Dr Claire Ogah in the Spotlight
A feature by The Female CEO on Dr Claire Ogah, the multidisciplinary practice and the stories behind Overlay Couture.
The Journal
Essays, reflections and stories.
Notes from the studio desk. Writing on art and process, culture and identity, creativity and wellbeing, African heritage, research and society.
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Creativity as Cultural Memory
Museums preserve objects, but creativity preserves experience. A photograph can show you what something looked like, but a work of art can show you how it…
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A sketch is private. It is a conversation between the hand and the page, full of hesitations and sudden certainties. The question that drives my work…
Read the essayWhy Stories Matter
Storytelling is the oldest technology we have. Before written language, before galleries, before nations, there was the story: told by fire, carried in song, stitched into…
Read the essayIntroducing Overlay Couture: Where Art and Identity Converge
Welcome to Overlay Couture, my digital haven where art and identity seamlessly merge. In this inaugural blog post, I invite you to embark on a journey…
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