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Peace from the Village: New Art Installations in Addis
On the occasion of World Peace Day, Serenade Art House has dedicated an exhibition in two chapters to the celebration of peace. Thursday last week the first chapter and installation-only show, *Notions of Peace*, opened in the warm and friendly old-house-made-to-gallery Serenade Art House in Amist Kilo. Curator of the exhibition, founder of Addis Rumble, Karen Obling, had invited ...
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Walk the Mile – the SLOW MARATHON art-project by Mihret Kebede
In 2011 two curators from Scotland-based Deveron-Arts visited Addis Ababa. They were on the outlook for artists they could invite to their small village of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, centre of their artistic programming. And they found what they were looking for. In the outskirts of town, in the oasis of Netsa Art Village, Mihret Kebede ...
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Engaging art in society, an interview with Henok Getachew
I first noticed the 27 year-old artist Henok Getachew in the spring of 2011, when I attended an exhibition of the Netsa Art Villagers at the Alliance Francaise in Addis. Actually it was pretty hard not to notice Henok’s artwork since it drew attention to itself in a very specific way: in the middle ...
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ART FESTIVAL IN ADDIS
Check the Program for Netsa Art Village’s One months Art Festival and look for further info on www.netsaartvillage.com