In this conversation Oyindamola Fakeye, curator and Creative Director of Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) Lagos, and Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, curator and critic based in Ghana, focus on Bisi Silva’s curatorial and institutional legacies to discuss counter-mainstream pedagogical initiatives such as Àsìkò Art School and its impact on non-formal art education and professionalisation since it was founded in 2010. Silva’s passion of appropriating the expanded field of curating to augment educational and art history has been institutionalised through CCA Lagos and Àsìkò—the alternative art school project she inaugurated. This Africa-centred project has trained countless artists and curators while connecting art professionals from all over the world. Fakeye talks about the necessity of sustaining Silva’s legacy while highlighting some of the egalitarian pedagogical models explored in the programme.
The interview was published in Art Schools, ArtReview’s “new and wide-ranging report on the state of art education today” on 9th March, 2023. To read full article visit the ArtReview or Researchgate
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