Keitu Gwangwa joins the league of International Visitors Leadership programme
Keitu Gwangwa, Head of the Windybrow Arts Centre, will join the prestigious league of International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) this week as she takes on a three-week cultural exchange programme sponsored by the US Embassy to explore the arts sector in the United States of America.
Keitu has been at the helm of the Windybrow Arts Centre for less than two years but she has established several impressive programmes reaching out to the local community of Hillbrow and this year has sparked a dynamic partnership with Theatre Rocket that will see the Kwasha! Theatre Company perform at the National Arts Festival in the immersive theatre production Deurnes/Uzwelo.
Keitu will be touring through Ohio, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Seattle to explore their street arts and arts projects in communities. Keitu intends creating an African connection with and through the arts merging with and collaborating with other international artists by learning and absorbing information through diverse arts and cultural connections.
The purpose of the cultural exchange programme is to get exposure, engage and form partnerships with organizations and project managers in different cultural sectors areas in the United States that promote social development through the arts and to explore opportunities for collaboration.
She will be working closely with organizations to learn and get to see what challenges they have, what has worked and what has not worked, also, most importantly, to see how she can move a community with one vision and understanding.
“For me that’s a big issue that I would like to tackle and see how other people overcome their challenges”, says Keitu Gwangwa as she plans to bring back knowledge and ideas to move the Windybrow Arts Centre to greater heights.
She is also excited to experience American Independence Day on the 4th of July in the US.
