Upcoming Workshop Series with Baba Wague Diakite

We’re looking forward to hosting a workshop series throughout the month of August with award-winning artist and storyteller Baba Wague Diakite!

Workshop participants can expect to immerse themselves in how to craft an oral story as they prepare for the upcoming 2024-2025 Monograph Tour where artists will present their artwork and their stories to new audiences outside of Portland. At its heart, the Monograph Tour aims to serve as a launching off point for recognition of Gather:Make:Shelter artists’ work as well as for engaging in dialogues that consider houselessness and community.

Bio: Baba Wague Diakite is an award-winning artist, ceramicist, writer and storyteller. His book The Hunterman and the Crocodile was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. He is also the author/illustrator of Mee-Ann and the Magic Serpent, as well as the illustrator of Jamari's Drum, The Pot of Wisdom and I Lost My Tooth in Africa, written by his daughter Penda Diakite (Africana Book Award for Best Book for Young Children). Baba Wague is the founder and director of the Ko-Falen Cultural Center in Bamako, Mali, an organization that promotes cultural, artistic, and educational exchanges between the US and Mali.

The Monograph Tour is funded in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts. Image credit: marz alien