Title: Pause
Media: Acrylics on canvas
Size: 60cm X 70cm
Artist: Chadrack Bwato Makano
A positive memory behind this piece titled “pause” is that due to the lockdown, many pauses around the world, there were few cars, fewer flights and less pollution. While we were panicking due to covid19, mother nature was healing.
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Title: Playing sonko
Size: 45cm x 35cm
Media: acrylics on canvas
The artwork is about playing sonko (a traditional game played mostly by girls) in African communities. Drawing makes Namakula happy and gives her the opportunity to imagine a wonderful place where everything is amazing. She loves to draw flowers, trees, people and houses. During her free time, she enjoys playing “ludo”, listening to stories, skipping the rope, and dodgeball.
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Title: Prevent problems early
Media: acrylics on canvas
Size: 50cm X 60cm
Bilali is 17 years, Burundian He learned art in a short period at the Youth Rescue Association. His dream is to become a professional artist and make money to support himself and his family. His parents were not supportive of him joining art. However, in a competition, he got selected, and his parents started to pay attention, and now, they encourage him to keep practising. Bilali loves art, and every time he is painting, he is telling a story. For him, art is important because he is using it to change the community where he lives. He would be practising painting every day. However, as refugees, they have no access to material in the camp. Dear fellow youths’, put effort into learning new skills because they can help any time, anywhere.
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Title: Prevention is better than cure
Size: 40cm x50cm
Media: Acrylics on canvas
Mwafu is 14 years old and is in senior one. He started drawing when he was in primary 6 and mostly drew still life. Now he draws faces of people, trees. He wants to become an artist and an engineer. He took part in the exhibition while he was in Mbale.
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Title: Saving during lockdown
Media: Acrylics on canvas
Size: 50cm x 60cm
Emelyne, 18 years, Burundian She loves art and her parents as well. Since she doesn’t study, she spends most of her time practising art at Youth Rescue Organisation, located in the Nakivalee refugee settlement. Ever since she left Burundi and came to Uganda, it has not been easy for her and her family, but she is grateful that art has kept her mind focused and active. She wants to become a professional artist and become good at painting. She also wants to become an art teacher to pass on her knowledge to other people. Being part of the exhibition is a great opportunity for her to show her talent. Most people think that refugees, especially girls’ can’t do anything. However, she believes that when they see her painting, this mindset will change. She hopes to gain visibility for her works and make some sales to buy materials and continue painting. She advises young girls like her to learn skills like art to help them in the future.
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“SMILING IN HEAVEN” is an abstract poetry I wrote about blacks who are facing racial discrimination in 2022 around the world especially in UK & USA…
Blacks are getting killed but the government doesn’t seem to care enough about that and Chris Kaba, the one I used as deference was a 23 years old young black man, who got shoot and killed by police officers on September 5, 2022 from UK.
This artwork raises awareness of people about racial justice, Human Rights and Police brutality, it makes sure to remind people that blacks lives matter because no human is more human than an other.
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Title: Studying on TV
Size: 45cm X 55cm
Media: Acrylics on canvas
Ojara’S dream is to become a teacher and an artist.
He believes that these are important to his future. He participated in the art contest because he wanted to show off his talent in art. He was so happy to be selected as a finalist in the art contest. He advises other peers; to always try their talent.
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