Art in the park festival kick started on Friday in Lilongwe with a call for new organizers entrants to abide by policy guidelines and regulations. “Art In The Park” is for this weekend from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November at Four Seasons Nursery in Lilongwe. Speaking during the official opening of Arts In The […]
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” These famous words, silently echo in the background, as a couple of passionate young artist deconstruct the present power crisis that has engulfed the Malawi. These young people believe that criticising their political leaders for the persistent power shortages, will not miraculously make the problem go away. Their […]
Inspired by many artists in Malawi and abroad, Bernard Khondiwa, 18, is trading where many fear venturing into visual art. Khondiwa, who stays in M’bwerera in Chemussa, Blantyre has the talent to draw someone or something just by looking at it and his work is breathtaking. “Am inspired by Elson Kambalu who is a very […]
Elson Kambalu doesn’t like to be shoehorned as an artist. Even in his early days, he refused to paint the usual “traditional” watercolors of African horizons and indigenous animal kingdom that attract tourists. Instead, he followed his own artistic path and today is one of Malawi’s most revered abstract artists. The 40-year-old dreamer has become […]