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A taste of my three month Artist residency in John Muafangejo Art Centre in Windhoek, Namibia, where I experimented in dyeing and printing on fabric creating new work, gave a workshop to the students in the College of the Arts and worked with children in Moreson Special Needs school, Finished with an exhibition of my work in the JMAC gallery and saw some of the beautiful countryside.
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Maeve HunterArtist Residency JMAC
Windhoek Namibia August – October 2013
Experimenting with cardboard printing a popularTechnique in Namibia
The print on fabric
Dyeing and printing in the studio
Some water colours of colourful Namibians
Opening an Exhibition in the Hilton Hotel Windhoek
Other artists at work in the studio
Sarah worked with me both as an artist and as a student.We both gained inspiration from each other
My Exhibition Work
Papier Mache pieces
Cotton Hangings
Framed pieces
MoresonSchool for special needs
Marbling paper with the whole school
Back for the seniors to do fabric dyeing and marbling
Samples of their work. The bags were made from the previous weeks marbling on paper
Workshop with Visual Art Students College of Art
The students work done in my workshop hanging beside the work they had done in a textile project in college
A Little Piece of Namibia………..
I want to thank the John Muafangejo Art Centre for giving me the opportunity to visit and work in Namibia and Cynthia Schimming my wonderful hostess for the trip who kindly brought me to see some of the stunning landscape and looked after me so well.© Maeve Hunter 2014
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