The 2018 Chale Wote Street Art Festival is set to begin August 20-26 at James Town, Accra. The annual event is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and performance out of the galleries and onto the streets of James Town, Accra. The 2018 edition is the seventh edition and expected to bring together people from all walks of life that appreciate arts. The first festival took place in July 2011, following a series of discussions about creating DIY [do-¬it yourself] community projects by participants at our Talk Party Series. The vision of the annual festival is to cultivate a wider audience for the arts in West Africa by breaking creative boundaries and using art as a viable form to rejuvenate public spaces. The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival challenges both artists and community-¬based audiences to connect through art. The festival includes street painting, graffiti murals, photo exhibitions, interactive installations, a food and fashion marketplace, live street performances, extreme sports, African film shows, street boxing, a fashion parade, a music block party, recyclable design workshops and much more. More than 200 Ghana-based and international artists take part in the event every year. In 2016, over 30,000 people attended CHALE WOTE. The event is organised by Accra [dot] ALT in partnership with Dr. Monk, AfroGallonism, and the Millennium Cities Initiative AMA Project Management Unit. Source: www.rainbowradioonline.com

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