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[[File:Cynthia_Zukas.jpg|thumbnail|right|Cynthia Zukas (r) with Agnes Yombwe at the [[ | [[File:Cynthia_Zukas.jpg|thumbnail|right|Cynthia Zukas (r) with [[Agnes Yombwe]] at the [[Livingstone Museum]]]] | ||
'''Cynthia Zukas''' (born in 1931) is a fine artist and an advocate for visual arts in [[Zambia]]. She is wife of veteran politician and freedom fighter, [[Simon Zukas]]. | '''Cynthia Zukas''' (born in 1931) is a fine artist and an advocate for visual arts in [[Zambia]]. She is wife of veteran politician and freedom fighter, [[Simon Zukas]]. | ||
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Cynthia and her husband Simon met in London in 1952 while Simon was in exile and the two married three years later. | Cynthia and her husband Simon met in London in 1952 while Simon was in exile and the two married three years later. | ||
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Although she conveys gentleness through her paintings, she courageously campaigned for the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) during Zambia’s freedom struggle and in 1951 got into trouble with the racist regime of the time. This pressed her family to send her to London for a one-year art teachers' course. While in London, she met freedom fighter and outspoken political leader Simon Zukas.<ref name="andrew"/> | Although she conveys gentleness through her paintings, she courageously campaigned for the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) during Zambia’s freedom struggle and in 1951 got into trouble with the racist regime of the time. This pressed her family to send her to London for a one-year art teachers' course. While in London, she met freedom fighter and outspoken political leader Simon Zukas, to whom she is married.<ref name="andrew"/> | ||
==Community initiatives== | ==Community initiatives== | ||
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Cynthia is the first professionally trained printmaker of Zambia and one of the pioneers of Zambian graphic art.<ref name="choma2">[http://chomamuseumartgallery.weebly.com/current-exhibition.html Choma Museum, GRAPHIC ART OF ZAMBIA]</ref> She has been supporting the arts in Zambia from her personal resources since the 1950s. | Cynthia is the first professionally trained printmaker of Zambia and one of the pioneers of Zambian graphic art.<ref name="choma2">[http://chomamuseumartgallery.weebly.com/current-exhibition.html Choma Museum, GRAPHIC ART OF ZAMBIA]</ref> She has been supporting the arts in Zambia from her personal resources since the 1950s. | ||
==Awards and | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
*In 2000, Cynthia was the winner of the National Arts Council “Ngoma award for outstanding contribution in the development of the visual arts”. | *In 2000, Cynthia was the winner of the National Arts Council “Ngoma award for outstanding contribution in the development of the visual arts”. | ||
*In 2011, she was honoured by the Press Freedom Committee of The Post Newspaper (PFC) and granted the Julia Chikamoneka Freedom Award.<ref name="andrew">[http://andrewmulenga.blogspot.com/2012/06/queen-honours-cynthia-zukas.html Queen honours Cynthia Zukas, 28 June 2012]</ref> | *In 2011, she was honoured by the Press Freedom Committee of The Post Newspaper (PFC) and granted the Julia Chikamoneka Freedom Award.<ref name="andrew">[http://andrewmulenga.blogspot.com/2012/06/queen-honours-cynthia-zukas.html Queen honours Cynthia Zukas, 28 June 2012]</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Painters in Zambia]] | [[Category:Painters in Zambia]] | ||
[[Category:Art promoters]] | [[Category:Art promoters]] | ||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
