Vernacular Art-space Laboratory Foundation - VAL

Vernacular Art-space Laboratory Foundation - VAL Vernacular Art Laboratory (VAL, Lagos) is a non-profit artist initiative, founded in 2015 as a non-space.

Vernacular Art-space Laboratory – (VAL, Lagos) is a non-profit artist initiative, founded in 2015 in Lagos as a space where artists cohabit to exchange ideas and co-create work with uncommon flair. As a non-commercial art space, our main focus is to provide a platform for the collaboration of contemporary artists of all genre and persuasion, with inter-disciplinary art projects as the central guid

ing principle. Our space is located in one of the biggest slums in Lagos - Onisemo Village, Sogunro community in Iwaya, which shares its border with Makoko Community on the Waterfront that overlooks the 3rd Mainland Bridge. Our educational plans includes art programmes for youths, artist seminars, workshops, and community partnerships with schools as well as collaborations with arts organisations both in Nigeria and abroad.

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Sogunro Community, Iwaya
Lagos
23401

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+234 708 428 7828

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Vernacular Art-space Laboratory – (VAL, Lagos) is a non-profit artist initiative, founded in 2015 in Lagos as an alternative cultural space where artists cohabit to exchange ideas and co-create works with uncommon flair.

As a non-commercial alternative art space, our main focus is to provide a platform for the collaboration of contemporary artists of all genre and persuasion, though with inter-disciplinary art projects as the central guiding principle.

The physical space, which we started building in April 2015 has been suspended due to issues we encountered with property owner. However, we have decided to continue with a non-space idea, which allows us to explore alternative and abandoned spaces for cultural and artistic interaction and intervention. This was what gave birth to the now annual Iwaya Community Art Festival - ICAF Lagos. It started in 2016 and we are currently working on the third edition of the festival.

Our space is located in one of the biggest slums in Lagos - Onisemo Village, Sogunro community in Iwaya, which shares its border with Makoko Community on the Waterfront that overlooks the 3rd Mainland Bridge. Our educational plans includes art programmes for youths, artist seminars, workshops, and community partnerships with schools as well as collaborations with art organisations both in Nigeria and abroad.