Though a small project it did have a global reach and has enabled us to see through the eyes of artists from South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, USA, Hungary, Kenya and Australia.

We carry on supporting artists and art projects but will have a different angle based on all the projects we have done and the experiences we have gone through over teh years.

Thanks again for all those that supported this project – we will post soon on how the new project develops and let you know about the expected launch date.

Congrats to all our artists and everyone else takes part in the project!

Click to read more and meet the 10 finalists.

He is a singer, songwriter muscian, bhakti yoga teacher, community leader, spiritual writer and visionary artist.

I’m living in Oregon and loving it. Life is good & I like to express myself through music, writing and spirituality. My friends and I come together musically as the Mystic Travellers. We are a group of friends evolving our devotion and spiritual consciousness through faith based original acoustic music, kirtan or sacred sound, accompanied by a variety of ethnic and world grooves. We combine and weave various cultural and ethnic musical elements as a vehicle (hopefully) for the descent of spiritual substance. Holy Reality is drawn through the clean hearts of those who aspire to selflessly serve without motivation. We aspire for this prayerful mood in our music and life. Our kirtans are based in the tradition of the Gaudiya Vaishnav Vedic culture. The general mood of our acoustic songs is a unique psychedelic world folk sound. Not psychedelic as in the use of drugs, but as in the original meaning of the word-psyche…meaning soul. Its an organic soul centered music with spirituality as its basis.

To find out more, visit Matura’s ArtMarket site, or his Myspace page or you can also join his Tribe.com community.

Go to visit Amaranth to find out more…

Though Peet’s first focus is his science projects – he still has time to take amazing wildlife photos as well.

Click to see Peet’s ArtMarket site.

I know of two cultural structures that were put under test during the colonial period. The first one being, the iron smelting industry. These were guys who made iron implements like spears and all those iron equipments. These people were were highly specialised artists and the knowledge of the craft was guarded jealously and usually handed from father to son. The other, was the entertainers (musicians and story tellers), these did their craft in open view. In fact this was the way to go if they ever wanted to get something out of their crafts. They were paid after performances unless it was an arranged affair. Now, they all came under attack and one industry nearly disappeared of the face of Africa. No prizes for guessing on that one. Now somebody might say, the entertainers were not attacked but my dear there is more to the picture and it is even more complicated. The industry that fared relatively well is still under attack. Just listen to your radio, watch your TV, go on the net and you will understand what am trying to say when we are talking about African content.

Back to my point, the story teller or singer was paid during or after his presentation. He didn’t tell people not to repeat his stories/songs. It was due to this factor that they were liked. For the singer, the more people sang the songs, the more popular he got. Up coming musicians copied the songs, sung them and went on to be more creative by building on what was available. And now we have music genres whose roots come from real African music. I pity people who got shocked when they hear rock n roll. In Africa, we have music whose BPM is faster and whose sound is harsher than that of rock. All we lack is the amplifiers and head banging speakers. And that’s what has held us back. We have the individual ideas and little technology to catapult us forward. My view is, we pool the ideas together and when combined with the little technology we can access, we shall all forward. It’s better than sitting on our verandas and saying if I only had this and that.

I like this idea of e-slates and 100 dollar laptops being brought into Africa, It’s obvious in a few years a lot of focus is going to be put on Africa’s need to leap technological forward. The idea of chidlren having access to these digital gadgets is very necessary will but it will have to be realistic. These kids just like us need to read a lot to catch up. I hope some book of mine will be on the menu for these young minds. The idea of some child grazing his father’s cows while reading my book makes me smile.

I don’t know what artist would like to do his work and lock it in his room so that people can’t see it. The lock (room, computer system or whatever lock man has come up with) in this field is very disadvantageous.
As for me, I want to be that story teller in the middle of the village gathering, trying my best to get some attention. I want to be that singer whose song can have some extra life in the village. All I have is the story, all I have the song. My readers/listeners decide for themselves and that is the reason why.

Click to visit Makh’s ArtMarket site or his WordPress blog!

She studied Fine arts at Rhodes university and taught secondary school art as a subject for 10 years. Click to see her work.

For 15 years he went all over the World, having a good time, doing his art, and enjoying every moment. It was during these travels that Kim would happen upon the right face at the right time and deliver a stunning portrait. Today, Kim is no longer living amongst the starving artists but rather chooses to call the community of Byron Bay, on the North coast of Australia, his home. Kim has had 2 galleries in the past, but now enjoys doing his art from home or while travelling. Kim sells his work to galleries, in Australia, America, and Europe, and to private collectors.

Click here to visit Kim’s new ArtMarket site!

The first topic on the Wiki is sound editing – we devote this page to gathering info and useful tips on using Audacity and other music editing applications. Click to visit the sound editing page.

Feel free to edit the wiki, add new info or even new pages – you can also start your own wiki – if you are not sure how – you are welcome to contact the ArtMarket Team.