FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Carving workshops
draw art fans
to
Zimbabwean
sculpture show
Summer 2005
Shona sculptures above are Bathing Sheeba
(left) by Gregory Mutasa and Preening Bird by
Brian Watyoka. Above right: Sculptor Dudzai Mushawepwere shows Jayden Spindler,
7, the
tricks of the trade.
AFRICAN sculptors demonstrated carving techniques at the three-week Zimbabwean Sculpture Exhibition in Cannizaro Park in June.
Free carving workshops for youngsters aged 8-16 were held each Saturday from 2pm-3.30 pm, attracting some 37 eager students. Merton arts development officer Maureen Pepper said: "Carving is something the youngsters don't usually get to do at school. They wore goggles and a Merton youth worker was on hand to assist."
The show provided visitors with a chance to see the quality of work being created today in Zimbabwe despite the country’s political and social upheavals. Some 100 works were shown.
The name Zimbabwe means "great stone house". The sculptures in Cannizaro were made of springstone, opal stone, butterjade and other materials. They showed the same exuberance, skill and imagination that has brought critical acclaim wherever the exhibition has been shown. From Wimbledon, they moved on to Hampton Court, Ingatestone Hall in Essex and Loseley Park, Guildford.
For More Information Contact:
Friends of Cannizaro Park
Willow House, 35 High Street, Wimbledon Village, London, SW19 5BY
Email:
tony.matthews@blueyonder.co.uk