making sculptures from construction materials such as bricks and wood. This form of art has come to characterize the works of Dr Lilian Nabulime and Prof Andrew Burton from the University of New Castle. The exhibition, which opened on July 16, 2015 explored the use of local materials such as brooms, wood and brushes as...Read More

The Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art, together with History in Progress Uganda on 14th May 2015 opened a unique Photography exhibition and launched two books, Ebishushani 2 and Ebishushani 3, showcasing work from two Ugandan photographers: Musa Katuramu and Elly Rwakoma. Musa Katuramu, 1913-1986, was a carpenter, a constructor of houses and...Read More

The High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago, H.E Patrick Edwards, has appreciated the work of Art and Creativity by Dr. Rose Namubiru Kirumira, an internationally renowned sculptor and a lecturer at Margaret Trowell School Industrial and Fine Art, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT). This was during the opening of the solo exhibition...Read More

his year, the Department of Geomatics and Land Management marks 25 years, and as part of the activities to commemorate this landmark, the department held its inaugural Geomatics Student Exhibition on the 5th of September 2014 in room 3033 in the New CEDAT building. The motivation behind this exhibition was to show case the best...Read More

Every year in February Israeli artist Rebeka Uziel comes to Kampala and organizes this unique display of new works by lecturers from Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts at Makerere University. This year’s opening was held on Friday, 7th February, 2014 at 6 pm at Makerere Art Gallery/IHCR. “We celebrate the 18th anniversary of...Read More

The Centre for Research in Transportation Technologies (CRTT) represented Makerere University at the 8th Higher Education, Science and Technology Exhibition in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The group exhibited a model of the KAYOOLA BUS. The Kayoola will be the first Ugandan-made Electric bus. It is the first clean-technology interception of public space mobility, using Lithium...Read More

For the global initiative “Visualizing Development with Identity” initiated by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), The Netherlands, Dutch artists Arno Peeters and Iris Honderdos have been in Kapchorwa for the last month, closely interacting with the Benet communities in Mengya, Kitowoy and Teryet. They have attempted to learn about the Benet cultural heritage, how their...Read More