The Zambia National Visual Arts Council (VAC) is a national
Zambian
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...
visual arts organisation established in 1989. Founded and led by artists themselves, VAC works to promote awareness of the arts and the interests of artists in Zambia.
VAC's founder members included
Martin Abasi Phiri,,
Agness Yombwe, and
William Miko, who formed VAC's first interim national executive committee.
The Visual Arts Council's offices are at the
Henry Tayali Visual Arts Center in
Lusaka. However, the Council has supported exhibitions in a variety of other Zambian venues: for example, the Martin Phiri Art Centre in
Chipata, and the Garden City Mall in Lusaka. It has also participated in international collaborations: in 2018 Zambian art was showcased at the African Studies Gallery in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, and in 2020 'Stories of
Kalingalinga
Kalingalinga is a low-income, high-density settlement east of Lusaka, in Zambia. , it comprised 25,000 to 30,000 residents;, it borders the townships of Mtendere and Kabulonga, and many of its occupants are people who were discouraged from sett ...
' was a touring exhibition in collaboration with
Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins are in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Beamont in 1858. It became a university in 1992, and was renamed after John Ruskin in ...
in the
United Kingdom
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.
[Adrian Curtis]
Cambridge photographic exhibition captures real life in Lusaka
''Cambridge Independent'', 4 January 2020. Accessed 16 January 2020.
In 2004 VAC produced the book ''Art in Zambia'', written by
Gabriel Ellison with photography by Billy Nkunika.
References
External links
Visual Arts Council Zambia website
1989 establishments in Zambia
Arts organizations established in 1989
Zambian art
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