NWOKO, Prof. Demas Nwanna

muralist, painter, sculptor; DOB: December 20. 1935; Hometown: Idumuje, Ugboko; State of Delta: Delta; EDUCATION: Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology. Zaria, 1961; CAREER: Designed Theatre sets. Nigeria France and Mexico, 1962-68; conducted Summer School in Terracotta Art, Extra-Mural Department, University of Ibadan, Oyo state, 1965; Lecturer, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan; Theatre Design Consultant, Ibadan Cultural Centre, Oyo State Government, 1974. Staged Children ofParadise a play. Festival of Arts and Culture. 1977; established New Culture Magazine, Ibadan, 1978; participant. Rockefeller Foundation Conference, Bellagio, Italy, 1980; Theatre Design Consultant, Onikan cultural Centre, Lagos State Government, 1985; freelance artist and architect, Ibadan; designer/builder, Dominican Monastery, Ibadan; Benedictine Monastery, Ewu, Edo State Cultural Centre, Benin; New Culture Studio, Ibadan and a number of private residences in his town Idumuje Ugboko. Exhicw:ARetrospective. Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos, 1987; ABlend of Old and New. Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos, 1987. Publication: Search for A New African Theatre,…