Intwasa means Spring – a season for new life, new beginnings, joy and fun. Spring is a season for blooming. A season for opening up and flourishing. A season in bloom exudes energy and radiates diversity. Blooming reflects freshness, vigour, and youthfulness. This is exactly what the 8th edition of Intwasa Arts festival will be about.

It will be about growing and opening up to new audiences, acts, and artists; opening up and embracing both the old and the new, the known and the unknown, local and international. It will be about encouraging intersections between the arts, business and other sectors; growing...More

WHAT IS INTWASA?
Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo is a multi-disciplinary arts festival that brings together various art forms i.e. dance, theatre, music, film, literary arts, visual arts, spoken word and fashion within one platform. The festival is aimed at celebrating artistic talent present locally, regionally and globally and ensures that there is cross fertilization of ideas, collaborations, and exchanges between various arts disciplines. The festival also creates employment and promotes sustainability for artists, art groups and technical people in the arts.

The inaugural festival was held in 2005. Intwasa has since grown from being an annual week long festival to being an organization which runs ongoing cultural activities which run throughout the year as a build up to the September showcase. The programs cater for the development and capacitation of artists though training workshops, exchange programs, exhibitions and other related activities. Intwasa also seeks to link artist with the corporate sector in a mutually beneficial way.

The target groups are many and varied as they include the Bulawayo community, local artists, visiting artists, embassies, NGOs and the corporate sector. Intwasa markets the city of Bulawayo as a tourist destination in Zimbabwe.

VISION
To be the leader in the creation of platforms that promote excellence in Zimbabwe’s arts and culture sector.

MISSION STATEMENT
To create avenues for artists and partners to share, showcase, exchange and exhibit various arts and culture products of excellence through workshops and a festival.

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the festival are to:-

• Celebrate different arts disciplines under one management.
• Market Bulawayo as a preferred tourist destination.
• Create employment and promote sustainability for artists, groups and technical people in the arts.
• Build audiences of various arts productions and genres.
• Link the festival with sponsors, artists and other festivals, thereby creating opportunities for networks and networking.
• Link the arts and leisure time and create a full commercial, economic and social benefit for families, industry and commerce

VALUES

• Creativity
• Transparency
• Integrity
• Quality

INTWASA ARTS FESTIVAL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Nesisa Mpofu                                                  Witness Tavarwisa
Obert  J. Sibanda                                            Sihlangu Dlodlo
Adelis Sibutha                                                 Phil Lamola


FESTIVAL TEAM
Director                                   -                       Raisedon Baya
Administrator                          -                       Runyararo Mutandi
Workshops Coordinator         -                       Selina Moyo
Artists Liaison Officer            -                       Witness Tavarwisa
Box Office Manager               -                       Eunice Ndlovu

PROGRAMMING ADVISORS
William Nyandoro                    Richard Ndlovu
Thabani Moyo                         Matesu Dube
Mthabisi Phili                           Possenti Sikhosana
Desmond Ntini                        Nelson Mapako