Artists and cultural professionals have been urged to use their artistic works to develop concepts that would promote environmental sustainability in the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
The Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture (NCC), Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong,noted that the failure by artists and cultural professionals to develop such concepts other than entertainment was a challenge Hesaid this development made the media and public perceivedartists and cultural professionals as entertainers rather than advocates of environmental sustainability.
Nana Acheampong was speaking at an evaluation and validation meeting on the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)-Aschbergprogramme, for emerging artists and cultural professionals.
The event was purposed to build the capacities of 400 emerging artists and cultural professionals across four separate zones, namely, Tamale, Kumasi, Central, and Greater Accra zones.