Gallery 1957 calls for art competition entries
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- 08 Sep 2022
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Thus, Gallery 1957 is calling for entries from applicants for this year’s competition geared at enriching their commitment of supporting and promoting emerging and established female artists across Ghana and the diaspora.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday, August 31 and a winner will be announced this year in September.
Named after the famous queen Yaa Asantewaa of the Asante tribe, the Yaa Asantewaa Women’s Prize Art was introduced last year to reward the heroic works of female artists.
Maame Araba Baboa Opoku won the maiden ultimate prize. Her work highlighted water scarcity and rationing that prevail in Accra.
In her artistic knowledge, she mirrors the relevance of water, as she washes canvases with flowing brush strokes and watery acrylic paint.
The first runner-up was textile artist, Anya Paintsil. Through her work, which includes embroidery and tapestry-making, Paintsil explored topics such as gender and race, informed by the artist’s experiences growing up in North Wales in a mixed-race family.
Multimedia artist, Theresa Ankoma came third. She used a variety of materials and methods such as weaving, to explore how everyday objects coexist within a physical space with seen and unseen collaborators. Read More...
