The Nile Project uses music to spark cultural curiosity and engage audiencesparticularly university and student audiencesencouraging them to feel connected to the river and to explore new approaches to its large-scale problems. In an evolving series of interlocking programs that spring from the musical experience, the project aims to inspire, educate and empower young people worldwide to become Nile Citizens. These growing circles of participants will contribute to Nile sustainability through their music, leadership, and innovative ideas.

That was it for today guys....keep spreading the good vibes 😉

Message from the AEA..........

Dear Members,

It's our pleasure to announce Ethiopian Academy of Science in collaboration with AEA is launching Call for Expression of Interest for Adwa Victory Memorial Museum Concept Design Competition. Attached you will find the details for the EOI and further contact details for any inquiries.

Hope you get to take part in this historically significant competition and showcase your skill and talent through design.

Good Luck.....

Dear Members,
The Association will like to announce a logo design competition as well as collect your opinion on few issues.

Logo Design
Please find an Attached document or follow the link and see the instruction and the deadline

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hRGUElsmq2pxhVc8PTdGT2e37xoKhEwO/view?usp=sharing

Events
• Opportunities and challenges of private urban planning consultants
The Association is tasked with presenting a paper on the matter on national Urban plan conference. Please follow the link and write your experience or opinion on the matter.

• https://goo.gl/forms/aJalG3VJkqfZNTru2
• Deadline: January 5 2019

• Who are Planners?
The Association held a meeting on December 22 2018 on this topic and interesting point was raised and was decided to extend the discussion through internet. This will help the association to have a better understanding to formulate a motto and promote the profession and professionals on national and local level.

• https://goo.gl/forms/FT1viQqw2gn1XV1b2
• Deadline: January 5 2019

• Strategic Plan
The Association has drafted a strategic plan by taking examples from other associations and learning from the experienced ones in the country. You can find the attached document and give your comment on the link.

• Document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FqjpouJnaCTPQVYh4IqRGkMKgP-1XKa2/view?usp=sharing

• Comment: https://goo.gl/forms/zFZyxAZqgA3mdIu92

With Regards,
Ethiopian Urban Planners Association

Kerima Ahmed was born in Addis Ababa in 1978, and graduated from the Addis Ababa University, Alle School of Fine Arts and Design in 2002. Kerima also holds a Bachelors degree in Ethiopian Language and Literature. Kerima currently works for the Artistic Cooperative, responsible for the founding of the Nubia Visual Art Studio.

Kerima specializes in compelling surreal and highly stylized scenes of everyday life. She uses bold outlines, geometric shapes and a selective earthy palette to construct rhythmically appealing compositions, simultaneously paying tribute to Ethiopian painting tradition and dynamically challenging its expressive possibilities. Her works focus on collective human experiences, transposing and translating them using her captivating and distinctive abstract visual language.

 Since 1998, her work has been a part of group exhibitions held at various galleries, museums, embassies and cultural centers in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany.
She held a workshop and exhibition at the Sudan University of Science & Technology College for Fine and Applied Art in 2008, and also held art exhibitions in Djibouti in 2009, at the Tulifanya Gallery in Uganda in 2010, and at the Talisman Gallery in Addis Ababa in 2011.