Nubuke Centre for Textiles and Clay
Nubuke Centre for Textiles and Clay situated in Loho, just on the outskirts of Wa, in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Permanent Exhibition
The Centre facilitated a project linking textile designers in the UK and Accra to weavers in Upper West using digital tools. The woven fabrics that were produced from this collaboration form the basis of the Centre’s permanent exhibition. The project was carried out in partnership with Assemble UK and under the British Council Digital Collaboration Grant Programme. The designers were Maria Lisogorskaya, AFROSCOPE (Nana Opoku) and Chrissa Amuah.
The weavers involved in the project were:
Nandom
Anna Dakurah
Cordilia Sangber Der
Nadowli
Rosemary Kavinang
Winnefred Naah
Wa
Talata Tutigah
Library
The library collects materials on contemporary art, culture, history, children and young adult fiction, with a special focus on Ghana and the Upper West region. Some of the resources include Woori Festival catalogues, Nubuke Foundation exhibition catalogues as well as audio and video recordings of the Woori Festival. Additional resources contain archives of workshops conducted by the Centre’s partners.
