Art Showing of Kobinas works
A fundraiser event was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 10th for the Ahanta Environmental Club (AEC), a club that was started by Black Star co-founders Peter Nardini and Frank Bordes. The fundraiser was a great success and included an art gallery showing of paintings by AEC Secretary, Kobina Nyarko. Kobina also happens to be one of the best known contemporary artist in all of Africa. It was an impressive show! Kobina donated various pieces of his work so that we could raise money for the environmental club (see our website’s “community involvement” section to find out what the club is doing).
The fundraiser event also featured Laryea Addy, a Ghanaian born African drum and dance instructor who teaches at the local university. Laryea led a drumming workshop so that our guest could do a little banging on the drums and get a feel for it! This was followed by a drumming and dancing performance featuring the advanced students from his dance classes. The audience had to get up and dance too!
African Dance Perfromance
Some of the money raised from this event will go towards the creation of a Community Tourist Center (CTC) in Busua, in which the AEC will have its office. There are also several other environmental education and turtle preservation projects that will be funded from the money raised. So a big thanks to Kobina, Laryea, and everyone else who participated or donated to this awesome event. I hope we can do this again next year!
