Art of Peace: Kigali Workshop, 24-25 July 2024

Wed 24 July 2024

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9:30am Arrival, meeting and greeting

10:00am Session 1: Introduction

One-hour introduction presentation by the Art of Peace team.

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Panel:

• Professor Kit Messham-Muir, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University

• Dr Sarah Minslow, Associate Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature, California State University, Los Angeles

• Talia Lieber, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles

Background of Art of Peace project and exhibition in Australia in 2025; Discussion of workshop plans, aims and objectives.​

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Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

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11.00am Morning Tea/Coffee Break

11:30am Session 2: Art of Peace: Works for the exhibition in Australia in 2025

 A panel discussion chaired by Kit Messham-Muir, with three of the invited workshop attendees

Chair: Professor Kit Messham-Muir, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University

Panel:

• Cedric Mizero, Fashion designer and artist, working across a range of media. 

• Innocent Nkurunziza, Artist and co-founder of Inema Arts Center, Kigali

Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

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1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Session 3: How does art and creative culture give a voice to victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda?

Chair:

Dr Philibert Gakwenzire, Board President at iBuka, Lecturer at University of Rwanda College of Education

Panel:

•  Professor Kit Messham-Muir, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University

•  Vedaste Ngarambe, Architect and Urbanist, creating sustainable and inclusive communities

•  Jean Paul Mugisha (Mugisha), Pyrography Artist and craftsman

Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

3.15pm Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break

3:45pm Session 4: Reflection on Day 1  

• A panel discussion chaired by Prof Kit Messham-Muir with all workshop attendees;

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4.15pm Close

Thu 25 July 2024

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9.15am Arrival

9.30am Session 5: How has the role of art and creative culture evolved in 30 years of peacebuilding in Rwanda? 

Chair: Professor Francois Masabo, Associate Professor of peacebuilding and conflict transformation, Centre for Conflict Management,  University of Rwanda

Panel:

• Isaac Iirumva, Painter, currently exhibiting at the Galerie Atiss Dakar, Senegal.

• Ngenzi Vivaldi, Description/affiliation

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Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

10:30am Coffee break

11:00am Session 6: The future development of Rwandan art and culture

Chair: Dr Dieudonne Uwizeye, Associate Professor of Population and Development studies, Coordinator for Postgraduate Programs, Centre for Conflict Management, Gikondo Campus, College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Rwanda

Panel:

• Romeo Niyigena, Multidisciplinary Artist, Graduate of NYUNDO Arts School.

• Inès Barbara Ineza, Painter and illustrator, Graduate of Industrial Art & Design, East Africa University

• Ingride Mukundente Hatekimana, Visual Artist and Painter, Graduate of Ecole D’Arts de Nyundo

• Luladey Takele, artist, poet and creator

 Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

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12.30pm Lunch

1:30pm Session 7: Memory, trauma and mental health in Rwandan contemporary art and creative culture

Chair: Dr Sarah Minslow, Associate Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature, California State University, Los Angeles

Panel:

• Cynthia Butare, Documentary Photographer and Videographer, Communication partner for Kigali Cine-Junction Film Festival

• Bonfils Ngabonziza, Painter and children’s book illustrator, Arts Centre in the Rural African Art Center at Bashana Companies.

• Chel Teta, Painter, Poet and Tattoist, who has had three solo exhibitions in Rwanda

2.45pm Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break

3:15pm Session 8: Reflection on the Art of Peace Workshop

Day 2 Closing Discussion

• A panel discussion chaired by Talia with Professor Francois Masabo, Professor Kit Messham-Muir, Dr Sarah Minslow, Dr Philibert Gakwenzire and Dr Uwizeye Dieudonne;

 Presentations followed by Questions and Discussion

4:30pm Close