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She has been supporting the arts in Zambia in many capacities: privately, as a member of the Art Centre Foundation, co-director of Mpapa Art Gallery, Chairlady of the Lechwe Trust and in many more functions.<ref name="choma">[http://artblog.zamart.org/2013/08/the-2013-graphic-art-exhibition-of.html THE 2013 GRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION OF THE CHOMA MUSEUM, 17 August 2013]</ref> | She has been supporting the arts in Zambia in many capacities: privately, as a member of the Art Centre Foundation, co-director of Mpapa Art Gallery, Chairlady of the Lechwe Trust and in many more functions.<ref name="choma">[http://artblog.zamart.org/2013/08/the-2013-graphic-art-exhibition-of.html THE 2013 GRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION OF THE CHOMA MUSEUM, 17 August 2013]</ref> | ||
Cynthia is a practicing painter and printmaker. | |||
==Awards and recognitions== | ==Awards and recognitions== | ||
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*In 2011, she received the Mama Julia Chikamuneka Award for "recognition of commitment to a just society". | *In 2011, she received the Mama Julia Chikamuneka Award for "recognition of commitment to a just society". | ||
*In 2012 she received from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain an MBE award for “promoting visual arts in Zambia” and being “instrumental in creating an historical archive of Zambian art spanning more than 50 years.” | *In 2012 she received from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain an MBE award for “promoting visual arts in Zambia” and being “instrumental in creating an historical archive of Zambian art spanning more than 50 years.” | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
