NAMA PREPARATIONS ON COURSE The preparations for the 13th edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) are on course. NAMA will be held in Bulawayo next year on 15 February 2014. NAMA is a platform where National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) recognizes excellence in creativity and talent. The major aim of the awards is to stimulate artistic creativity and originality. The awards cater for all arts disciplines in the country that are the visual arts, theatre spoken word, dance, literary arts, music and film. Monitors are already commissioned and have been up and about interaction with various productions, products, presentations and exhibitions. Meanwhile NACZ is making a call for submissions of works for consideration in the 13th NAMA. Works submitted should be accompanied with an entry form obtainable from the National Art Gallery and any NACZ offices throughout Zimbabwe. Submissions can be made by producers, production houses, organisations, arts associations, studios, stables, galleries, groups, artists, monitors and/or the public. Consideration will only be given to art works published between 1 December 2012 and 30 November 2013. Some of the entry rules are; All entries must be accompanied by the artiste’s product(s). These could be in the form of DVDs videotapes, flash drives, CDs, photographs, books, art works e.t.c. Two sets of the particular works should be submitted for selection for NAMA in order to assist in the process of adjudication. NACZ reserves the right to retain the submitted works. Only Zimbabwean citizens or those with resident status can enter NAMA. The Events Managers, Mighty Movies are upbeat about the 13th NAMA and have already lined up events in the build up to NAMA in 2014. The rollout plan for the various activities will be launched in the month of August.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:06:46 +0000
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