A popular classic play ” Dance of the Forests” by Noble Laureate, Prof.Wole Soyinka has inspired the first edition of the Black Muse Art Festival in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
The Black Muse Art Festival With the theme ” Let the Forest Dance” was reimagining art as a transformative force for conservation, community, and cultural continuity.
The festival also saw the formal unveiling of the Azagba Pavilion and Sculpture Park which showcases Cultural Heritage of the Benin.
Curators, lovers of art works outside Nigeria thronged the unveiling to celebrate works of arts at the park.
Founder of Angel Muse, an internationally acclaimed artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, explained that festival’s theme “Let the Forest Dance” reflects an urgent call for environmental consciousness.
“In ancient Benin, sacred groves were sanctuaries of both spirit and biodiversity. Through this festival, we’re asking: how can art help us listen to our environment again and protect what is sacred?”
He added that the Black Muse Art Festival is a way of bringing that energy into public space into the forest, the city, and the community.
