Exhibition

Photo-Text Exhibition: Silent Memories – The Unbroken Chains, Aug. 19 – Sept. 7 2014 @ Alliance Française

Exhibition
Exhibition and Documentary Festival: Silent Memories – The unbroken chains

On the occasion of the United Nations International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, Alliance Française presents a photo-text exhibition on the abolition of slavery in East Africa and its legacy on contemporary Kenyan society of slave descent. The exhibition has been put together by a team of researchers from the National Museums of Kenya, led by Patrick Abungu, Senior Curator of the newly rehabilitated Shimoni Slavery Museum and Heritage Site.

Alongside the exhibition, a series of documentaries on slavery, slave trade and its legacies around the world will be shown. The documentaries have been availed by the International Centre of Research on Slavery and UNESCO.

Exhibition Dates: August 19 – September 7, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française Gallery

Documentary Festival Dates: August 25 -28, 2014
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Auditorium & Terrace

Download Documentary films programme [m/s Word]

Sankara

Exhibition by Gilah Yelin Hirsch and Performance by Michel Ongaro & Senta Lain, Aug. 15 2014 @ Sankara Nairobi

Sankara
The Sankara Nairobi will be hosting an evening on 15th August from 7:30 pm to “meet the artist” – Gilah Yelin Hirsch along with live music from Michel Ongaro and the Senta Lain band.

Gilah’s original works will be on display at Sankara on their their 7th floor during the Songambele Week.

Songambele Week is an annual event that takes place in Kenya with proceeds of the events going to charity. This years event will take place from August 11-17, 2014.

Find schedule of events here

AH launch invite

Craft Afika’s – Afrika Handmade Symposium Pre-Launch Event, Aug. 14 2014 @ Shalom House

AH launch invite
Craft Afrika will on 14th August, 2-5pm, host a pre-event launch for the annual Afrika Handmade symposium.

About Afrika Handmade symposium
Afrika Handmade is developed as strategic activity under our market development program. The 2 day event, scheduled for 2nd-3rd October 2014, will seek to generate visibility for the contemporary craft and design sector in Kenya, thereby opening up new market opportunities especially at the domestic and regional levels.
It will also provide a rare opportunity for multi stakeholder discussions on a range of issues surrounding the craft and design sector in Kenya.

Entry to the launch event is free, though registration through this link is advised http://bit.ly/1sMTTgm.

For more information about Craft Afrika and our programs, visit our blog http://bit.ly/1jhuNzx

Meet the Artist: Gilah Hirsch, Aug. 14 2014 @ Kuona Trust

Meet world renowned painter Gilah Hirsch at Kuona Trust on the 14th of August 2014 from 2pm – 4pm.

The artist is famed for her unique work as well as facilitating various successful projects including art therapy for children. During the session at Kuona Trust, she will be talking to artists about her work and answer questions on the same.

Follow up events
Public lecture at the GoDown Art Centre – 15th August 2014
Exhibition of original works at the Sankara hotel – 17th August 2014.

For more information, please visit her website.

Exhibition and Farewell

Exhibition + Farewell for Tahir Karmali, Aug. 16 2014 @ Paul Onditi’s Studio

Exhibition and Farewell
Kuona artist,Tahir Karmali will be showing his most recent work in a special one day exhibition on the 16th of August 2014 at Paul Onditi’s studio (located at the Junction of Kindaruma road and Menelik road)

This will also double up as his farewell party as he leaves the country to pursue his Masters degree from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Tahir has been an artist at the Kuona Trust Art Centre for the past one year having successfully put up two conceptual exhibitions, Value and Jua Kali.

The event is open to all.

A4-Yassir Ali

Exhibition: by Yassir Ali – Inspired by the Nubian Culture of North Sudan, Aug. 11-16 2014 @ Shifteye Gallery

A4-Yassir Ali
Yassir’s work is influenced by the Nubian culture and heritage, which is one of the oldest in the world.
As a Nubian of Sudanese descent, he works to depict the atmosphere of ancient Nubian culture in a contemporary way in his work, using his love for ancient and modern Nubian motifs of buildings, temples, pyramids as well as the colors of the earth near the Nile and the desert.