Children Art Education Programme continues to reach more students

As part of the program, the artists run community art classes on an unpaid basis supported by professional artist Boniface Maina who lives in Nanyuki. Going forward he will assist in leading and growing the school program from 2024.

Classes are held every Saturday. The artist teachers also provide important mentorship to the children during the creative classes and they all enjoy juice and biscuits provided by a support donor to the Foundation at the completion of the class. The children learn about the environment and natural world as they draw and paint aligning with the Mission of the Foundation to instill respect and love of the natural world around them

 The art education program for youth will assist in the development and appreciation of local art and African culture and encourage the growth of creativity as a viable method of self-sustainability. This work grew out of a decade of work by Camille Wekesa at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, with a letter of recommendation shown in Appendix 9. The children have won third place at the MASK art awards in London that will be awarded on 12 January 2024! (See previous blog post!)

 School children engaged in art education with the focus being the awareness, protection & preservation of landscapes and nature through creative methods will be the focus of the Foundations efforts.

 Top professional Kenyan artists experienced in teaching and international residencies pass on not only various artistic and drawing, painting and craft skills to the students but also important life lessons regarding finding creative solutions to life’s problems, learning to be self-reliant and thinking outside the box. The professional artists are filling an important mentorship and support role within the community.