Ubuntu Art of Change Exhibition

Art Work by Allan Ayebare

We‘re delighted to present to you our upcoming exhibition in Fort Portal and invite you to experience, see and meet amazing artists of Fort Portal and Central Uganda. The art pieces are ranging from paintings to photography and skteches and will hopefully do what art is suppose to do: Surprise you! Telling you a story! Make you feel different!

Where: Gaia Eco Hub, Fort Portal
Topic: OBUNTO „A person is a person because of other people“

Opening: 1st March 2024
at 4 pm
Followed by a movie at sunset!
All artists will be present!
Bar will be open!
Free Entrance

Finissage: 3rd March 2024
at 11 am
With exclusive Artists Brunch!
Reservation via Gaia Eco Hub (40k)

Show will be open on Saturday, March 2nd and Sunday, March 3rd from morning to dawn as well (free entrance)!

Come and fall in love with the artists and their amazing work!

We’re looking forward to see you at Gaia Eco Hub!

Kind regards,
Barbara, Rayka & Asaph
Art of Change

Next exhibitions: 7-9 June // 6-8 September // 6-8 December

Art Work by Asaph

Apply for the next Art of Change Exhibition

To all Artists living in Uganda:
Apply with your artworks about

A PERSON IS A PERSON BECAUSE OF OTHER PEOPLE – OBUNTU

The next The Art of Change Exhibition is coming and you can apply until 15. Feb 2024 midnight EAT.

Send us:
Photos of your art work
your short bio (200 words)
progress photos/sketches of your work
and a write up about your inspiration.

Residents of Uganda can apply via email or whatsapp or in person.

The winners will exhibit during
The Art of Change
Art Exhibition
1-3 Mar 2024

Venue: @gaia.eco.hub
Fort Portal
Uganda

Organized by: @toonda_cultural_center
Afro Art Gallery
@gaia.eco.hub

Art Exhibition at Gaia Eco Hub

Toonda is collaborating with Gaia Eco Hub and Afro Art Gallery in Fort Portal for an Art Exhibition Series launching on December 1st!
The first exhibition will present to you a surprsing variety of art of the region. There is so much more than a wooden giraffe and a painted gorilla in our region! Come, explore, enjoy regional drinks and music while getting inspired by fantastic artists from our district!

Vernissage – December 1st 2023 at 4 pm at Gaia Eco Hub, Fort Portal
Regional drinks, drummers, artist talk
Finissage – December 3rd 2023 at 5pm at Gaia Eco Hub
Last chance before christmas to get your art piece plus networking event for artists for the region

Update – let’s built a library!

We’re so happy about your support! Let’s reach the 6000 € and make the library come true ❤

Donate here: https://groundbreaker.kindful.com/?campaign=1278410

We would love to introduce to you our consulting librarian Ulla Rieck from Central Library Oodi in Helsinki.

Ulla Rieck

Ulla is helping us to find the suitable books and to understand how to run a library. Webale Ulla! (Thank you in Rutooro.) Find out more about Ulla here.

Let’s built a library this Christmas!

Donate at:
https://groundbreaker.kindful.com/?campaign=1278410

For the past 5 years we have been working to address the needs of the neighborhood with the goal of helping them out of poverty.
The pillars art & culture, women empowerment and education have been established.

The educational situation in Western Uganda is very difficult. Many people are poor and cannot send their children to school and have no access to further education and information, let alone books or internet.


A library can help them access relevant information, learn about new ideas and gain skills and more knowledge with the hope that it will help them get or create jobs that will get them out of poverty.


We would love your help in building a library on Toonda at the size of a small container at the total cost of 6000 €.


Thank you for your support!


Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Rayka, Brenda and Zungu

Donate at:
https://groundbreaker.kindful.com/?campaign=1278410

The Library

Fact sheet
Dimensions: 8*6 meters
Material: Clay and wood
Front side: completely hinged over 10 meters as sun or rain protection during opening hours
Additional seating areas for reading on site in the garden in front of the library.
Books: In consultation with village community and our consultant librarian Ulla Rieck from  Central Library Oodi in Helsinki, Finland: from the areas of Pan-Africanism, DIY, guidebooks, languages, IT, technology, economics, cookbooks, handicrafts, artisany, art/ theater/dance, agricultural sciences, stock farming, natural sciences, women empowerment, etc.
Construction phase: June-August 2024
Set-up: Shelving, book stocking, lighting (solar) – August 2024
Opening: September 2024
Opening hours: daily 3-9 h
Costs: 6000 €

Hilf uns eine Bibliothek für Toonda zu bauen! (Deutsche Fassung)

Seit 5 Jahren bemühen wir uns darum, auf die Bedürfnisse der Nachbarschaft einzugehen mit dem Ziel ihnen aus der Armut zu helfen.
Dabei haben sich die Bereiche Kunst & Kultur, Women Empowerment und Bildung etabliert.


Die Bildungssituation in West-Uganda ist sehr schwierig. Viele Menschen sind arm und können ihre Kinder nicht zur Schule schicken und haben keinerlei Zugang zu weiteren Bildungsangeboten, geschweige denn Bücher oder Internet.


Eine Bibliothek kann dabei helfen, Zugang zu relevanten Informationen zu finden, neue Ideen und Fähigkeiten zu lernen und mehr Wissen zu erlangen mit der Hoffnung, dass es ihnen dabei hilft Jobs zu bekommen bzw. zu kreieren, die ihnen aus der Armut helfen.
Wir würden uns über deine Hilfe beim Bau einer Bibliothek auf Toonda in der Größe eines Kleincontainers sehr freuen mit Gesamtkosen von 6000 €.


Danke für deine Unterstützung!
Frohe Weihnachten und happy holidays!
Rayka, Brenda und Zungu

Spende hier:
https://groundbreaker.kindful.com/?campaign=1278410

Die Bibliothek

Maße: 10*4 Meter
Material: Lehm und Holz
Frontseite: komplett aufklappbar über 10 Meter als Sonnen- oder Regenschutz während der Öffnungszeiten
Zusätzliche Sitzmöglichkeiten zum Lesen vor Ort im Garten vor der Bibliothek.
Bücher: In Absprache mit der Dorfgemeinschaft und unserer beratenden Bibliothekarin Ulla Rieck von der Central Library Oodi in Helsinki, Finland: aus den Bereichen Panafrikanismus, Handwerk (Holz, Metall…), Ratgeber, Sprachen, IT, Technik, Wirtschaft, Kochbücher, Handarbeit, Kunsthandwerk, Kunst/Theater/Tanz, Agrarwissenschaften, Viehzucht, Naturwissenschaften, Women Empowerment etc.
Bauphase: Februar-April 2024
Einrichtung: Regale, Buchbestand, Licht (Solar) – Mai 2024
Eröffnung: Juni 2024
Öffnungszeiten: täglich 15-21 Uhr
Kosten: 6000 €