Emerson Collection Catalogue April 2025
April 14, 2025
Events · July 2021
The exhibition opens on 17 July 2021 at 4pm, curated by Luba Roshchyna.
17 – 30 July 2021 · Free entry · 9am–4pm daily
The exhibition
The opening of the art exhibition will take place on 17 July 2021 at 4pm and the exhibition will then be open for visitors, free entry, 9am-4pm daily until 30 July 2021.
The exhibition will be curated by Luba Roshchyna.
On Monday the 26th of July 2021, the Emerson Zanzibar Foundation will hand out its first Visual Arts Award.
The workshops
In March 2021, Emerson Zanzibar put out a call for all visual artists to participate in several workshops in preparation for this joint exhibition. Luba Roshchyna led these workshops and motivated the artists in the way leading up to their participation in the exhibition.
To celebrate its initiation, the Emerson Zanzibar Foundation launched its very first Visual Arts Award, with the winner announced and award presentation in the week of the exhibition. Currently over 35 artists are participating in the monthly workshops leading up to the exhibition.
Participating artists
The Art Exhibition, opening on 17 July 2021 at 4pm will be free for visitors, 9am-4pm daily until 30 July 2021. On our Social Media channels and on our website we will be featuring each of the Visual Arts Award participants who will display their work at the exhibition.
Celebrating cuisine and music
On Friday 30 July 2021, Emerson Zanzibar chefs will collaborate with guest chefs to prepare a special dinner to raise funds for the activities of the Emerson Zanzibar Foundation. It will be an evening of music too, with different artists sharing their talents.
On several nights, throughout All Things Emerson Zanzibar, live music will be performed in the Secret Garden at Emerson Spice, as well as in the Tea House restaurant at Emerson on Hurumzi. Numerous talented Zanzibari musicians will perform live, styles varying from traditional Taarab music to original fusion.
This year’s Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) will take place from 21 to 25 July in the Old Fort in Stone Town. As always, the Emerson Zanzibar Foundation will hand out the annual Film Award to support the creative development of an upcoming Zanzibari film maker.
How it came about
Last year during Covid Emerson Zanzibar started holding art exhibitions in a different way to how they had been done previously. These were in-depth and curated exhibitions, styled around a live interview with the artist.
A group of artists approached Emerson Zanzibar with the request to organise an exhibition with both established and young, upcoming artists – to provide an opportunity for well established artists to share their experiences and for the young a chance to show their work publicly.
The group proposed to use Emerson Zanzibar as the theme of the exhibition. In a discussion it was agreed that this should also embrace the variety of cultural talents that make up Emerson Zanzibar. The idea grew from visual art, expanding to creativity in music, and a special dinner planned to share the creativity in gastronomy.
Emerson Zanzibar is not just hotels and restaurants; since our doors opened, Emerson Zanzibar has been very closely connected to the creative sector. And so the theme became ‘All Things Emerson Zanzibar’.
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