The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says this year’s edition of the popular annual street art festival dubbed: “Chale Wote Festival” will be held virtually.
The AMA said, “this has become necessary due to the surge in the Covid-19 cases and in compliance with the President’s 26th update on the Covid-19 pandemic, which prohibits large gatherings to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.”
In a release issued to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, it said towards this end, Management of the AMA and organizers of the festival had agreed that all programs lined up, would be broadcast on virtual platforms such as social media and other online channels to enable all enthusiasts to follow the activities slated for 13 to 22 August 2021.
About the art festival
The Chale Wote Street Art Festival also known as Chale Wote is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance, and performance out into the streets.
The festival targets exchanges between scores of local and international artists and patrons by creating and appreciating art together.
Since 2011, CHALE WOTE has included street painting, graffiti murals, photography, theater, spoken word, interactive art installations, live street performances, extreme sports, film shows, a fashion parade, a music block party, recyclable design workshops, and much more.
It is the first to be organized in Accra, Ghana, and has inspired similar events across the country. There have been 6 editions so far; the first two ran for one day each, while the 2013 and 2014 edition ran concurrently for two days, the former in September and the latter in August, a week after the Homowo festival of the Ga people at the historical Jamestown, Ghana on the High Street in Accra.
The format switched in 2016 when the festival lasted an entire week, from August 18–21. This switch saw the festival hop from the open street gallery that is Jamestown to other art spaces, such as the Nubuke Foundation, the Museum of Science and Technology as well as film screenings at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel.
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