http://zimbabweartistsproject.org Making human connections through art Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ZAP's founder, Dick Adams, gives an introduction to ZAP. Produced by Dave Decker and Mercury Productions. http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/uncategorized/overview-of-zap/ http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/uncategorized/welcome-slideshow/ [caption id="attachment_75" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="ZAP vehicle on rough road to Weya"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_74" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Zanu-PF election posters"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_73" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="To Harare in ZAP landcruiser"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_72" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="TM Avondale shelves"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_71" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tendai Bengezhano with uncompleted applique"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_70" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tendai Bengezhano with Loveness, Wayne & Wendy"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_69" ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/archives/zimbabwe-trip-2008/ Sarah was born in 1969.  She studied through Form 3 (9th grade) and stopped because her father didn’t have enough money for her to continue.  She has one son, Munashe, born in 1994. Sarah started art in 1989, because “there was nothing to do at home, and I needed money also.”  ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/sarah-mudzingwa/ Auxillia was born in 1975 in Weya, and attended Mukute School through Grade 7.  She stopped then because of a shortage of money.  She is married (her husband is also an artist), and she has three children – two sons and a daughter. Auxillia learned to paint in 1994 in order ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/auxillia-chakwenya/ Wilson was born in 1984 in Chiendambuya.  He is one of eight children.  He attends St. Benedict’s Mission school, doing Form 3 (9th grade).  His mother is the artist Chipo Mugadza. Wilson began doing art in 1999, with his mother as his teacher.  He started by drawing for his mother’s art ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/wilson-mugadza/ Emmah was born in Mt. Darwin in 1975.  She attended school through Grade 6, stopping because of her marriage in 1989.  She came to Weya at the time of her marriage and has two children, born in 1994 and 1997.  Her husband is unemployed. Emma started doing art in 2005.  “Why? ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/emmah-mugadza/ Alice was born in 1958 in Inyanga, one of 7 children.  She studied through Grade 3, stopping because her father had no work and thus there was no money to pay school fees.  She was married in 1985 and moved to her husband’s home in Gurure village in Weya.  Her ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/alice-nyamutowera/ Lizzie was born in Rusape in 1948, one of nine children.  She went to school through 6th grade, stopping when her father said, “You are a girl, so you stop there.”  She moved to Weya after her marriage in 1970.  She and her husband have seven children, born between 1971 ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/lizzie-domwe/ [caption id="attachment_538" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="Tendai with her son Louis"][/caption] Tendai was born near Mutare in 1968.  She finished the equivalent of Grade 10, and then did a dressmaking course before getting married in 1990 and moving to Weya.  She learned sadza painting at Weya and then took up appliqués from watching ... http://zimbabweartistsproject.org/artists/tendai-bengezhano/