Poetavango

21/01/2025

Subscribe to our Poetavango Acoustic Sessions YouTube channel. We'll be adding new content soon.

Ms Gee performs a cover of Jonathan McReynolds' No Grays.

20/01/2025

Public Notice
This communication serves to humbly inform our clientele and partner-stakeholders that we have (today) started refurbishment works on the main museum building which is anticipated to last about six (6) weeks . As a result, you are asked to exercise caution whenever you access the facility, staying clear of the construction area which will be cordoned off. Further, kindly do note that the rendition of some of our services will be affected.

As the museum management, an alternative space (within the facility) will be sought to set up a temporary office. For any further engagement please do not hesitate to reach out to the Curator or any of the museum staff members.

We apologize from any inconveniences resulting from the implementation of this project. Thank you for understanding and your usual cooperation.

Regards
The Curator

10/01/2025

Compliments of the new season. Poetavango Acoustic Sessions will be bringing you new content this first quarter of the year.

Subscribe to the channel; Poetavango Acoustic Sessions for spoken word and acoustic music performances.

https://youtu.be/xTjTYPf7t6U NONOWE - NIGHT NURSE COVER

07/12/2024

It’s a countdown towards the end of the year. We may not have had our highlight event, the MIAF, but we’ve had a productive year. Together with Mural Supply Co., Love Botswana Outreach Mission and Chobe Holdings Limited, we turned a plain wall into a vibrant display of vivid mural art. Art is the heartbeat of a society, the one thing that unites us all. Remember, ‘earth’ without ‘art’ is just ‘eh’.

Gratitude to all artists who took part in this expedition.

29/11/2024

This evening, Friday 29th November, at we are launching/unveiling the MURAL ART on the Chobe Holdings Limited wall opposite Nhabe Museum. Join us as we celebrate the power of visual arts, and appreciate their value to the community.

We'll have a 1 hour OPEN MIC jam session for musicians and poets. Time is 7pm, right there by the wall! Come, let's feast together!

This work is made possible by a collaboration of Mural Supply Co., Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Poetavango and Chobe Holdings.

20/11/2024

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we're sorry to announce that we will not be having the MAUN INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL this year. We understand the disappointment this news brings to our artists, participants, and supporters. We are committed to using this time to seek additional support and resources to ensure that MIAF returns stronger next year.

05/09/2024

"No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded" - Lascelles Abercrombie.

Watch Goodwill Tlokwe's 'Stealing From The State.
https://youtu.be/s-tg4Xzw6xI?si=XVC728hnIn4YGZ4g

05/09/2024

25th to 30th November, we celebrate the richness of the arts, and the profound cultures our people continue to cling to.

05/09/2024

HERE WE COME AGAIN!

Maun International Arts Festival 2024
25 - 30 November 2024

03/09/2024

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28/08/2024

Reminder: Workshop is at Okavango Kopano Mokoro Community Trust. Start time is 9am. See you soon

26/08/2024

VENUE ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Writers Workshop will take place at the Okavango Kopano Mokoro Community Trust (OKMCT) in Maun. OKMCT is in Boronyane, along the main road, before the Thamalakane River bridge.

Date: Wednesday 28th August
Start Time: 0800hrs

Have you registered. If not, do so before spaces fill up.

20/08/2024

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our UNDER THE POETREE event will NOT take place. We apologise for the inconvenience. Please keep watching this space for information about our upcoming activities.

19/08/2024

You're invited.

Dear COSBOTS Member

We are excited to extend an invitation to you for the upcoming Mental Health, Anti-Drug, and Substance Abuse in The Creative Industry Campaign. This significant event is a collaboration between COSBOTS and the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) and will take place on August 23, 2024, in Maun at The Life Centre.

The campaign is themed “Sobriety is Talent Above the Influence”.

The day will commence with an 11km health walk at 7:00 AM, starting and ending at The Life Centre. This will be followed by the official start of the event at 9:00 AM.

Your presence at this event would be greatly valued.

For additional details, please feel free to contact us at 392 8055. Alternatively, you can send an SMS or WhatsApp message to 72948181/77146222.

16/08/2024

CERAMIC ABSTRACTIONS exhibition by Ompatile Sebuelo ongoing at the Nhabe Museum until 21 August 2024. Come through and feed your soul.

13/08/2024

CALLING WRITERS!!!
28th August 2024, Maun. 8am. VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED.

So, you have that book published, and now stuck with what to do next?

Are you a published writer/author seeking advice on the next steps to take after publishing? Or maybe you’re a passionate writer wanting information on publishing and other general tips about the industry?

We have the perfect workshop planned for you, courtesy of Copyright Society of Botswana (COSBOTS). You will also have an opportunity to register your work with COSBOTS and get to benefit from their services.

To register for the workshop, we need your name, number, and title of your book. Inbox this information here, or text to 75400011, or email to [email protected].

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by!!

31/07/2024

Lots of thanks to all who came out this evening for the official opening of Ceramic Abstractions, an exhibition by Ompatile Beycah Sebuelo.

Gratitude to the supporters: Yestermeal Engineers, Artron, Letsopa Clay Creations, Nhabe Museum.

Ps. Exhibition runs until August 14th.