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An exhibition and workshop opens at the National Museum, National Commission for museums and monuments, Onikan, Lagos from the 2nd to the 11th of November, 2007. The Opening ceremony of the event will take place at 3pm on Friday 2nd of November, 2007 and will open from 10am to 5pm daily.
Special guests are Norwegian Ambassador Tore Nedrebø and Swedish Ambassador Lars-Owe Persson. The Exhibition is a cooperation between CPAN Nigeria and KHVC Sweden and is being sponsored by The Swedish Institute, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Statoil and Ericsson.
The Craft Potters’ Association of Nigeria (CPAN).
The Craft Potters Association of Nigeria (CPAN), is an umbrella body for all potters in Nigeria. Established in 1996, the Association is to cater primarily for the basic material needs of its members. The necessity of the Association arose from the fact that Nigerian potters are handicapped in terms of the availability of the much-needed raw materials with which to function effectively. There are no material processing industries that produces such as glaze materials, prepared clay, machinery and tools and so on. As a result each potter, to be able to survive, has to provide himself or herself with the necessary inputs from clay to glaze materials.
The ultimate objective of the Association is to set up a national resource centre where potters can acquire tools and basic materials and also an avenue for practical training. We have also tried to encourage specialisation in the different sectors of ceramics such as tools and material production by individuals and established potteries. The resource centre will also provide a library and a conference hall. The land for this venture has been acquired in Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria and will be developed in due course.
The invitation of potters from other countries to participate in our activities is another angle to our quest to develop and share knowledge with our counterparts on the international level. With this dimension we will be able to keep abreast with happenings and developments globally. Participating artists in this years exhibition include the following
Nigeria
Sola Adetoyinbo
Austune Afam
Dr Tolu Akinbogun
Dave Ampah
Ato Arinze
Ibukun Ayoola
Dr Fatima Bello
Balogun `Debo
Ogbonna Dennis
Chris Echeta
Sweet Egbeigbe
Uzzi Festus
Ayuba Gadzama
Adele Garkida
Heritage Ceramics
Nwokike Josephine
Dr Bolaji Kashim
Aisha Kwalle
Bala Lawal
Johnson Nwobodo
Maraba Pottery
Omeje Ngozi
Akintunde Oke
Afam Okwudili
Tope Olurinola
Deacon E.O Oluwasina
Valentine Omem
Idowu Omotayo
Ozioma Onuzulike
David Olusana Owolabi
Prof O.K Oyeoku
Owolabi Sanya
Ojetunde Seyi
Ogbu Sylvanus
Godwin Ude
Ali Vincent
Itua Zekeri
Sweden
Åsa Jacobson
Margon Lindberg
Elisabet Svensson
Inger Södergren
Norway
Tulla Elieson
Sidsel Hanum
Anne Line Sund
Gunilla Maria Åkesson