Kitto (Kampala) is a graduate of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. He is currently the Acting Head of Fine Art Department at Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design (NIAAD) in Namulanda, Uganda, where he also teaches visual communication design and weaving.
In 2017 Kitto Joined the Kampala Working Group of the Another Roadmap School. He is participating in the international research project intertwining hi/stories of arts education, as part of which he is currently working with colleagues and students to develop and test innovative new strategies for integrating critical historical knowledge into contemporary practice-based art and design education.
Kitto is also a Local mentor in Inspiration International Academy East Africa Campus...
Anna-Lisa joined Inspiration in December 2015 and has since been responsible for the global projects management. Art, psycho-social trauma responses and international development have long been the focus of her academic interest. She holds a B.A. in Art Therapy from Stenden Hogeschool, Netherlands and will complete her M.A. in Social Work with Specialization in Crisis and Trauma Studies from Tel Aviv University in August. Prior to returning to the Academica for her Masters, Anna-Lisa worked for Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, an international NGO whose mission is to nurture orphaned and vulnerable children in a loving, stable and secure family environment....
Nakato Mary Gorrette graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commercial Industrial Art and Design at Nkumba University. She also got a master’s degree majoring in multimedia crafts at Kyambogo University. She participated in a number of trainings and conferences related to arts and social entrepreneurship. After Bachelor’s degree Mary owned and operated a small shop where she made and sold art pieces, including crafts, beads, necklaces and paintings.
She is currently teaching art courses at higher institution of learning including Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design and at Kampala University School of Industrial Art and Design. She is also the coordinator for Topaz Mirembe, a fare trade program in Uganda operating at Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design (NIAAD). While at Mirembe, Mary teaches women design of beads, jewelry, baskets and necklaces. Mary is in charge of the daily administration of Mirembe in Uganda....