{"id":1412,"date":"2021-02-12T11:56:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T10:45:56","slug":"comic-festival-is-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/comic-festival-is-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Festival is on the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rwanda is preparing to organize a Comics Festival. Mountain creative has just launched an online school to train artist-exhibitors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assoumani Ndarama, managing director of Mountain creative, explains that Rwanda has several artists producing cartoons and comics but without the know-how to produce the desired quality products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found that there are many artists but with many gaps at the professional level,\u201d says Assoumani Ndarama, a member of the Cartoons movement, a global platform for cartoons and comics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1414\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1414 size-jnews-750x375\" src=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Cartoon28-rr-650x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A story told through images. (Image Ndarama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA comic book is a story told through images. It requires several techniques, a lot of know-how,\u201d says Ndarama. \u201cThis project aims to provide our artists with the knowledge to help them produce quality work,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe want them to be competitive on the international market,\u201d he shows his ambition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween October and November, we will organize a festival where several works will be presented to the public,\u201d he announces. \u201cThis action will be an important opportunity to promote our artists and their work and a golden opportunity to market their products,\u201d he reveals the merits of this event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1415\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1415 size-jnews-750x375\" src=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/oeuvre-rr-650x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Festival, a golden opportunity to market their products. (Photo Le Canap\u00e9)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn order to give everyone a chance, this online training is organized in three categories,\u201d he says. \u201cThe first aims to raise the level of professional artists. The second brings together students from the Nyundo School of Art and those from University of Rwanda, Creative Design Department. While the third category concerns all those who have a talent in the art of cartoons and comic books,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1416\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1416 size-jnews-750x375\" src=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/cartoon-dette-rr-650x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching is individual. (Image Ndarama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The teaching is individual. All you need is an account on the website mountaincreative.rw. A username and password are created and you have access to audio-visual content.<\/p>\n<p>This project was supported by the \u201cCultural and Creative Industry (CCI) recovery fund\u201d of the Imbuto Foundation, the Office of the First Lady, in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>G\u00e9rard Rugambwa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda is preparing to organize a Comics Festival. Mountain creative has just launched an online school to train artist-exhibitors. 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