February 2014 - Start Journal

A “To Do List” for Uganda’s Creative Cultural Sector

start February 25, 2014

Opinion piece by Faisal Kiwewa The current state of Uganda’s creative cultural sector is far more vibrant and visible than what generations in the past have ever seen. It is today that we see the youth coming together to realize

Issue 039 Inspiration

start February 24, 2014

Issue 39 of Start Journal intends to use the online platform as a space to inspire.

Teaching Art Against the Norm

start February 23, 2014

In the art room of Greenhill Academy Secondary school in Kampala, students have been transformed from carrying just a pencil and sketchpad to textbooks and notebooks. For most of these students art was never theoretical, now they are pushed to research and write essays on the subjects of Renaissance art and Greek and Roman architecture.

Students and Masters

start February 5, 2014

By Eria Nsubuga Twelve students from Nkumba University’s School of Commercial Industrial Art and Design (SCIAD) collaborated to produce a piece inspired by European masters. How did they choose the Picasso and van Gogh? As their supervisor, I tasked