Creatives Come Together To Create Masterpieces For Charity

The Sondeka Fest will be the first annual creative festival in Kenya. And as such, there will be many activities for creatives to take part in on the festival’s three days.

One of the activities on show will be an auction. There will be five teams of creatives participating at the Sondeka Fest. They are:

Digital Art Team: Constisting of Feysal Anthony Nair, Joe Ngethe from Brain Neuron and Boniface Mutangili.

Painters Team: Lionel Garang’ (Kuona Trust), Paul Jihia (Fuata Flow).

Fashion Team: Yvette Anyango, Michael Nguthu and Nyachomba Githu from University of Nairobi A.D.D.

Sculptors/Handcrafts Team: Austin Ochieng, Adongo James, William Wamithi from Neno Culture.

Digital Art Team: Benson Tyson, Benson Musyoka, Gidraf Macharia from NairoBits Digital Design School.

The creative teams will each sondeka (create) a masterpiece during the three days of the festival in line with the Kenya At 50 theme. The five masterpieces will then be auctioned to the public on Sunday, 1st Dec at 5.30pm. Proceeds from the auction will go into funding a 10-week art program in 3 children’s homes namely Teule Kenya, Vision Africa and New Life Home Trust, Nakuru Branch.

Sondeka Fest is a three-day creative arts festival which will go down at the GreenHouse, Ngong Road, between 29th November and 1st December.

The event is open to the public and will enable creative entrepreneurs to showcase and sell their goods and services, attract investment and develop new markets. It is also geared towards celebrating Kenya at 50. Thus the theme “Kenya At 50 and Beyond”.