Facts Abut the Arts
- Comprehensive education in the Arts develops well-rounded citizenry including children.
- The arts promote and preserve cultural development.
- Realizing the full potentials of the arts in national development need both public and private participation.
- The inventive and innovative power of a nation depends on its progressive development and level of active studies in the arts
Policy and Advocacy
We believe that by prioritizing the study of the arts the nation would be able to tap, refine and turn its abundance natural resources into beneficial wealth for national development.
In the light of this, we digest critical legislative issues affecting arts and arts education, and review Arts and culture policies.
Recent Publications
Kojo Fosu in African Art History
This booklet gives a biographical account of the famous Ghanaian Art Historian who has researched extensively in African art. It gives his life experiences, his approach to teaching and...
Visual art Graduates have no place in UGAG
Graduate unemployment is a major issue affecting the development of Ghana. Every year, thousands of unemployed graduates add up to the already existing batches. This unfortunate incident...
Smock Fashion Culture in Ghana’s Dress Identity-Making
This paper delves into the historical origin, the types of smocks and the notion of colours that characterize smock production in Northern Ghana. It uncovers the philosophical...
THE MUSEUM IN OUR MIDST
Lecture by by Professor Kojo Fosu, University of Education, Winneba, Presented at the opening of the Ghana National Museum Exhibition. 17th December 2014 in Accra. Download full lecture...
Ghana’s Child Art Education in Crisis
Ghana’s educational system has succeeded in training few artistic entrepreneurial minds and inventors who could produce her functional and decorative needs. This has coerced her to get...
TVET STIGMATIZATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: REALITY OR FALACY?
The concept of technical and vocational (VOTECH) education is not new to Africa. During the pre-colonial period, indigenous African societies practiced informal education (McWilliam...
Just Providing Critical Visual Answers
LECTURE BY PROFESSOR KOJO FOSU, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA, PRESENTED AT THE MAIDEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY GHANA ASSOCIATION OF VISUAL ARTISTS (GAVA) ON 20TH NOVEMBER 2014...
Libation Art In Art Of Ghana: Linking The Unlinked
Written by Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel, Department of Art Education, University of Education Winneba Published by European Center for Research Training and Development, UK...