Photot via Red Hill Art Gallery

Exhibition: by Souad Abdel Rassoul – Egypt & Salah Elmur – Sudan, Feb. 21 2016 @ Red Hill Art Gallery

Photot via Red Hill Art Gallery
Photo via Red Hill Art Gallery
Red Hill Art Gallery is pleased to invite you for the opening of the exhibition of Souad Abdel Rassoul / Egypt & Salah Elmur / Sudan on 21 February 2016 from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm

About
Souad Abdel Rassoul holds a Master’s Degree in History of Art and a PhD in Modern Art History. Her artistic practice spans the mediums of drawing, painting, sculpture and graphic design.
The current exhibition presents a wide range of ink-colour-mixed media drawings set on the wide perspective of maps, densely detailed and a pleasure to investigate.
Souad lives and works in Cairo.

Her Sudanese husband, Salah Elmur, presents his latest large scale canvases, naive, distorted human figures on colourful background; lately shown in the prestigious Mashrabia Gallery in Cairo and in the Dubai Art Fair.

Salah Elmur lives and works partly in Cairo and partly in Khartoum.

Directions to the Gallery
From Village Market join Limuru Road. After 13km turn left down a dirt road, signposted “The Retreat”, continue for 200m, keep left (ignore the road climbing sharply right), after 50m take the right smaller track. Red Hill Art Gallery is located at the end of the track on the left side (red metal gate) Karibu!

e-mail: info@redhillartgallery.com
Mobile: 0700 108989 / 0700 108626

Mardi Gras

2nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade, Feb. 27 2016 @ Luna Amusement Park, Kiambu Road

Mardi Gras
It’s that time of year again!! The City of Nairobi will let the good times roll with its 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at Luna Amusement Park, Kiambu Road.

The Celebration will start at 6pm with food, live music, body painting and AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES… Yes, you read right – bumper cars, banana boats, merry-go-rounds and a gigantic ferris wheel!

Complemented by the starry sky and extraordinary light installations, the parade will roll out from within the amusement park at 11pm with floats, music, dancers and more and there will be lots of candy and beads tossed to the crowd. GET YOUR OUTFITS READY!

THE LINEUP: Jojo Abot (GH/UK), Kadhalika (KE), Jinku (KE), Disco Vumbi (KE), Gregg Tendwa (Bengatronics) (KE), KAYA Brass Marching Band (KE/UK), Cybersnack (DE), Marcu Ezra (KE), Noise On Demand – N.O.D (KE), Shaq Deff (KE) and all the parade participants…….

Nile Project at Alliance Nairobi

Pan-Nile Music Concert, Feb. 28 2016 @ Alliance Française Gardens

Nile Project at Alliance Nairobi
Date: February 28, 2016
Venue: Alliance Française Gardens
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: 1000/- at the Gate

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About
The Nile Project is an exceptional cross-cultural collaboration, its members hailing from all along the great river that connects eleven countries and over 400 million people, from its sources beyond Lake Victoria to its delta in Egypt. Through its innovative musical process that allows its artists to leverage each other’s strengths, the project unearths unique sound representative of the Nile watershed as a whole.

Musicians include: Claude Ciza (Burundi), Ahmed Omar (Eritrea), Endalekachew Niguse, Roza Kifle,Dawit Seyoum Estifanos (Ethiopia), Mohamed Kamal, Adel Mekha, Saleeb Lowza, Nader El Shaer (Egypt), Rapasa Nyatrapasa, Kasiva Mutua (Kenya), Asia Madani (Sudan) and Msafiri Zawose (Tanzania).

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Afro Fusion Dance Workshop, Feb. 20 2016 @ Salonika Villas

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Afro Fusion Dance Workshop with Marion Munga: **Body Movement and Foot Work**

Date: February 20, 2016
Venue: Salonika Villas

About
Get ready to move that body!!! Experience choreography expressed through rhythmic movements and foot work. Ever wanted to tell a story without words? Let your body speak…

Beginners Session ~ 2:00 – 3:20 pm

Intermediate Session ~ 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Early bird registration is Ksh 1000 paid in advance by the 16th of February via mpesa to 0723325680 or Ksh 1500 at the door

To Make reservations, contact 0723325680 and for more information, email mungamarion@gmail.com

HEVA 2nd Cycle Applications

Funding for Creatives: Applications for HEVA’s March Investment Cycle now Open, Until Feb. 29 2016

HEVA 2nd Cycle Applications
Dates: Until February 29, 2016

About
We are very excited to announce that the applications process for the March 2016 investment cycle is officially open!

In this investment cycle, we are looking forward to reviewing requests from dynamic startups in fashion, crafts, commercial photography and interior design.

Creative ventures looking to establish their brand, increase their production capacities, create new retail points, improve their products characteristics, or enter new markets, can now access tailored debt facility of KES 100,000 to KES 1,000,000 alongside business support.

Find out if you’re eligible and apply at www.hevafund.com

Important dates to keep in mind are:

February 29th – Deadline for online submission of applications
March 22nd – The selection committee will get in touch with all applicants.
April 31st – Successful candidates will be notified and the investment cycle launched.

If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to call our Program Coordinator on 020-4400-870 or at programs@hevafund.com