This year’s Chale Wote Street Art Festival is scheduled to be held at the Black Star Square in Osu.
According to organisers, there will be no activities in Jamestown this year.
The Festival is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 21 and end on Sunday, August 27.
From Tuesday, August 22 to Thursday, August 24, there will be Chale Wote Film LABS and knowledge-sharing salons at the Castle Gardens.
The Chale Wote Streets Festival will move from its traditional Jamestown grounds to Osu this year.
This is expected to offer hands-on digital art and photography training sessions for visiting creators and the general public. Screening at the Film LABS are 17 films from Ghana, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.
“This 2023 cycle of Chale Wote Street Art Festival is a celebration of over a decade of
offering some of the most iconic public art interventions by African artists, as well as co-
creations with collaborators from across the world,” a press release announcing the 13th edition of the Festival said.
“Black Star Square, the adjoining streets and the Osu community, will witness a new wave of artists creating some of the most innovative contemporary works of art in Africa.”
According to organisers, there will be no activities in Jamestown this year.
The new festival perimeter will feature open air mural exhibitions by leading Ghanaian and
international artists, showcasing work inspired by the rebellion of enslaved Afro-Brazilians
in 1835 Salvador Bahia and their glorious return to present day Ghana, Togo and Nigeria.
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The story will also be performed as a musical theater piece called MEMORY MOVEMENT
FREEDOM by multiple community based performance, dance troupes and brass band.
Ghanaian art collective AFUABE will create live murals detailing the former Gold Coast’s long history of resistance against colonial invasions.
Other showcases will include performance art, graffiti, 4 music stages with 120 musicians
and bands, LABS, salons, design, photography, processions, street theater and the SHIKA
SHIKA Art Fair that will host independent artists at the Christianborg Castle.
The new festival perimeter will feature open air mural exhibitions by leading Ghanaian and
international artists among others.
The art fair supports and showcases dynamic presentations and works from inter-generational artists working outside of gallery spaces.
The world famous HIGHLIFE CAFÉ will open at the Black Star Square for the first time
alongside the Accra Cookout serving the city’s favourite dishes and obscure delicacies.
Since its inception in 2011, CHALE WOTE has developed an unrivalled reputation for consistently featuring hundreds of performances, exhibitions across stages, throughout the festival grounds.
Source: 3Entertainment
