Feel the work of a creative pain artist when you visit the center that showcases the creativity that is embedded in culture. Tourists who love art get a chance of contemplating the history and rebirth of the country of thousand hills when the visit this wondrous colorful space of art and craft. This wowing art studio was actualized by two uneducated brothers who had love for art, Nkuranga Emmanuel and Nkurunziza Innocent in 2012.
Stroll around the colorfully decorated grounds of Inema and ponder about the kind of skill the artists in Rwanda display. The art center is a collection of a variety of modern day art styles like sculptures, paintings, and work with mixed mediums and match more traditional that is spread out for appreciation by the10 artists that share the artistic space in the famous art center.
Location of Inema Art Center.
The city center and its neighborhood has plenty of glam to offer to tourists with this famed art center being one of them. The outshining spaces of the Inema Art Center are found in a shirt drive away from the city in the calm neighborhood of Kacyiru.
Activities to do while in the Inema Art Center
Inema Art Center
Tourists get to enjoy the studio exhibitions, explore the various paintings, sculptures and art gallery that is ever evolving with the captivating present day life and scenes of the country of thousand hills and beauty.
Engage in workshops and painting activities.
Tourists can get to discover their hidden talent by engaging in some enjoyable activities like painting, engage in imagination activates, attend art classes, take part in photography completion among others.
Support local artists.
Tourists effortlessly support the local artisans by visiting the beautiful art center. Tourists can support further by buying handicrafts and other crafted pieces of Rwanda’s artistry that they can take home as souvenirs.
Enjoy the Inema dance
The art center is an all-round place with the artistic impressions spreading all the way to the dances. The dance group is made of about 40 kids from the area that offer a vigorous cultural dance that is truly unique and tantalizing. The dance training sessions are held on days of Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday around the evening hence tourists can get to enjoy the training as well.
Inema also hosts the nzina artwork
The nzina artwork is a group of Rwandese women that came together to sew and bead fabric together and create attractive cultural outfits. The customized designs range from kitengi pillow cases, bags crafted from gait leather, jewelry beads and other accessories and clothes that tourists can even buy and take home for both home use or work as a souvenir.
Other activities that can visited after the Inema Art Center tour
Visiting Kimironko market
Tourists should surely pass by the busiest and largest fresh supplier market in Kigali, Kimironko. The market is a collection of various fresh agricultural products fresh from the garden like fruits, vegetables, clothes, souvenirs, crafts and other items.
Visit the Nyiro art gallery
Just like the Inema art gallery, tourists can also visit this inspirational art gallery that was founded by a street child artist. The funds from this art gallery are used to create awareness and support street children in Rwanda. The museum displays creative works about the culture of Rwanda from the Niyonsenga Pacifique and other skilled artists.
Visit the Kigali cultural village
The Kigali cultural village is a one stop shopping center for all cultural related items. This place should be a must visit as it has various stall that deal in Rwandese cultural designs like bags, jewelry, clothes to mention but a few.
Visit the Kigali convention Center
This wondrous structure offers wowing views given off by the bee hive liked shape of the building. The structure was inspired from Nyanza king’s palace that has the same shape. The center is offers large wide conference room spaces that can accommodate up to 2,000 delegates. With movable partition walls, there is high flexibility to tailor the rooms to the visitors needs and function needs.
Skating from the SOS school of skating
Found in Kacyiru, this school offers basic training to individuals interested in skating hence tourists can pass by and either train in skating or enjoy the views of skaters doing their thing.
Visit the basketball arena in Rwanda
While netball is for Uganda, basketball is for Rwanda hence tourists should not missing appreciating the best basketballers in East Africa from the Basketball Arena which is one of the biggest structures in the country.
Visit the Kigali public library
Tourists interested in reading should surely visit this wonderful area and appreciate the different kind of genres that the library collects. Tourists are free to watch documentaries from the library projectors, access internet using the library computers and the physical books.
Visit the Rwanda Art Museum
This museum offers modern day art works in Rwanda. Found in the former presidential palace, the Rwanda Art Museum exhibits high quality works from both international and local artists with more than 100 art pieces that include paintings, ceramics, sculptures, and experimental works among others. These premises still have the remains of the presidential plane that was shot down on 6th April 1994 sparking the Rwanda genocide massacre.
