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The Unity Gallery (along with Unity Design's offices) is located at 19 Harries Road Marshaltown and is a hub for many city artists, of all varieties. The gallery itself host regular fine art exhibitions, featuring work from new and established city artists. Then there's AfriCan and Unity's many craft products, many of them made from the ring pulls - the tops of tin cans. The Gallery also hosts regular recording sessions with Liber8 Records and BKO, and has also hosted many spoken word events in its day. Run by Robyn Field, Edna Phiri (administration) Irene Mdebuka (craft production) and Patrck Mabena (craft prodcution and design), the gallery is a place for city artists to come and pursue art as a career. Unity represents many artists, selling there work at the gallery, promoting artists and selling to corporate clients. |
Vuyo Seripe is a multi faceted artist and writer working in various industries and mediums. As a writer she worked as an intern at Unity Design from 2008 to 2009, focusing on corporate media work and freelance journalism. She is also a poet, performer and creative writer and her work in all these mediums is appearing with increasing frequency in various publications. 