Organising: a workshop hosted by Visual Arts Network of South Africa In October 2018, Ba re e ne re was invited to Johannesburg by VANSA to participate in a gathering of collectives, collaboratives and collaborations from the Southern African region. These forms of organisations (represented during the meeting by Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and … Continue reading Know your neighbours
Skima Sesotho Workshop Series offers critical relationships to language and media
Between April and August 2018 Ba re e ne re organised a series of 3 workshops called "Skima Sesotho." These workshops married exercises and discussions about critical multimedia literacy with our imaginative BA RE Dictionary Project. The workshops were designed to get Basotho excited about Sesotho language and demonstrate the playful malleability of Sesotho. Through … Continue reading Skima Sesotho Workshop Series offers critical relationships to language and media
Ba re presents @ Symposium in Zurich: INTERTWINING HI/STORIES OF ARTS EDUCATION – June 2018
Ba re e ne re was represented at the symposium by Lineo Segoete and Liepollo Moleleki. Held in Zurich, the symposium invited students, art educators, researchers and cultural producers to reflect on the histories of education in and through art. The symposium emphasized the fact that historiography in arts education means referring to a plurality … Continue reading Ba re presents @ Symposium in Zurich: INTERTWINING HI/STORIES OF ARTS EDUCATION – June 2018
Crossroads: International perspectives on culture, art and society
We were fortunate enough to travel to Basel, Switzerland to participate in the Crossroads Conference held in February 2018 by Pro Helvetia. We were invited there to join a panel and speak on the topic How to talk about what no one wants to talk about. A continuation of the anniversary festivities was also held in Johannesburg … Continue reading Crossroads: International perspectives on culture, art and society
Ba re Litfest 2018 covered by Art State
Props to the South African author Mpho Matsitle who came through to our festival in January and documented the experience. Here's a quote from the article about our keynote speaker 'Me Mpho Letima. Click the link below to see the full article. "In our bid as the young, wild and free of Africa to control … Continue reading Ba re Litfest 2018 covered by Art State
3rd Africa Cluster Colloquium went down in Maseru – January 2018
The 3rd Colloquium gathering of the Another Roadmap Africa Cluster (ARAC) will took place in Maseru, Lesotho from 7-13 January 2018. The aim for this meeting was to present prototypes of learning units for arts education that ARAC working groups have been developing. In this context, learning units are considered resources for implementing educational activities in which local experience … Continue reading 3rd Africa Cluster Colloquium went down in Maseru – January 2018
Images from 2018 Ba re Litfest
Please check out the gallery with images from our 2018 Ba re Litfest. Once again, we're filled with pride seeing the wonderful turnout and hearing the amazing discussions – on and off the stage. Thank you to all of our speakers and audience members. Ba re Litfest 2018 Gallery
2018 Ba re Litfest Programme
Ba re e ne re Literature Festival Programme 13 January 2018 Machabeng College “Decolonising learning” Activity Time Arrival and Welcome 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Artist Performances (music, poetry) 2:00 pm – 2:30pm Session A: Panel Discussion: Exploring Critical Literacies 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Session B: Town Hall – Perspectives on museum and gallery … Continue reading 2018 Ba re Litfest Programme
Ba re e ne re Lit Fest 2018
Ba re e ne re is extremely excited to announce that our annual event, the Ba re e ne re Literature Festival, will be held on the 13th January 2018 at Machabeng College between 12:30 and 18:00. The theme of this year’s festival is Decolonizing Learning and we are honoured to host members of the … Continue reading Ba re e ne re Lit Fest 2018
Lineo tells a story about Sesotho’s written origins in Vienna
While in Vienna at the Another Roadmap School's Intertwining Hi/Stories Art Education Festival Ba re e ne re co-director Lineo Segoete was asked to share a story about our work with literary education in Lesotho. She chose to speak about contemporary creativity with Sesotho, as well as narrate the messy origins of missionaries transliterating Sesotho … Continue reading Lineo tells a story about Sesotho’s written origins in Vienna
