Kenyan Cartoonists Take On Obama, Aug. 4-23 2015 @ Alliance Française

Obama mania continues at Alliance Française…
Dates: August 4-23, 2015
Venue: Alliance Française, 1st Floor Gallery
About
The exhibition was first shown at PAWA 254 to coincide with President Obama’s visit to Kenya from 24 to 26 July. Updated with the most recent cartoons that take a critical look at Obama’s visit to Kenya beyond the fine speeches, the exhibition tracks Kenya’s perception of Obama since his last visit in 2006.
Students’ Fashion Competition, Aug. 8 2015 @ Alliance Française
About Students’ Fashion Competition
Kenya Fashion Awards celebrates designers, fashion photographers, models, fashion stylists, make-up artists and other creatives on the fashion scene. 20 students will showcase capsule collections and will battle it out for the title ‘Student Designer of the Year 2015’.This category of the Awards, where music meets fashion, is inspired by the music group ELANI and will be judged by ELANI.
Exhibition: My Life My Work My Style by Mary Ogembo, Aug. 12 – 22 2015 @ Michael Joseph Centre

My Life My Work My Style Exhibition by the GoDown Arts Centre based artist Mary Ogembo;
Dates: August 12 – 22, 2015
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House
Photography Exhibition: Black, Jul. 31-Aug. 14 2015 @ Prokraft Africa

“Black” Photography Exhibition At Prokraft Africa
Opening: July 30, 2015
Exhibition Dates: Until August 14, 2015
Venue: Prokraft Africa Studio’s
About
Prompted by the increasing international recognition of African artists, Prokraft Africa embarks on a journey to celebrate African talent by holding its first art gallery – the gravity art exhibition.
as a complement to the commercial advertising field, Prokraft aims to revive the art-exhibiting and art-buying culture across Kenya, the East Africa region and Africa, by publishing and selling exclusive artwork produced by its artists. With space gravity, Prokraft Africa also seeks to establish a platform to challenge and inspire creatives by holding themed art galleries.Black – the exhibition
The exhibition features artwork from Prokraft Africa talents Jeffrey Otieno, Joe Makeni, Mutua Matheka, Osborne Macharia and Thandiwe Muriu. Prokraft has challenged the talents to create a minimum 5 pieces each, defining black from their perspective, while remaining consistent to personal style of work. Each of the pieces will be produced in a limited edition of 10.
About PROKRAFT AFRICA
PROKRAFT AFRICA is East Africa’s first creative talent management agency and represents some of the region’s highest ranking creative professionals in photography and illustrations. Since its formation, PROKRAFT AFRICA has set a benchmark for visual digital artwork produced on the continent, resulting PROKRAFT AFRICA talents being ranked as part of the world’s top 200 digital artists by Lürzer’s archive in 2015. PROKRAFT AFRICA’s talents have worked with various visual art production campaigns for corporations such as Mercedes, KPLC, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Pepsi, Samsung and Safaricom.







