100

The Enchanting Plateau Art Exhibition is a creative platform dedicated to celebrating the culture, identity, history, and future of Plateau State through artistic expression. This year’s edition is particularly significant as it commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Plateau State, a milestone that calls not only for celebration, but for reflection, imagination, and vision. The 2026 theme,“100”,is inspired by the journey of Plateau State at fifty and it challenges artists, thinkers, story tellers and creatives to imagine what Plateau state could become in the next fifty years.

100” is both a celebration and a prophecy. It is a conversation between the past, the present, and the future. It invites creatives to honour the struggles, victories, beauty, resilience, and identity that have shaped Plateau State over the last fifty years, while boldly envisioning what the next fifty years may hold. This theme seeks to position art as a tool for memory, documentation, imagination, advocacy, and transformation. The theme encourages visionary storytelling and bold imagination while remaining deeply rooted in the identity and spirit of Plateau State.

The number “100” symbolizes completion, continuity, legacy, and possibility. Through the different creative forms, artists are invited to explore the evolution of Plateau State across three dimensions:

1. THE PAST; which reflects the state’s history, heritage, indigenous identity, traditions, historical struggles/ triumphs and the significant moments and people that have shaped the state.

2. THE PRESENT; which examines the state’s current social realities, governance/ leadership, economic opportunities/challenges, identity, diversity and coexistence.

3. THE FUTURE; which attempts to imagine the state in the next fifty years. The sustainable development, technological advancements, future leadership, thriving creative economy, peace, unity, prosperity and the preservation of cultural in a modern world.