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along the Bulawayo road, just 23km outside Harare.
Popularly known as “DAI”, the centre lies between the Lion Cheetah Park and the Snake World, in a natural environment of grassland, tall trees and massive rocks.
The artists’ resource centre and a meeting place hidden away from all urban hassles is truly an ideal venue for artistic and cultural endeavours.
Led by co-founder Chikonzero Chazunguza, DAI has a dynamic team of highly intelligent and multi-talented young artists who are currently at the core of the mixed media movement that seems to be taking all things known to men under its wing.
The dedicated board of art-loving co-founders and directors includes Romeo Sabawo (mbira player, automotive technician) and Jonathan Dube (herbalist, marine and instruments technician).
With their technical background and professions, Romeo and Jonathan ensure the fluent running of all projects at the centre.
Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions’ mission is to assist visual artists in acquiring a variety of skills and techniques in various media.
They want artists to realise their creative abilities without encountering too many technical challenges and limitations, and to be able to cross over to the making of applied (functional) objects.
DAI’s vision is to become a leading centre of contemporary Afro-Zim art and to be a formidable force in the production of high-level art and applied crafts.
This will include prototype inventions to be patented, ready for industrial mass production and marketing, and to be a major catalyst for connecting people and ideas through art.
To date DAI has organised mentorship workshops, numerous outreach and artists-in-residency programmes and art exhibitions. Currently, they are calling on artists to apply for participation in “DAI Month of Printmaking” themed “Zviro Zviyedzwa” (Exploration is a Necessity).
This is an opportunity for visual artists to interact, explore technical possibilities and network as DAI endeavours to promote the growth and development of the art of print making through annual empowerment workshops and a prestigious exhibition, dubbed “DAI Month Of Printmaking”.
A Master Class will be held from May 9 to 23, 2011 at the DAI centre in Harare. Participants will explore the printmaking techniques individually and collectively under the theme “Zviro Zviyedzwa”, a Shona idiom that encourages trying out the impossible, which again is the essence of printmaking.
Selected works from this master class will become part of the “Month of Print Making” show that opens on May 25, 2011.
To apply, artists should send via email, six, 72dpi jpeg images of their recent prints (created within the last 12 months) with titles and technique(s) used clearly stated under each image or on a separate sheet of paper, including a short biography and artist statement plus two referees. Full names and contact details should be stated clearly and details can be forwarded to [email protected] or www.dzimbanhete.webs.com