Dear Applicants,

We are pleased to provide you with the International Art School Immersion Application.

Please download the application here Art_Immersion_Application_final_version.doc

Application Fees and Program Payments can be made at the following link on the GYPA website: http://gypafrica.org/donate.php

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International Art Academy Immersion
June 2– 20, 2008
Entebbe, Uganda

This June, fifteen American artists and students between the ages of 18-26 will be selected to participate in GYPA’s International Art School Immersion. This is a unique opportunity to learn from Uganda’s best and brightest artists and instructors from the Makerere University School of Industrial and Fine Arts. The Art School will take place on the shores of Lake Victoria at the Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design (NIAAD).

Since the founding of the School of Fine Arts in 1937, Uganda’s Makerere University has been East Africa’s leader in innovative fine arts education, production and scholarship. Located in Kampala the capital of Uganda, Makerere was initially founded as a colonial university that provided resource, guidance and inspiration to many local fine artists. (Today, Makerere continues to do so as a national university.) The enablement of creative artistic freedom allowed for the emergence of the “Ugandan School” of art in the 1960’s, bringing into art African scenery and figurative themes such as traditional and modern influences. This movement expanded in the 1970’s into Kenya and helped to define East Africa’s emerging modern art movement as the Ugandan School gained international recognition.

The originality and high level of work produced at Makerere University was a historical and cultural landmark for Uganda and the art world. Today, the Makerere Industrial and Fine Arts department teaches a blend of European and African technique and materials.

Art School participants will experience a 2.5 week art-intensive program focusing on a variety topics including: African fine art techniques in disciplines such as painting, drawing and sculpture; African art history; African culture and its encouragement of industriousness and artistic expression; and more. These courses will take place in a variety of class settings that will include the incorporation of Uganda’s lush and beautiful landscapes.

Contact International Art School Immersion Coordinator, Sharon Wolf for more information: info@gypafrica.org and sharon@gypafrica.org, Phone: 847.769.1338