Chale Wote Street Art Festival

The Chale Wote Street Art Festival[1][2] also known as Chale Wote is an annual street festival in Accra, Ghana.[3] The festival targets exchanges between scores of local and international artists and patrons.[4] "Wote" in the Ga language means "let's go."[5]

Chale Wote Street Art Festival
Kid art at 2013 Chale Wote
LocationAccra, Ghana
LanguageInternational
WebsiteAccra Dot Alt Chale Wote Pages
Pidgin Imaginarium 2019
Crowds gather at the 2016 festival

Since 2011, CHALE WOTE has included street painting, graffiti murals, photography, theater show dubbed: Na Wo Se Sɛn, spoken word, interactive art installations, live performances, sports, film shows, and other activities. The first two editions ran for one day each, while the 2013 and 2014 edition ran concurrently for two days, the former on 7th and 8th September and the latter on 23rd and 24th August,[6] a week after the Homowo festival of the Ga people at the historical Jamestown, Ghana on the High Street in Accra. The format switched in 2016 when the festival lasted an entire week, from August 18–21 with the theme, "Spirit Robot".[7] This switch saw the festival hop from the open street gallery that is Jamestown to other art spaces, such as the Nubuke Foundation, the Museum of Science and Technology as well as film screenings at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra. The same format was replicated in the 7th edition, themed, Wata Mata[8] on 14th to 20th August, with further immersion into Accra, spread to areas such as Nima, Osu and more. The event is produced by Accra [dot] Alt Radio[9],[10][11] with support from other local cultural networks like Attukwei Art Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Art Ghana, Dr. Monk, Redd Kat Pictures, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Ghana Tourism Authority, Ghana Museum and Monuments Board and Korley Klottey Municipal Assembly and the Institute français and Lododo Arts in Ghana. The most recent and 13th edition of CHALE WOTE started on Monday, 21st August and ended on Sunday, 27th August, 2023 in the Greater Accra Region specifically, Osu, Ghana.[12]

List of activities during the street festival.[13][3]

  • Photo Exhibitions
  • Street Painting
  • Graffiti Murals
  • Interactive Installations
  • Street Boxing
  • Movie Screening
  • Procession of Cultures
  • Design Labs
  • Movie Screenings
  • Chale Wote Street Art Festival Celebration
  • Chale Wote Street Arts
  • Chale Wote Street Arts festival
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  • Celebrating culture and arts through chale wote street arts festival
  • Young Ghanaian ladies having fun at Chale Wote Street Art Festival
  • Young Ghanaian ladies having fun at Chale Wote Street Art Festival
  • Chale Wote’ Street Art Festival
Year Theme Date Reference
2011 Promote the appreciation of diverse forms of art in Ghana 16 July [14][15]
2012 "Outer-space” exploration 14 April [16]
2013 Re-imagining African folklore by creating exciting and futuristic versions 7–8 September [17]
2014 Death: An Eternal Dream Into Limitless Rebirth 23–24 August [18]
2015 African Electronics 22–23 August [19]
2016 Spirit Robot 18–21 August [20]
2017 Wata Mata 14 - 20 August [21]
2018 Para Other 20-26 August [22]
2021 10 years of existence since its launched (Virtual event) 13-22 August [15]
2023 Magneto Motherland 27-29

August

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References
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  3. Online, Peace FM. "Walking You Through Accra's Beautiful Attractions". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
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  7. "Chale Wote • The Cultural Encyclopaedia". www.culturalencyclopaedia.org. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  8. "CHALE WOTE 2017: CALL FOR ARTISTS". ACCRA[dot]ALT. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. "Chale Wote Street Art Festival". Accra Dot Alt Radio. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  10. "ACCRA [dot] ALT Radio | Live from the Ghana Space Station". Accra [dot] Alt Radio. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  11. Tallieu, Tallieu &. "The Festival Academy". The Festival Academy. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  12. "Why 2023 Chalewote Street Art Festival is a must-attend event - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  13. "Independent Art Africa Ghana . Innovative art programming". ACCRA [dot] ALT Radio. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  14. "Chale Wote brings street art to James Town". Modern Ghana. modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  15. "Two 'Chale Wote' festival organisers; one artist arrested at Jamestown". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  16. "In other worlds with Chale Wote Street Art festival". myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  17. "Chale Wote Street Festival 2013 is here". graphic.com.gh. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  18. Sefa-Boakye, Jennifer (29 April 2014). "Accra's Chale Wote Street Art Festival Call For Artists". okayafrica. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  19. Accra[Dot]Alt (8 April 2015). "Accra's Chale Wote Street Art Festival Call For Artists". accradotaltradio. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  20. "CHALE WOTE 2016: Call for Artists". 10 March 2016.
  21. Adom, Nii Noi (25 October 2018). "Sights and Sounds of Chale Wote Festival, Accra". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  22. Frank, Alex (30 August 2018). "The Chale Wote Festival In Accra, Ghana, Is A Street Style Paradise". www.vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  23. "See pictures, videos from the 2023 Chale Wote Festival". GhanaWeb. 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-08-29.

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