The Other Kind of Beauty – A Major Exhibition of Recent Works by Nadia Kisseleva, Oct. 3-30 2018 @ the National Museum

The Other Kind of Beauty – A Major Exhibition of Recent Works by Nadia Kisseleva
Opening: October 3, 2018
Venue: Creativity Gallery, National Museum of Kenya
Time: 12 PM to 5.30 PM
Entry: Free

Dates: Until October 30, 2018
Entry: Museum Rates Apply

“These works are based on my life in Kenya. In the past artists used to say: ’My art is my life.’ and nowadays they say: ‘My life is my art.’ These paintings are about the latter and this is the first time I take this approach – reflecting on my life. I found it is a really big theme that takes my work from ‘private’ to the ‘public’ and political. I would like to develop it more in the future.” Nadia Kisseleva

From Hope to Reality: Art of the Smart, Beautiful and Intelligent Children of Kibera, Oct. 3-31 2018 @ Nairobi National Museum


Opening Reception: 3 October 2018, 6pm to 7:30pm
Venue: Nairobi National Museum
Exhibition continues to 31 October 2018

Dates: Until October 31, 2018
Entry: Museum Rates Apply

About
Bringing art to those in the greatest need in the Kianda section of Kibera started in 2008 with the creation of the Art in Kibera program at the St. Aloysius Gonzaga secondary school. The program was created by Charles DeSantis and Margaret Halpin as an annual immersion program which provided opportunities for smart, beautiful and important students of this school, as well as younger children in the Red Rose Primary School, to create art.

After several years, and with a desire to make this program sustainable, the program transitioned to a Kenyan for Kenyan model in which Kenyans assumed ownership of program management and delivery. For the past six years, Art in Kibera has been managed and taught by Artistic Director, Alex Njoroge, a well-known Kenya artist, allowing for the program to be delivered monthly as opposed to a two-week immersion once a year.

With a desire to have a larger outreach in the informal community of Kibera, in 2013 the Kibera Art Institute was started at the old school location of St. Al’s in Kibera. Housed at The Foundation of Hope, Artist in Residence, Faith Atieno and Director, David Odhiambo Dinda, deliver art creation and education programming to children from ages 4 to 22 on a weekly basis.

In 2015 the Sanaa Foundation was founded and registered as a Community Based Organization with the Kenyan government to ensure the sustainability of these offerings and that Kibera children and young adults have the opportunity to share their creative voices and visions.

This exhibit is a culmination of more than eleven years of hard and heartfelt work to create an environment both in the schools and the community of Kibera to provide access to art education. It is an expression of creativity and empowerment.

“Please enjoy this exhibit. Deepest gratitude to the Nairobi National Museum for making this possible. ” Charles DeSantis

Pop Up & Chill 10: Handmaker’s Market, Oct. 7 2018 @ 910 James Gichuru – Lavington


Date: October 7, 2018
Venue: 910 James Gichuru, Lavington
Time: 10 am – 6 pm

It’s that time again for another lovely market day filled with great local designers & makers, great music, great company, food and all around chill vibes. This will be our 10th edition so it’s kind of a big deal 🙂

Come through for some early Christmas shopping and get to support some of the best local makers and designers on Sunday, October 7th at 910 James Gichuru from 10am to 6pm.

Book Launch: Performances of INJUSTICE by Gabrielle Lynch, Oct. 4 2018 @ BIEA


Date: October 4, 2018
Venue: BIEA

About
Gabrielle Lynch is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Warwick. Her research interests include ethnic identities and politics, elections and democratisaton, and transitional justice and local reconciliation efforts . Gabrielle has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and her first monograph – I Say to You: Ethnic Politics and the Kalenjin in Kenya – was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2011. She is also a well-known commentator on Kenyan politics and wrote a bi-monthly column in the Saturday Nation from April 2014 to March 2017 (when she resigned together with seven other columnists in protest of declining media freedoms) and in The East African from November 2015 to January 2017.