The Kanyama area of Lusaka is a bustling, crowded, dirty and vibrant area. In Nyanja, a local language often used in the capital, nyama is meat and Kanyama was historically where meat was slaughtered. Tucked away behind the market is the Kanyama Youth Project, a small NGO that aims to provide training for young people in a number of areas including catering and mechanics, but we went to meet with Albert Kata who is running an art project here.
Albert runs art workshops for children and young people in this deprived area. He’s been running the project since he founded it ten years ago. Albert showed us the studios and a new building funded by the World Bank that will be used as an exhibition space. We met some of the artists who help run the project but also help raise funds through small odd jobs like sign writing and selling their own artwork.
The art section of the Kanyama Art Project receives almost no outside funding and has to look for money to buy materials for their workshops. Hopefully through increased networking with VAC they will be encouraged to write proposals for more funding for their workshops in the future.
Albert runs art workshops for children and young people in this deprived area. He’s been running the project since he founded it ten years ago. Albert showed us the studios and a new building funded by the World Bank that will be used as an exhibition space. We met some of the artists who help run the project but also help raise funds through small odd jobs like sign writing and selling their own artwork.
The art section of the Kanyama Art Project receives almost no outside funding and has to look for money to buy materials for their workshops. Hopefully through increased networking with VAC they will be encouraged to write proposals for more funding for their workshops in the future.
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