Emerson Collection Catalogue April 2025
A curatorial statement and a recorded audio guide to the seven works by Damian Msagula (1939-2005) in the Emerson Zanzibar Foundation Collection, shown at the Gallery next to Emerson on Hurumzi in Stone Town.
Emerson Foundation Art Exhibition – Emerson’s Collection 2025
Outside the Lines, an annual exhibition of works from Emerson Skeen’s collection, ran at the art gallery next to Emerson on Hurumzi from 17 April to 19 June 2025.
Emerson Zanzibar Art Awards Exhibition December 2024
The Visual Arts Awards Exhibition, showcasing the talents of female Zanzibari artists, opened at the Emerson Zanzibar Foundation Gallery in Stone Town on 5 December 2024.
Emerson Zanzibar Music Awards 2024
This year is Sauti za Busara Music Festival’s 21st anniversary and Emerson Zanzibar Foundation’s 8th Music Award – aimed at local vocalists, performers and poets.
Emerson Zanzibar Art Awards Exhibition December 2023
The Emerson Zanzibar Foundation launched its 3rd Visual Arts Award with the exhibition ‘Hadithi ya Bibi’, presenting the annual Art Award on 8 December 2023.
Emerson Zanzibar Music Awards 2023
The Foundation’s seventh Music Award, part of the Sauti za Busara Music Festival’s 20th anniversary year, was presented to Tryphon Evarist for his composition and his poem ‘Kiwembe’.
The Emerson Art Gallery Opens in Stone Town
Opened on 17 June 2022, the Emerson Art Gallery gave Zanzibar’s visual artists a permanent home inside the Emerson on Hurumzi Hotel in Stone Town.
Emerson Zanzibar Film Award June 2022
The theme of the 2022 Emerson Zanzibar Foundation film award was ‘Maisha ya Zanzibar’, announced during the 25th Zanzibar International Film Festival in the Old Fort, Stone Town.
Emerson Zanzibar Art Exhibition June 2022
The official VIP opening of the art exhibition will be on 17 June 2022 at The Emerson Gallery, newly created inside the Emerson on Hurumzi Hotel in Stone Town.
Two Visual Arts Awards 2022
The Emerson’s Zanzibar Foundation have announced details of two of their prestigious awards for June 2022, both under the theme ‘Maisha ya Zanzibar’.