We interviewed Aso Misa a talented young artist who is ready to share her talent with the World. To achieve this, she has set up a craft school where people can come in to study Art.Below is the interview we had with her and all the details about her craft school.
TNBGH: Tell us about yourself
ASO: Born Annabella Aso Boadi-Misa
25 years old.
Aburi Girls Senior High School (Visual
art)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (Degree: BA Integrated Rural Art and Industry)
An interior
and product designer who would like to widely promote interior design and
African art in Ghana and the world at large, loves everything art, loves
everything design. Started my interior design back in school from designing
hostels rooms and then after school while doing service I moved to homes and
now hotels and office. Art comes easy to me.
I love learning some
things new every day. I love learning areas not in my field of specialty
because to be good at what you do you have to have a general idea of what else
is around you. I love design. I love working with Photoshop, Corel draw, illustrator,
Rhino 3D, Sketch up 3D and all kinds of art material etc. Teach art, also helps
me become better at what I do. Currently my main focus is to promote my school
alongside my interior design occupation.
TNBGH: Tell me about your craft school.
ASO: The name of my
craft school is ABM Art Integrate. The difference between my school and other
art schools out there is it excludes cloth design. It covers areas like bag,
shoes, neckpieces, bracelets, bangles, packaging boxes, bags and labels,
interior artifacts such as mirror design, furniture design etc made from with
leather, African print, beads and twine etc, Macramé art and a few more: hence
the name Art INTEGRATE . The general idea is to teach how to design and create
artifacts we art lovers have dreamt of learning and producing.
We offer courses within a duration of 2 to 3 month.
One can combine or choose to do the courses one after the other. We make it a
point to advice students on which combinations will be best for them ,
depending on their interest
TNBGH: Why the decision to set up a
craft school?
ASO: I’ve always
loved anything art and I love to create. I studied art in the university. I’ve
been in an art class and seen how we were taught and know what we would love to
learn. There are so many great minds in Ghana when it comes to art but due to
limited amount of resources, a lot of people won’t be able to live their dream.
I just want to to help others realize their dream and also make a livelihood
out of something they love doing.
TNBGH: Who qualifies to attend your
craft school?
In my opinion, anyone
passionate about art is qualified. Without the zeal to learn, one can’t work in
this area of specialty even with raw talent but with reference to our system of
education, a senior high school or vocational school graduate would be the best
candidate to apply to study in our craft school. In Ghana, senior high school
is the level of education students are allowed to start courses that would
enable them start developing their talent for their chosen carrier in the near
future. That is to say at that stage in the applicant’s life there is a little
bit of knowledge the student has acquired, enough to start any of our courses.
We also do consider some students who did not study art programs in senior high
school or did not compete if attitude of the applicant towards the course he or
she wants to pursue is convincing.
Another reason why we
concentrate more on the senior high school and vocational school graduates is
because most of them are not able to further their education mostly due to
personal reasons. ABM Art Integrate is for everyone. School fees are very
affordable
TNBGH: What are the requirements?
ASO: At this stage, the main requirement is
the applicant’s interest. We have met a lot of interested applicants who did
not study art but design and create artifacts
far better than that of a few who come in with art back grounds so till
further notice we accept applicants who are interested and ready to do
intensive 2 to 3 month art courses. Depending on how the school grows we will
make future changes in the area of requirements.
TNBGH: Where is the school located?
The school is located
in the Adenta Shopping Mall in Adenta in Accra.
Hard to miss because there’s a direct car from the Adenta main station
to the main lorry station or Madina in the Adenta Shopping Mall which is the
last stop for any lorry station stop. The location (Adenta Shopping Mall) has a
bank, clinic, restaurants, fire service, police station, and a lorry station
etc.
TNBGH: How flexible is the curriculum
and the term of payment of fee payment
ASO: When a student
applies we sit with the student and who gets to choose with our help which 90
days (3months) or 60 days (2 months) they prefer, depending of which course and
duration of your courses.
If you apply to do a
3 months, it doesn’t mean you would have to come to class every day. You would
have to come to class for 90 days and these days can be spread across 4, 5, or
even 6 months. You time table will be scheduled for 90 particular days chosen
by you.
We want people from all
walks of life to be able to peruse their dream. University students who don’t
have lectures during particular hours to not have to wait to finish a 4yr
course before doing some else they would love.
School starts at 9am
to 3pm.
There’s no class on
Monday
There’s class on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Students can pass by
if they want to finish up some practical assignment on Monday.
Weekend classes will
start in April.
Term of payment of fee payment
ASO: We have reduced
our course fee to only tuition fee. Students will buy materials and tools as
and when needed. This way , students would not have to spend so much money in
the beginning to cut down cost.
Also we have special
discount offers.
IF STUDENTS APPLIES TO DO 1
COURSE, EACH COURSE FEE IS FIXED
IF STUDENTS APPLIES TO DO 2 OR
MORE COURSE EACH COURSE FEE IS REDUCED BY 16.6 % (50GHC)
IF STUDENT APPLIES TO DO ALL 5
COURSES, EACH COURSE FEE IS REDUCED BY 32.2% (100GHC)
Contact us:
School's blog site:
The
facebook page
Instagram
ABM_ART_INTEGRATE
Contacts
+233260837678
+233230870305
+233506730031
+233272080066
