Artist Residency in Ghana

If you missed our first call for the residency, we now have space for a few more participants.
If interested, please contact us for details.

Cross Cultural Collaborative

Artists Residency in GHANA

August 17 - August 31, 2015

The residency is open to 10 people who are interested in cultural exchange & collaboration with African artists

Participants will live and work at our cultural center/guest house in a fishing village - will mentor young Ghanaian artists - will exhibit in a gallery in Accra &will learn about the rich culture & traditions of GHANA

Artist can work in (but not limited to) paper - book arts - painting - collage - photography - textiles

If interested in an application contact

aba@culturalcollaborative.org

There is no application fee,but if accepted the residency cost is $1800.00

INCLUDES: airport pickup - room - meals -one guided visit to Accra - participation at an exhibit at a gallery in Accra - one exhibit catalog - performance by a traditional drum and dance troupe - pre-departure orientation -help with logistics

NOT INCLUDED: airfare and related expenses - art materials

CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE is a 501 (C) 3 NGO that brings people from different cultures together to interact creatively and strongly believes in mentoring young Ghanaian artists

http://www.culturalcollaborative.org

Every Meal is a Story

EVERY MEAL IS A STORY is about African cooking. It contains some recipes and many observations about the culture of food in Ghana. The recipes have been tested on visitors to Aba House,our cultural center/guest house in an African village, and the observations have been collected based on our 30 years interacting with people in Ghana.
Copies can be ordered through PAYPAL ( aba@culturalcollaborative.org) and cost is $20.00 which includes shipping in the USA.
Start the new year by trying one of our recipes.

Holiday Brochure

We work with children in a fishing village in Ghana. We've taught them not to beg,but to develop a work ethic. The children make paper from sugar cane leaves,journals/cards/boxes from the paper and all proceeds from sales pay for the children's school expenses.
Please look at our holiday catalog and consider helping our kids by buying something from our holiday catalog.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE

Artist Residency in Ghana

ARTIST RESIDENCY IN GHANA

Cross Cultural Collaborative is offering an artist residency August 17-31, 2015 open to 10 artists working in any medium. If you'd like more information contact aba@culturalcollaborative.org
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15, 2015
This is an opportunity to mentor young Ghanaian artists - exhibit in a gallery in Accra and explore cross cultural exchange.

Summer program

The WORLD CUP is still going on, but Ghana isn't. They did well until they didn't. We should still be proud of them. Electricity outages are the norm in Ghana, but during the matches there weren't any. Interesting how that works.

And now we are ready to start our summer program. For the first time we'll be working with expressive art therapists from around the world. A 2 week workshop. Our aim is to bring creative people together. This should do it!

What's next? In  September we'll start planning. If you'd like to get information about upcoming workshops you can sign our mailing list at http://www.culturalcollaborative.org. We send out a newsletter every month or so.

We wish you all a creative summer.

Where will you be this summer?

We are looking for a volunteer to work with some awesome kids in a fishing village in Ghana.
Available dates are July 18 - August 1.
Instead of coming as a tourist you can be part of the community.
http://culturalcollaborative.org/volunteers.htm
http://culturalcollaborative.org/abakids.htm
http://on.fb.me/1fGLfee
aba@culturalcollaborative.org

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GHANA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GHANA On March 6, 1957 Ghana was the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence from a colonial power.

Come join us July 19 - August 1 to celebrate  http://www.culturalcollaborative/textile2014.pdf We'll drum and dance - visit the market women- galleries - museums and have workshops at Aba House in traditional African textile techniques.

WHY ARE AFRICAN TEXTILES IMPORTANT? One of our concerns in Ghana is the loss of traditional textile techniques. Young artisans want to be modern and also don't want to do the tedious work required to be authentic. There was a time when it took a weaver three months to make a kente cloth. Now, many weavers rush to get cloth ready for the five day market. And now the traditional stamped adinkra cloth is giving way to silk screen. Visually a very different look. Why? Silk screened images can be bigger, ink is cheaper and printing is faster. Adinkra stamping is a cultural tradition in Ghana and one immediately recognized as being unique. Silk screened adinkra isn't. Ironically, there's an adinkra symbol that means: PEOPLE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR HISTORY ARE LIKE A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS.

The image above is silk screened. Soon the stamped cloth is going to be a collectors item.