National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo and the EUNIC Zimbabwe Cluster, are pleased to announce Basket Case II, a visual art, design and crafts exhibition curated by Raphael Chikukwa, Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and Christine Eyene, Guild Research Fellow in Contemporary Art, University of Central Lancashire. The exhibition features new commissions by artists Ifeoma Anyaeji (Nigeria), Alexandra Bircken (Germany), Tapfuma Gutsa (Zimbabwe), Delaine Le Bas (United Kingdom), Michel Paysant (France) as well as designers matali crasset (France) and Sebastian Herkner (Germany). This exhibition is the outcome of a series of artist residencies and design workshops held from April to July 2014 in various locations in Zimbabwe. The artists and designers have collaborated with five weaving communities: Binga Craft Centre (Binga), Bulawayo Home Industries (Bulawayo), Lupane Women's Centre (Lupane), Zienzele Foundation (Masvingo) and STEP Trust (Honde).
 
Their works and that of the artists are presented alongside new pieces
from the five weaving communities in a bid to showcase Zimbabwe's long lasting cultural heritage and the diversity of the country's art of
weaving. Basket Case II also sets out to contribute towards sustaining the livelihoods of weavers who are predominantly women often located in rural environments.
Basket Case II will run from 29 January to 21 March 2015 at the National Gallery, Bulawayo.