CVL
TO HONOUR QUINTESSENTIAL PRINTMAKER, DR BRUCE ONOBRAKPEYA @ 83 AND FOREMOST
DRAMATIST, MR. FRED AGBEYEGBE @ 80.
The Centre for Values
in Leadership (CVL) under its Leader Without Title [LWT] monthly Colloquium will
on Thursday, 27th of August 2015 hold a Tribute Colloquium in honour
of Dr Bruce Onobrakpeya and Mr. Fred Agbeyegbe to commemorate their 83rd
and 80th birthdays respectively. The Event will take place at CVL
Building, 6 Balarabe Musa Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos from 2pm -6pm. The
event is to honour the two art icons for their contributions to the development
of Art in Nigeria. Dr. Onobrakpeya is Africa’s most important printmaker and Mr
Agbeyegbe is a foremost dramatist in Nigeria.
Ahead of the Colloquium, a one week
exhibition of the best of Dr. Onobrakpeya’s artworks and paintings will be open
to the public from the 20th – 27th of August from 9am –
5pm at CVL Building. Works consisting of metal foil pieces, prints, serigraphs,
plastocasts, sculptures and paintings dating back to over 5 decades of his
career would be showcased in the week-long exhibition.
The theme of the colloquium is: Art As Bandage and the panel of
discussants include: Prince
Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon (Founder, OYASAF), Mr. Kolade
Oshinowo (Veteran Artist, Master Painter and Portraitist), Mrs. Nike Davies Okundaye (Founder, Nike
Art Gallery), Mrs.
Bolanle Austen-Peters (Founder/CEO, Terra Kulture) and Mrs. Melinda Akinlami (Senior Presenter & Producer,
Art House,
Channels Television). Prof Pat Utomi, the Founder of CVL will
moderate the Colloquium.
In the 24th Leader Without Title Colloquium, CVL
honoured Chief (Dr) Ernest Shonekan for his contribution to the growth of
Public-Private Partnership in Nigeria. The conclusion of the panel discussion
at the event agreed that for Nigeria to have a meaningful development, there is
urgent need for the public and private sectors as well as development partners in
the country to work together.
Other distinguished persons honoured in
the past under the LWT Colloquium are: Mr. Akintola Williams, Dr. Michael
Omolayole, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, Mr. Richard Kramer, Chief Ernest Shonekan, Chief
Chris Ogunbanjo, Prof. (Mrs.) Oyinade Elebute, Chief Folake Solanke, Elder
Felix Ohiwerei, Dr. Gamaliel Onosode, Chief Philip Asiodu, Chief Emeka Anyaoku,
Dr. Christopher Kolade, Prof Grace Alele-Williams, Mrs. Taiwo Ajai-Lycett,
Chief Festus Marinho, Dr. Thomas John, Prof Itse Sagay, Alhaji Rasak Akanni
Okoya, Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, Engr Vincent Maduka, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah, , Chief
Arthur Mbanefo, Chief Michael Ade.Ojo, Otunba Michael Balogun, Dr. Pascal
Dozie, Dr. Alex Ekwueme and Mr. Martin Ikediashi. A post-humus LWT was also
organized in honour of late Prof Chinua Achebe.
CVL initiated the
Leader Without Title (LWT) Leadership Tribute Colloquium to honour outstanding
sector leaders for their special contributions in the sector where they worked.
The LWT programme is in keeping with CVL’s commitment to affect the generation
next to be leaders without care for title. It is an honour for people who are
70 years and above who have left a mark worth emulating.
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