As we enter three years of programming and residencies at G.A.S. Foundation, we are thrilled to present our second Impact Report. It chronicles our journey from digital programming to welcoming our 85th G.A.S. resident in June 2025. Throughout this transformative period, we have remained committed to facilitating global cultural exchange and building a resilient cultural infrastructure. The outcomes speak to the tangible value of our work: supporting artists, researchers, and creative practitioners across disciplines, fostering collaboration and mentorship, and expanding access to resources, networks, and opportunities that enable creative risk-taking, innovation, and growth.

G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to announce that our newly activated Reading Room at the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive is now open to the public for guided sessions every Tuesday and Thursday. First unveiled during the Re:assemblages Symposium on 4 November 2025, the space is designed for deep engagement with publications and archival materials, bringing together resources that map connections across African and Afro-diasporic art, histories, and cultural ecologies.

From October 24th to 25th, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos, in collaboration with Njiko, hosted the second iteration of Njiko: Manifesting Futures – The Ontology of the Possible, presented by designer and researcher Myles Igwebuike as a special project for Design Week Lagos 2025. Building upon the conceptual foundations of Njiko, a framework dedicated to reimagining the cultural heritage of Southeastern Nigeria, this iteration staged an intergenerational dialogue between Igwebuike and architect, designer, and publisher Demas Nwoko, weaving together design, publishing, pedagogy, and histories of cultural self-determination.

G.A.S. Foundation is delighted to welcome Sola Olulode for an immersive six-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Working across painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, and installation, Sola is known for her richly tactile mixed-media surfaces and intimate figurative compositions grounded in themes of care, tenderness, and queer joy. Central to her practice is the language of Nigerian textile craft, particularly indigo dyeing, batik, and other resist techniques, which she integrates into her paintings to create expressive backgrounds and layered material narratives.

On October 16th, 2025, G.A.S. Lagos hosted a studio visit and review session that delved into Adewale Kolawole John’s practice, the works developed during his residency, and the ideas that shaped his time at the Foundation. The afternoon brought together a diverse group of art professionals, including writers, curators, designers, artists, and fellow residents for an engaging session of reflection and dialogue.

On the occasion of the Re:assemblages Symposium, we are pleased to announce a partnership between Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Contemporary And (C&) to present the C& Cyclopedia in our newly activated Reading Room at the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive for a period of six months. Conceived as a space for encounters with publications that trace connections across African and Afro-diasporic art and cultural ecologies, the Reading Room features materials from the Re:assemblages programme’s growing ecosystem of contributors, alongside a digital intervention by C&.

Last week, we welcomed ruby onyinyechi amanze, a U.S. based visual artist, to G.A.S. Lagos for a two-week residency. Grounded in drawing, her practice expansively traverses dance, architecture and design to explore the vast and magical potential of space. Working with seven recurring elements, amanze creates minimal spatial interactions that imagine alternative ways of movement. Her current research focuses on developing three-dimensional drawings that challenge how the medium is experienced, informed by the dimensional languages of architecture, design, and choreography.

Nigerian interdisciplinary artist Olufela Omokeko, whose practice examines pressing sociocultural issues through performance, installation, photo-video art, and social practice, recently concluded an eight-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikise. During his time there, he focused on the disappearance of local food cultures and the preservation of traditional farming knowledge, exploring these themes through a multi-sensory engagement with land, labour, and sustenance. Drawing inspiration from Ebenezer Obey’s 1976 song Operation Feed the Nation, Olufela reimagined the hoe, a key Yoruba agricultural tool, as both a sculptural and symbolic element that honours the resilience and cultural presence of farmers.

We are pleased to welcome E.N. Mirembe, a Germany-based curator, writer, and researcher, for a four-week residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Their work explores the intersections of literature, curatorial practice, and Black artistic production, with a particular focus on the histories and legacies of African and diasporic literary magazines. Mirembe’s broader inquiry reflects an interest in how these publications have shaped aesthetic production across the African diaspora and how their legacy continues to inform contemporary creative practices.