A Quiet Revolution in Arts Education: The Rise of blaxTARLINES Kumasi

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May 03 2021 A Quiet Revolution in Arts Education: The Rise of blaxTARLINES Kumasi Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu, Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu kwaku boafo kissiedu (castro) is a cofounder and the administrative director of blaxTARLINES, Kumasi. He is a senior lecturer at the famed Fine Art Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana where, together with other colleagues, he has pioneered revolutionary changes in fine art pedagogy, turning out emerging artists who are making waves worldwide. kwakukiss@yahoo.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Ruth Simbao Ruth Simbao ruth simbao is the DSI/NRF Research Chair in Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa and a professor in Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University. She founded the Arts of Africa and Global Souths postgraduate research program at Rhodes, and is a researcher with the international Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence (Rhodes University, Moi University, University of Lagos, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo and Bayreuth University). r.simbao@ru.ac.za Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu kwaku boafo kissiedu (castro) is a cofounder and the administrative director of blaxTARLINES, Kumasi. He is a senior lecturer at the famed Fine Art Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana where, together with other colleagues, he has pioneered revolutionary changes in fine art pedagogy, turning out emerging artists who are making waves worldwide. kwakukiss@yahoo.com Ruth Simbao ruth simbao is the DSI/NRF Research Chair in Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa and a professor in Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University. She founded the Arts of Africa and Global Souths postgraduate research program at Rhodes, and is a researcher with the international Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence (Rhodes University, Moi University, University of Lagos, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo and Bayreuth University). r.simbao@ru.ac.za Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California African Arts (2021) 54 (2): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00575 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu, Ruth Simbao; A Quiet Revolution in Arts Education: The Rise of blaxTARLINES Kumasi. African Arts 2021; 54 (2): 1–5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00575 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search A quiet revolution has steadily been rising in Kumasi, Ghana. The fluid, experimental network known as blaxTARLINES is a mutable and transgenerational community of artists, curators and writers that is based in, but extends beyond, the Department of Painting and Sculpture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).1 This special issue on blaxTARLINES, edited by Ruth Simbao and Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu (Castro), brings together five articles authored by twenty blaxTARLINES affiliates who, in their own words, trace the rise of the creative and intellectual network that was sparked by the work of kąrî’kạchä seid'ou, affectionately known as the godfather of this revolution. Kissiedu and Simbao first met at the African Tertiary Arts Education (ATAE) meeting organized by the African Arts Institute (AFAI) and the Goethe-Institut South Africa in 2015.2... © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content.