For Visual Artists

10/05/2026

Yesterday, we checked out some of our artists' works at HOF gallery exhibition in Kibra

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28/11/2025

Dear artists

For those who sent expressions of interest to feature in our upcoming magazine, we've sent individual emails with guidelines for submission of your writeups.

We are sharing the guidelines just in case.
Our email address is [email protected]

Best!

06/10/2025

Check out our latest article.

Kenya’s Visual Arts Platforms Nurturing Creativity and Cultural Identity

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kenyas-visual-arts-platforms-nurturing-creativity-cultural-u9iof?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via

29/09/2025

As the year ends, we ask ourselves several questions. Is Kenya on the verge of a visual arts renaissance? The year has been a landmark year. From the young, engaged crowds at "New Wave" to the powerful community ethos of the Art Collective and the global reach of muralists like kioko, the energy is palpable. Kenyan visual art is evolving, becoming a vital mirror and megaphone for a new generation.

But as our latest article explores, this growth is fragile. The sector faces systemic challenges—from a lack of a unified body and uneven visibility to artists reliance on external donor funded projects where they have to further the agenda of these specific organizations. .

Find out how FVA is positioning itself to better address these challenges. hashtag hashtag

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/for-visual-artists_visualarts-arts-contemporaryarts-activity-7378322679881248768-ZXkh?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAC_LevQBDcLh4RsY0lAitfhUqxcNokjhmX4

23/04/2025

For far too long, visual arts have been dismissed as "just art"—a field where painters are reduced to "mtu wa rangi" and sculptors labeled merely as "welders." A sector where creativity is exploited for aesthetics while artists struggle for fair recognition, let alone compensation.

The truth? Society underestimates visual arts because it has been silenced—systematically overlooked, rarely discussed with the weight it deserves. Yet every day, it shapes our world: from the billboards we see to the brands we trust, from cultural preservation to social commentary. Why, then, is it treated as lesser than fields that contribute no more to global economic growth?

For Visual Artists (FVA) not only going to change how the world sees art, It is going to transform it using it as a force to fight global injustices and rally behind the Sustainable development goals.

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15/04/2025

A garden of expression: Cultivating Community Through Art

30/03/2025

07/08/2024

𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚'𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞

📅 Date: 10th August, 2024
📌 Venue: Hakka (The Mall, Westlands)
🕘 Time : 9am - Late
🎫 Entry: Free

The Youth Serving Organisations (YSO) Consortium aim to celebrate the international youth week by curating the creative expression of Kenya's revolitionary moment in an exhibition. The focus of the exhibition will be to highlight and showcase how art has been used to drive social change, especially in light of the ongoing nationwide demonstrations.

23/07/2024

Africa's BIGGEST Festival in Culture, Fashion, Music, Dance, Travel, Tourism, Trade, Investments, Arts, Crafts, Poetry, Sports, Food, Etc....

All delegates traveling to Kenya must apply for an online visa within 72 hours of travel, please use this link for the application form: https://www.etakenya.go.ke/en