Exhibition Poster A

Exhibition: Different Strokes II by Sammy Lutaya feat. Zipporah Irari, Aug. 14-23 2013 @ Michael Joseph Centre

Exhibition Poster A
Dates: August 14-23, 2013
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House
Entry: Free

Exhibition by: Sammy Lutaya feat. Zipporah Irari

About

Sammy Lutaya is ranked one of Kenya’s most prolific visual artists and illustrators. Besides painting and creating artworks whose scope covers varied socio-economic-cultural themes, he also seeks to promote the visual arts both locally and internationally.
Sammy has participated in various art exhibitions and cultural exchange workshops in different countries including Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Mauritius, Italy,China, Australia and Pakistan.

Zipporah Irari started out as a teacher but quit to concentrate on painting. Early this year she exhibited at the National Museum of Kenya.

new birthday suite

Comedy Show: Birthday Suite, Aug. 16-18 2013 @ Kenya National Theatre

new birthday suite
From Friday 16 to 18 August 2013 at Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi, FCA- Festival of Creative Arts proudly presents Birthday Suite;

Dates: August 16-18, 2013
Venue: Kenya National Theatre
Tickets: Kshs 500
Hotlines: 020-2025811/ 0726 524 124

Show times:Friday 16th at 6 & 8 pm, Saturday 17th at 3, 6 & 8 pm and Sunday 18th August at 3 & 6 pm.

Synopsis
Take two adjoining hotel suites, add two couples, both on extremely nervous blind dates, contrive that they each somehow meet the wrong partner, and complicate matters with an excitable room waitress whose mission in life is to encourage romance wherever it might spark, and you have the recipe for an evening of chaotic entanglements and unlikely liaisons which constantly teeters on the edge of disaster.

Dan Ariely - Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics

Lecture by Dan Ariely + Panel Discussion with P. Kahumbu, Mugo Kibati, Boniface Mwangi & Julie Gichuru, Aug. 11 2013 @ Brookhouse School

Dan Ariely - Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics
Dan Ariely – Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics
What makes people cheat? Come and find out with Dan Ariely – Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics

Date: August 11, 2013
Venue: Brookhouse School
Time: 2 pm
Entry: Free

This free lecture and discussion is to create a discussion around our values and behaviour regarding financial decision making, corruption, impunity, criminal behaviour, and to understand the what really motivates people.

Later panel discussion with: Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Mugo Kibati, Amb. Martin Kimani, Julie Gichuru, Boniface Mwangi & A. Awiti
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X68dm92HVI#at=10] For more info visit Facebook Event Page

pitstop

Creatives Garage Pitstop, Aug. 10 2013 @ Kuona Trust

pitstop
Creatives garage will be holding a clinic day on the 10th of August from 10 am to 3pm with the aim of bringing creatives together in a workshop that will train them on improving their entrepreneurial skills.
In addition, it will also be an opportunity for the creatives to interact with the institutions and organizations that run the industry that creative arts fall into.

Venue: Kuona Trust

Joram Mwinamo, Managing partner at Wylde International, will be giving a business talk on setting up and running a successful business.

Creative labs will be hosted by our partners. Dj Kim and Folk will be on the decks.

Creatives garage is platform that helps creatives learn, network, form projects and market themselves to potential clients.

Art by Fawaz Elsaid

Exhibition: Sudanese Vision by Yassir & Fawaz, Extended to Aug. 11 2013 @ National Museum

Art by Fawaz Elsaid
Art by Fawaz Elsaid
Extension: Until August 11, 2013
Venue: National Museum, Creativity Gallery
Times: 8.30am to 5.30 pm Daily
Entry: museum Rates Apply

About
Yassir Ali is a Sudanese artist who is currently living in Nairobi, Kenya. A graduate of Fine Art from Sudan University for Science and Technology, Yassir is a member of the Almada Art Group, Union for Sudanese Artists and Kuona Trust. He is also involved in many projects for Sudanese children. Yassir is inspired by Nubian culture and motifs and his art is easily identified by eye-catching forms and colour. He has been exhibiting actively internationally.

Fawaz Elsaid was born in Sudan, and graduated from the College of Fine Art at Sudan University in 2004. He too is currently at Kuona Trust. He has participated in art workshops at the French Cultural Center in Khartoum and exhibits his work in Sudan as well as abroad.

Each artist makes an excellent foil for the other and it is in this room that the kaleidoscope finally makes sense. – Frank Whalley in Step inside the kaleidoscope…