Mrs. Vesta E. Adu-Gyamfi has academic qualifications in Art.   She has master’s Degree in Ceramics and Ceramic Sculpture from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.  She has skills in capacity building in Planning, Appraisal, Implementation and Monitoring of Integrated Rural Art and Industries.   Even though as Artist, her professional and practical interests are also in Gender Issues in Rural Development, (BIRD), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.  Mrs. Adu-Gyamfi teamed up with experienced and renowned local and external researchers to work on various projects including the DFID Kumasi Natural Resources Management Programme and JICA on forest Management.