18 April - 21 June 2019
EVERYDAY POETICS
Instagramming Life in East Africa
Photographers: Edward Echwalu, Esther Ruth Mbabazi, Sameer Satchu, Neema Jodie Ngelime, Sarah Waiswa
Exhibition curators: Pernille Baerendtsen, Edward Echwalu, Еmiliа Еpštајn
Exhibition design and catalogue graphic design: Ivana Bunuševac
Exhibition setup: Proto d.o.o. - @protobgd
The photographers Edward Echwalu, Neema Jodie Ngelime, Esther Ruth Mbabazi, Sameer Satchu and Sarah Waiswa are first-time exhibitors at the Museum of African Art in Belgrade. Some of them are professionally engaged in photography, some have won international awards, and others are building their careers in the field of photography. All are influencers in their virtual and real communities. Through the exhibition “Everyday Poetics” we intended to present photographers who use phones and the Instagram platform as extensions of their hands, minds and feelings. Instagram is to them an instrument of choice in their attempts to communicate as photographers, their views of the world, that is, the world as they live and see it through their quotidian, travels, as well as work assignments, which bring them to interact with a range of places and variety of people.
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AFRO FESTIVAL
28-30 Јunе 2019
The Afro Festival is one of the most important annual events, which has been organized by the Museum of African Art since 1997. The Afro Festival is a unique event in Serbia and the region, and promotes the cultures of Africa by creating a truly cosmopolitan atmosphere. The Festival offers exhibitions and lectures, concerts, talks and travel-related programs, film screenings on African arts and cultures, music and art workshops, as well as guided tours through the Museum’s displays.
The special guest of this year’s Afro Festival is the country guest of honour, the Arab Republic of Egypt & the performance of the Egyptian dance troupe Reda.
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SUMMER HOLIDAYS AT THE MAA
African colors – Creative Workshops for Secondary School Pupils
The Museum of African Art, with the support of the Secretariat for Sport and Youth, will be organising the African colors – Creative Workshops for Secondary School Pupils, a free course during the 2019 summer holidays.
Interested pupils can choose among the following groups:
- Group 1 – from 24 to 28 June (painting workshop);
- Group 2 – from 8 to 12 July (African jewellery workshop);
- Group 3 – from 26 to 30 August (tailoring/ sewing/ embroidery workshop).
The number of participants is limited to 20 per group so – apply on time!
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MUSEUM VALUES RECONSIDERED. The Museum of African Art – the Veda and Dr. Zdravko Pеčаr Collection
Exhibition by Ana Sladojević, PhD and Emilia Epštajn (MAA)
as part of the project/exhibition
Southern Constellations: The Poetics of the Non-Aligned
Exhibition curator: Bojana Piškur (MG+MCA)
Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana
Opening: 7 March 2019, at 8 p.m.
Duration: 7 March – 31 August 2019
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The Cultural Heritage of Topčider
A tour organized by the Museum of African Art, memorial House of King Peter and Heritage House
Since the 19th century the urban planning of Topčider (one of Belgrade's many hills) was envisioned as a city oasis, with numerous parks, picnic spots, large areas of forest and greenery. Hidden within it are numerous villas, summer houses and art studios built at the beginning of the 20th century. Through the “Cultural Heritage of Topčider” tour we will reveal different cultural institutions. During this tour, you can visit Museum of African Art, the memorial House of King Peter, Archive of Yugoslavia, Heritage House – the Legacy of Petar Lubarda, Museum Vespa Serbia and Public Aquarium and Tropicarium Belgrade.
Walking and talking with you, are art historians Ana Knežević, Museum of African Art curator & Ivana Zatežić, Heritage House associate.
Join our trek of discovery of the cultural Heritage of Topčider Hill!
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Photographers: Edward Echwalu, Esther Ruth Mbabazi, Sameer Satchu, Neema Jodie Ngelime, Sarah Waiswa
