WINDHOEK– The Bank Windhoek Arts Festival (BWAF) programme this month provides art enthusiasts with a host of attractive and enjoyable artistic events. Through Bank Windhoek’s sponsorships, the festival is encouraging artists to sustain and develop fine-quality arts. The Bank proudly sponsors a variety of events, ranging from theatre, visual art, dance and many more. The BWAF was created to give a platform to Namibian artists to establish themselves within the local industry, while creating enjoyment for art lovers.
“In the Southern Hemisphere, the month September reflects the coming of spring; the awakening; the rebirth and the promise of life giving rain. Nature amply provides us with easily readable signs that new life is coming. To celebrate this natural feast, the BWAF offer tangible signs of Artistic Impressions”, said Professor Aldo Behrens, Bank Windhoek Arts Festival Consultant.
The BWAF is proud to introduce a theatre production entitled Jakob Marengo – Lest We Forget! that will be performed tonight and tomorrow at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) at 20h00. Entrance is N$120 at the door.Other activities is the Word Festival (Woordfees) currently running at several venues in Windhoek such as the Village Courtyard, Fresh n Wild Restaurant, Boiler Room, the Warehouse Theatre and the NTN. Woordfees is a language event, whether it is spoken, written or sung and include interviews with twenty authors (most of them who write in Afrikaans), all of them with Namibian roots. Apart from Namibian authors like Chris Bakkes, Piet van Rooyen and Noreen Arangies, prized South African authors like Riana Scheepers, Dana Snyman and Christine Barkhuizen are also performing.
The programme additionally offers the Omaruru Artist Trail, presented by the Cultural Association of Omaruru that will take place on September 20 at 18h30 for 19h00 at the Kristall Kellerei.
The Swakopmund Arts Association will also be presenting an exhibition by Peter Strack Retrospective from tomorrow until September 28 at the Woermannhaus Gallery and Swakopmund Unites in Music, a variety of different music formations at the coast on September 20 at the Namib Primary School (NPS) Bank Windhoek Kulturaula. Tickets are available for N$60.