre for National Culture.
By Florence Asamoah Adom