The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering through the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology at Makerere University together with the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) are hosting the 1st biennial National Conference on Communications (NCC). The NCC will be held from 5th – 6th September 2011 at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, under...Read More

There will be a briefing of students on Tuesday 16th August 2011 at 2:30pm in the respective schools of the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology. The venues are listed below: School of Engineering Venue: 142A (Old Faculty of Technology Building) School of Built Environment Venue: Conference Hall (New Technology) Margret Trowell School of...Read More

The Makerere Art Gallery will be holding a students’ art exhibition entitled “BEST OF ME”. Public viewing of the end of this exhibition is in the studios of Margeret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA), College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology from 15th – 18th August 2011. Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm...Read More

Abstract Despite the increased interest in the study of the history of African textiles since the last quarter of the past century, less attention has been paid to the study of bark-cloth, a fabric design tradition that predates the technology of weaving. Made by way of striping, scrapping and beating the inner bark of certain...Read More

Abstract This study examines the major trends and transformations in Uganda’s modern art practice since its inception at Makerere in the 1930s by Margaret Trowell.  In the early stages of its development, Trowell was driven by her belief in an African aesthetic. She introduced a curriculum that subordinated technique in favour of subject matter derived...Read More