Atang Lorato S Arnold
Maun, Botswana
Atang is the Founder and Managing Director of an Art Gallery /Creative Hub called “The Space Botswana “ in Maun. She is a Multidisciplinary Artist, Gallerist- Sothebys Institute of Art Accreditation ( Running A Contemporary Gallery 2022) , Filmaker and has an Ass.Degree in Creative Multimedia attained from Limkokwing University of Creative Arts and Technology. She owns a Multimedia production company Lipstick and Dust (Pty) Ltd.
Atang has exhibited her paintings in Namibia 2018 and Botswana since 2014 -2021. She is the regional winner in the Photography section for annual Presidents’ Day competition. Atang has worked with local safari and international companies such as Conservation International ,GIZ,USAid to produce short impact films in Rwanda, Angola , Namibia and Botswana. She has also been on several publications with her Art and Conservation awareness. She has attained The Space Botswana accreditation form Connect Hubs 2.0 by British council in Johannesburg South Africa.
With her strong journalism skills , she is also Public Relations Officer for Okavango Artists Association , where she volunteers her time to educating other artists around the region on art professionalism and entrepreneurship. Atang was involved in the Ngamiland Creative Network Project and 2020-2021 where she facilitated on “Artists Creative Block during the Covid-19 Pandemic and how to solve it”. This project is based on strictly creatives around the Ngamiland and collection of data and artists livelihoods. Atang has been running an Art Therapy and Creativity Workshop July -August 2022 for Bana ba Letsatsi Orphanage in Maun. She has curated International and Local Art Exhibitions ,Workshops and Art Talks under her Art Gallery and is always looking for collaborations
Atang continues to innovate and educate her community about Art, Creative Business and is always learning from her experiences.
2018 - Tulipamwe International Artist Workshop, 2020 - Creative Business Cup ( National Top 8 )
- Arts
- Audio capture
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Interview
- Landscape
- Reporting
- Wildlife
