The two-day proceedings will provide a generous space for others to join the conversation as we share our journey in interrogating and exploring the establishing a West African Museum - encompassing its definition, ethos, and practice.
DAY 1
- Opening Session
- Welcome & Opening Remarks from Ore Disu
- Commendation of MOWAA Leadership Circle, Partners & Friends by Phillip Ihenacho
- MOWAA Institute Design Briefing by Ore Disu and Aindrea Emelfe
- Provocation with MOWAA Advisors Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu and Professor Shadreck Chirikure
- Unveiling of Museum in the Making by Ore Disu
- Lunch Performance: This Land Speaks by David Odiase
- Workshops
- Building with Earth: Traditional Techniques for Contemporary Project with Papa Omotayo and Kasa Konsultants
- Paving the Way: Pottery and Preservation Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola and MOE+ Art Architecture
- Conversation
- Role of Art Institutions in Urban Transformation, in conversation with architects of the MOWAA Rainforest Gallery and Art Guest House with Nzinga B. Mboup, Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei moderated by Yegwa Ukpo
- Guided Tours
- The Pitstop: Uncover the MOWAA site
- City Tour: Historic City and Benin Guild
- City Tour: Earthenworks and Architecture
- Ciyayya (the Beauty of Communal Eating)
- Soiree with DJ KemKem, DJ Dabila and DJ Nome
DAY 2
- Artist Studio Visits
- Angels and Muses- Victor Ehikhamenor
- Enotie Ogbebor’s Studio
- Conversation
- Emerging Legacy: How does the African Artist Embrace Past and Present as They Approach the Future? with Cameron Ugbodu, Etinosa Yvonne, Olukemi Lijadu Moderated by Aindrea Emelife
- Decolonizing Histories through African–led Practice with Professor Shadreck Chirikure, Wale Lawal and Tunde Morakinyo moderated by Ore Disu
- Workshops
- Building with Earth: Traditional Techniques for Contemporary Project with Papa Omotayo and Kasa Konsultants
- Paving the Way: Pottery and Preservation Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola and MOE+ Art Architecture
Learn more about the Speakers and Artists featured in the Museum in the Making programme.
