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Mathare Art Camp 2017

ByMark

It was another amazing Art Camp with the talented students of the Mathare Valley, Kenya! The theme of this seventh annual Art Camp was “created 2 create!”What made this year’s Camp extra special was that each of the five classes: video, photography, music, fashion and visual art, was led by Kenyan Artist Mentors and assisted by our MN team. Six of the ten Kenyan Artist Mentors are IA Scholarship recipients! How cool is that! Plus, the week was capped of with an amazing and energetic Showcase of students creativity, complete with a special guest performance by Kenyan rapper (and Mathare’s own) Eko Dydda! Enjoy all the student creativity below!

Video

Artist Mentors: Rose Simbiri, Kevin Fraji

Assistants: Nancy, Jason Dyer

Mathare 2017 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

Photography

Artist Mentor: Henry Aol

Assistant: Dennis Levis

Photography Class – 2017 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

Music

Artist Mentors: Winny Raphael, Seth Luchemos

Assistants: Noah Dyer, Mark Collier

Fashion Design

Artist Mentors: Philister Miruka, Yvonne Asunnah

Assistant: LaVonne Dyer

Fashion Showcase – Mathare 2017 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

Visual Art

Artist Mentor: Ian Muindi

Assistant: Ronald

Special Showcase Guest: Eko Dydda

IMG_2089 from Inverted Arts on Vimeo.

 

Art Camp and Showcase Photos

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