To nominate me please click this link http://globalteacherprize.com. Pls Use this brief information for my nomination First name: Adewale Last Name: Olakunle, Nominee City: Lagos, Nominee Country Nigeria, Nominee current school: Queensland Academy Okota Lagos, Nominee Phone No: +2348032256759, Nominee email address: olakunleadewale@gmail.com, Other way to reach the Nominee: +2348120286744. If you need other information you can Please click this link shared for details.http://ttenderarts.blogspot.com/2014/09/kunle-adewale-for-global-teacher-prize.html?spref=fb. Please Nominate Olakunle Adewale For Global Teacher Prize. http://globalteacherprize.com. you can also share this on your timeline and recommend for your friends too. deadline October 5th 2014. thanks for your unflinching supports and encouragement. God bless. Nomination ends 5th of October, 2014. Thanks and God bless.
Tender Arts is a creative enterprise directed by Adewale Olakunle
Joel; a graduate Painting and General Arts Auchi Poly and of the Department of
Fine and Applied Arts Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is a
writer, an art analyst/scholar and art educator, whose teaching of creative
arts has spanned a decade. Tender Arts Nigeria is also a group of young,
vibrant and visionary professional Nigerian artists whose mission is to raise
the standard of art by providing a platform for grooming young artists at the
grassroots.
Tender Arts Nigeria is registered with Corporate Affairs
Commission CAC/BN/2279861 in Abuja in 11th of November 2013. Tender Arts seeks
to discover and develop creative abilities in children and young adults. This
will come in form of art tutorial, art workshops, art education, art tour, art
advocacy, Charity art exhibitions and competitions among many others. Tender
Arts Nigeria also partners with NGOs, governmental agencies or any other
humanitarian organization that share the same values, vision and objectives ,
in other to help add value to their community projects initiatives using
creative arts as a veritable platform. Furthermore, it promotes
children/Adolescents art works using the media and other business networks as a
veritable tool. Kunle Adewale is currently an art educator in Queensland
Academy while he still pursues the objectives of Tender Arts Nigeria where He
is the CEO and also the creative director.
In every child is locked a creative genius awaiting an open door
for expression. I believe creativity rules the world and this creativity begins
with a child’s art. Picasso wrote "Every child is an artist; the problem
is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Some of my art protégées and pupils age range between 6 and 18. The
children and the young adults work in mixed media, painting, collage print
making while their themes borders on Child Abuse, Beauty, education, health,
nature, womanhood, feminine, peace, entertainment among many others.
Kunle Adewale engages in Specialized Therapeutic Art Workshop For
Children with Challenges, Charity Art Exhibition (Fund raising art exhibition),
Mobile Art School, Art advocacy, Art Education in schools, Art Tour, Art
Marketing and Promo, Art Competitions for children, teenagers and youths.
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Kunle Adewale and his art protégées were invited to the Voice of Nigeria (VON)
early 2013 to speak on art platform which was done by the children who
presented their artworks and spoke on artistic development through the
mentoring art class by Kunle Adewale and the impacts it has made in their lives.
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Kunle Adewale and one of his esteemed art protégées and pupil Ayomikun
Omoyiola, a 10 year old pupil of Queensland Academi Okota were invited last
year July by the federal government of Nigeria to receive a Peace Award through
an art work done by one of our art pupil, while at the Nigeria Centenary
Celebration grand finale of the Nigeria Centenary in Abuja, Kunle’s Art
Ayomikun Omoyiola did a painting and gave to the President of Nigeria. She is
currently Nigeria’s Youngest Peace Ambassador because she used her art work to
advocate for peace and unity in Nigeria. This feat was a product of commitment
and dedication and sacrifice of her art Teacher, Olakunle Adewale.
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Olakunle
has organized art workshops in conjunction with Sickle Cell Foundation, Nigeria
at Luth Idi-Araba, Lagos tagged ‘ARTIVITIES’ this creative initiative was
endorsed by the art institutions like SNA, Society of Nigeria Artists, Kunle
Adeyemi studios and ARA studio respectively. About 155 art works were produced
during this exercise. The event which lasted for a month, mostly
Saturdays between the hours of 8am to 3pmThe event was graced by the founder of
Sickle Cell Foundation Professor Adeyanju, and top Nigerian Artists like Prof.
Bruce Onabrakpeya, MsNidi Dike, Dr. Kunle Filani and Dr. Kunle Adeyemi. He and
his volunteer art teachers also did art workshop for the Special Correctional
Centre for Girls, approved by Lagos State Ministry of Youths, Sports and Social
Development. Over 150 works were produced by the girls at the centre. He also
embarked on a Therapeutic Art Project for children Children Living with Cancer
Foundation, Lagos. A Therapeutic Art workshop with the theme: Art Without
Limits. He also spear head the team that groomed art participants in the
ongoing ‘God’s Children got talent’ A Talent hunt initiative which was started
by RCCG City of David four years ago, now in its season 4 with large number of
contestants. Kunle and his team were able to groom the contestant to the finals
which will took place at Eko Hotel and Suites 29th May 2014. The art pupil
Nelly Erubasa, a 6 year old girl who was groomed by Kunle and his team won the
competition at the junior category and cart N500,000:00 home
Kunle Adewale organized a painting/poetry competition
amongst international schools in conjunction with Good Character Initiative of
Nigeria, chair by Dr. Christopher Kolade OON and directed by Chief Social
Architect Prince Nnadozie Ochi. The event which was endorsed by Lagos State
Ministry of Education, Committee of Relevant Arts(CORA), Advocacy for Human
right through arts, Terrakulture, Nike Art Foundation, Quintessence Art
Gallery, Bruce Onabrakpeya Foundation, ARA Studios, and Kunle Adeyemi studios.
About 31 private/international/government schools participated and over 400
Nigerian pupils/student were in attendance at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre,
March 29th 2014. More so the event was graced by Top Nigerian Poets/artists
like Taiwo Ajayi Lycett, Tade Ipadeola, JumokeVerissimo, RopoEwenla,
Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu, DamilolaAjayi,IquoDainaAbasi, Dr. Kunle Filani, Dr.
Kunle Adeyemi, Associate Prof. Peju Layiwola, Jelili Atiku, Aderonke Akinyele,
and Chief N.O Adebowale.
Some of my art protegees and pupils have
participated in local and international exhibitions and competitions and have
won awards.