You are invited

Pop-Up Exhibition: East African Encounters by Circle Art Agency, Jun. 20-23 2014 in Nairobi

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You are invited
Circle Art Agency is holding its third pop-up exhibition East African Encounters from Friday 20th to Monday 23rd June from 10am to 5pm.

The exhibition features 25 artists from 6 countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda and Ethiopia.

Artists Showing: Dawit Abebe. Cloudy Chatanda, Eltayeb Dawelbait, Kebreab Demeke, Salah Elmur, Tamrat Gezagegn, Wanja Kimani, Ehoodi Kichapi, Otieno Kota, Mbuthia Maina, Vita Malulu, Sidney Mang’ong’o, Henry Mzili Mujunga, Patrick Mulondo, Ulindula Mwakisopile, Ian Mwesiga, Paul Ndema, Eria ‘Sane’ Nsubuga, Michael Soi, Ephrem Solomon, Nadir Tharani and John Taouss Tuyisabe.

All works for this exhibition were carefully selected by Circle’s curator, Danda Jaroljmek with support from Circle Art Agency’s wide-reaching network including: 32º East, Kampala; Nafasi Art Space, Dar es Salaam; Wanja Kimani and Karen Obling in Addis Ababa and Salah Elmur in Khartoum.

For More info visit http://www.circleartagency.com/exhibitions/

the forgotten people

Photo Exhibition: The Forgotten People – Palestinian Refugees in Exile, June. 17 – Jul. 13 2014 @ Alliance Francaise

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the forgotten people
‘THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE’ – PORTRAITS OF GENERATIONS OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN EXILE WITH NO END by Dana April Seidenberg

Opening: June 17, 2014
Venue: Alliance Francaise – Ground Floor Gallery
Time: @ 6.30pm
Free Entrance

Exhibition Dates: June 17 – July 13, 2014

About

On the occasion of the 2014 World Refugee Day, historian Dana April Seidenberg presents a series of photos showing the resilience of Palestinians in the face of perpetual despair in Beirut’s refugee camps of Sabra, Shatilla and Bourj el Bourajneh.

The images are reminiscent of scenes from underserved Nairobi neighborhoods with streets teeming with hawkers and traders, busy surviving on a few shillings a day. But unlike Nairobi, the inhabitants of these camps yearn to return to the land of their ancestors. Some 450,000 refugees are registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Lebanon.

These refugees refer to themselves as ‘forgotten people’. Sixty-six years of living in overcrowded camps while managing to survive on limited resources within a restricted legal, economic and social system is a long time to wait!

Is exile without end the way any human being should live?

George Omesa Exhibition

Exhibition: From the vault – the metamorphosis of colour, Jun. 5-15 2014 @ Kuona Trust

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George Omesa Exhibition
George Omesa presents “From the vault: the metamorphosis of colour”, an exclusive exhibition of his most recent paintings. In this exhibition, Omesa draws inspiration from our daily life encounters, the optimism of the human soul as it struggles to achieve something greater and the spirituality of our life that shapes our thinking and actions.

Opening Cocktail: 6pm, Thur. 5th June 2014, at Kuona Trust
Exhibition Runs until 15th June 2014

FINAL MANET A3

Screening: XC – MANET Exhibition on Screen, Jun. 7 & 8 2014 @ Brookehouse School & National Museum Respectively

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FINAL MANET A3
CrossCulture’s (XC) continue with their Art Series with screenings of the heralded Manet exhibition from the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Dates & Venues: June 7th at Brookhouse School in Karen and June 8th at The National Museum.
Bar opens and open seating begins at 2pm; the screening starts at 3pm.

About
This was the first ever major exhibition devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet, spanning his entire career. The exhibition will bring together great works from across Europe, Asia and the USA. XC offers you a chance to see exclusive behind-the-scenes moments of the Royal Academy’s exhibition preparation, moments usually hidden from view and experience a detailed, superbly crafted biography of Manet and 19th century Paris.

Tickets: Kshs 2500 available at the door on the day

You can find details on these screenings and XC’s other upcoming Art Series and Theatre Series titles by visiting XC on their Facebook: CrossCulture XC, following them on Twitter @CrossCultureXC, emailing them at xculture.info@gmail.com or phoning them at 0708 757606.

Remember Exhibition

Exhibition: Remember – lives lost in events of 2007/2008 PEV, May 24 2014 @ National Museum

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Remember Exhibition
This is an exhibition that will be held at the National Museums of Kenya at the Louis Leakey auditorium on the 24th of May. It starts from 10.00am to 6.00pm and the commemoration ceremony soon after from 6.00pm to 9.00pm.

There are going to be diverse art works whose theme falls on remembering the lives lost in events of 2007/2008 post-election violence.

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