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Zimbabwe Paola Gianturco and Toby Tuttle from their book In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World Monacelli Press, 2000
Five years ago, at age sixteen, Faina Shonge was among the
youngest artists selected to Gianturco and Tuttle photographed and interviewed ninety craftswomen in twenty-eight villages in twelve countries on four continents. For more information, visit: Editor's Note: The above was obtained from the calendar, In Her Hands - Craftswomen Changing the World, published by Pomegranate Communications, Inc., Box 6099, Rohnert Park, California 94927, USA. For more information or to place an order: 800-227-1428; www.pomegranate.com Think Globally - Act Locally - Pray for World Peace
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Women
in Weya, a communal area in eastern Zimbabwe, created and internationally
recognized art style based on vivid, animated illustrations of traditional
Shona life, which is rooted in reverence for ancestors and a belief in
spirits. This detail from Faina Shonge's painting describes village
life; sitting among other musicians with indigenous instruments, a woman
plays the thumb piano.
study at the Weya Community Training Centre. She and other art
students assumed the teacher was joking when she told them that they could
earn money from painting. An exhibition at the National Gallery of
Zimbabwe in Harare, at which much of their work sold the first evening,
provided persuasive, heartening proof.