OMBA GALLERY: Bags Bonanza Exhibition

The Omba Gallery at the Namibia Crafts Centre is the venue for the BAGS BONANZA exhibition, of leather and cloth handmade in Namibia bags. I have to add the Omba is the only gallery in Namibia capable of hosting an exhibition of this nature and it's refreshing! If you've never been, it is a large room with a great wooden floor, lovely walls, a low ceiling, fantastic windows but feels like a cool and trendy shop or artist's loft...love it to bits!

The BAGS BONANZA exhibition opens next Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 18:30.

Everyone is welcome and I'm certain you'll be very surprised and pleased with this exhibition. The ONLY people in the world who habitually wear handbags, ALL THE TIME and everywhere, are WOMEN. A practice that's been around for longer than anyone can remember. I mean, imagine going anywhere without a bag...it's impossible. We're experts at bags...it comes with the territory.

'Like' the Namibia Crafts Centre page on Facebook, attend the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday evening and you may just walk away a winner of a lovely handmade leather bag!

Make time to check out this amazing exhibition and meet the dynamic manager of the Namibia Craft Centre, Ms. Shareen Thude.

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