Contact Information: Rebecca Mzengi Corey, Managing Director rebecca@nafasiartspace.org Release Date: 20 October 2022 DAR ES SALAAM – The Board of Directors of Nafasi Art Space, Tanzania’s leading multidisciplinary arts institution, has appointed Lilian Hipolyte Mushi as the new Deputy … Read More
Welcome! Nafasi Art Space is a thriving multi-disciplinary contemporary art centre that seeks to further and enrich human potential through the arts. Nafasi is set in extensive open grounds consisting of studios, gallery and exhibition spaces, an art Academy, film amphitheater, … Read More
The 2020 Tanzania in Figures report, produced by Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics, shows that from 2016 to 2020 there were 25,164 crashes in the country, which claimed the lives of over 10,900 people. In 2019, the World Bank estimated … Read More
Tanzania has always been home to rich cultural traditions and expressive practices, from ngoma to Singeli, from henna tattooing to abstract contemporary art, and dozens of other art forms and media. Yet the process of developing a truly resilient ecosystem … Read More
Nafasi Art Space is in the process of establishing a digital art studio to create inclusive access to tools, resources, and networks in the realm of digital arts, from digital illustration to experimental A/R and V/R and other new media … Read More
In February this year, Nafasi Art Space launched a special fundraising campaign called “Breaking Barriers and Building Bonds.” If you’re reading this, you may already know about it! We’re excited to give you an update now that we’re two months … Read More
A Guest Review of the ‘New Shapes’ exhibition and project by Niccolò Lucarelli When art meets nature, something powerful happens. New artistic perspectives can illuminate, in a way that recalls the act of creation, and that’s what people need to … Read More
Established in 2008, Nafasi Art Space is a cultural centre for contemporary visual and performing arts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Nafasi is a working ground for the arts, as well as a place for learning, exchange, and sharing artistic … Read More
Nafasi Academy 2021 programme on Curatorial Practice and Arts Management was for 6 months with 13 participants who took part in four training and professional development modules (The Curator & the Self, Curator in Space and Time, Curator & the … Read More
Nafasi Art Space is an interdisciplinary contemporary art centre that seeks to further and enrich human potential through the arts. Nafasi is set in extensive open grounds consisting of studios, gallery and exhibition spaces, an art Academy, film amphitheater, art … Read More