including for professional dance society in Norway and several public representatives. Students also participated in HIFA in 2005, a major international event. The HIFA participation is presented on the Oslo National Academy of Arts› web page. The academic results were announced in the graduating ceremony at the Oslo National Academy of Arts, and reported in the proper national statistics, as well as communicated to the Dance Foundation Course in Zimbabwe.
aims in the academic year 2004–2005 is that the video editing lab is in place, together with the knowledge of the potential within such a facility. In addition, a programme of ongoing teaching and instruction is in place together with a plan for self financing of the facility. During the programme period, the photo facility has been completed with reference to the analogue part and the digital component has been added. A self financing plan is running and an ongoing teaching programme is in place.
Diploma in Choreography:
A number of spin off projects have been put into place by the course participants within their home areas based on their knowledge gained from the annual seminars, such as photo and film clubs, sculpture and drawing courses
The exam choreography of the student was produced and presented in Harare, and the diploma ceremony took place in Harare with representatives from the professional dance society, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and others present. Academic result has been reported in the proper national registers. During HIFA 2005 the Royal Norwegian Embassy used one of the performances to celebrate the independence of Norway for invited guests; around 120 persons attended the reception and the dance performance afterwards. Information about student mobility of the students who have completed the course during the programme period 1) Went back to their home country: 2, partly 2) Move to another country: 3) Are still in Norway: 2, partly 4) Current recidency unknown: 1 The graduated students are working partly in their home country, partly in Norway and other countries. This is mainly due to the social and economical situation in Zimbabwe.
Work opportunities The work opportunities in Zimbabwe are limited due to the current economical and political situation. As for the students graduating in 2005, Oslo National Academy of Arts in cooperation with the partner in the South has initiated grants for reintegration, to link dancers to the local professional society. The choreographer educated 2002- 2003 is currently engaged in various international projects, and has recently received funds for a new project called “Mutapa” with Zimbabwean and Norwegian dancers, being produced in Zimbabwe and to be presented in both countries. He is partially employed in Norway as a dancer, actor and choreographer, and is also working in France and Zimbabwe. One dancer graduated in 2005 has received development funds as choreographer for his own production, also working partially as dancer.
Oslo National College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Art The programme is a cooperation between the National Visual Arts Council, Zambia and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts. The project is phase two of the programme “Art Academy Without Walls”. The overall goal of the project is to establish higher education art training in Zambia.
Academic accomplishment Four annual seminars/workshops have been completed, together with the fellowship series, aimed at providing basic technical teaching and maintenance of the sculpture, photography, video & sound facilities provided by the project. The assessment of the results in relation to the course/project
Two of the earlier participants have now moved into M.A. programmes - one a at the Oslo Academy of Arts and the other have been accepted at Goldsmiths Art Theory Course in London. Two more have returned to Lusaka and are making a valuable contribution to the current teaching programs. The Peace Corps has financed a female fellowship, wherein the Norwegian graduate from Oslo National Academy of Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts was in Lusaka and set up a teaching structure for the next 12 months. The Zambian artist/writer started in Oslo in September 2006 has been set up a teaching series based within Post Colonial Studies.
Information about the students A total of 20 students have been involved in the project, four of them women and all Zambian by nationality. Twelve of the students have completed the project. A full evaluation of the project will take place during 2006 with participant evaluation. A graduation process is envisaged which will involve a written text from each, a presentation of works completed, an exhibition and a general discussion day of the project and the way forward. The final project publication, done in Zambia, will have a paper version of an electronic model and is intended to sum up this process.
Institutional and organisational factors Local funding to the Visual Arts Council was cut in 2004; this meant that local logistic costs had to be covered from this budget, thus leading to the delay till 2007 of the final graduation process. The project has contributed to the main goals of the programme by the setting up of reading groups in post colonial themes together with quota students group that focused attention on identity and cultural awareness. In Lusaka a good many of the misconceptions of European art practice and opportunities had to be clarified as well as the responsibilities and role of the artist towards society have been debated at length. Technically there has been a lift as well as an awareness of what is expected within the international field and a clear definition between the local economic commercial market place and its requirements vis à vis the more critically aware international art scene. The project has benefited the participating students by giving them an awareness of the potential within artistic practice and an ability to think beyond the convenient solutions. A part of the teaching has encouraged the participants to research their immediate environment and work with that field to contribute to the identification and visualisation of social problems.
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