Projects

Programmes, projects and international collaborations

Building connections that extend beyond a single encounter.

Studio Dialogues’ projects grow from its commitment to artistic exchange and collective development. They connect studio conversations with wider opportunities for collaboration, bringing artists, institutions and communities into dialogue.

The organisation’s longer-term vision remains rooted in sustained relationships: locally in Accra and across international artistic networks.

Collective Work.

Projects and collaborations extend the conversation beyond the studio.

The Studio Dialogues Collective is a fluid collective of women artists that emerged from the Studio Dialogues programme in Accra, Ghana.

Dak’Art

The installation Shikpɔŋ Kome [shee-kpong koh-meh] — Common Ground is on display at the Ancient Palais de Justice as part of the 16th Dakar Biennale. It brings together works by 13 women artists from the collective.

The following artists are the members, authors and contributors to this project:
Nana Frema Amoabeng, Theresah Ankomah, Crystal Yayra Anthony, Esi Asante-Amoah, Hawa Awanle Ayiboro, Efia Serwah Barning, Whitney Chinonye Ernest, Denyse Gawu-Mensah, Ava Binta Giallo, Rebekka Macht, Fran Musiel, Emma Prempeh and Lisa C Soto

Rooted in Accra. Open to global connections.

Meaningful exchange connects artistic communities across places and perspectives.

Studio Dialogues seeks to build relationships between artists and institutions locally and internationally, while focussing on to the conditions of practice in Accra.

Conversation and mentorship remain at the centre of this outlook: a foundation for collaboration, shared learning and collective development.