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THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE 2 0 1 2NAIVASHA, KENYA16TH APRIL - 29TH JUNE 2012

Sane Wadu Trust An umbrella that covers Sane Art Studios (SAS), the ArtTherapy and Wadu Gallery & Educational Studios (WAGES) and we committed to change the face of society and touch many a soul while bringing the young people to the light via art.

VisionTo develop and transform our community through art and make art an integral part of our society

Our missionEncourage the development of art through all levels learning without any discrimination in regard to creed, race, culture or religion

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Sane Arts StudiosThe ever-increasing number of unemployment and ignorance remains a common problem all over the world. This has largely resulted in our youths -engaging in Anti-social activities such as crime, drug abuse, prostitution and high poverty levels. Sane Art Studios saw the need to enhance and direct these energies to productive engagements. Sane Art Studios helps the youths - and the public at large to appreciate and support the works of art and regard it as a viable poverty reduction strategy and also as a medium that can be used in capacity building and behavioral change. This is achieved by engaging the youth in the different activities we do and availing studios to work in.

Wadu Gallery& Educational StudiosWAGES caters for the advancement of the artist skills and gallery welfare. Documentation, digitalization, image enhanc-ing and sales of the artist work are our major areas of focus in WAGES. In order to gain more, WAGES has been doing residences and recently we had local and international artists for a 2 month international cultural exchange. Different artist from various background and media had a chance to teach the other artists.

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The ArtTherapyThis has been among our greatest achievement where we have helped many young children and young adults regain their self esteem, rediscover themselves, and see another perspective of live while giving hope where seems to be none. WE do this by collaborating with other psychological professionals and use art as a medium of the self healing and rejuvenation.

Activities� Print making (wood-cut, lino-cut etc)� Silk screen printing� Oil and water colour� Printing� Sculpturing� Tie and Dye� Beading � Quilting� Weaving� Basketry � Training visual aids� Basketry � Internal and external decorationsInternational Exchange

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Starting from the 16th April to the 29th July 2012, DANIDA and WAGES had a successful workshop which saw over 200 artists both local and international participate. This integrated the local community and the artist who at the end of the workshop gained extensively.

The main theme of this workshop was cultural exchange and having brought Denmark to Naivasha, in Kenya, it was an experience. The artist from these two countries learnt a lot from one another during the 11 weeks period that they shared.

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The workshops were designed to grow everyone and included:• Drawing and Sketching• Crayon on Paper and Canvas• Acrylic and Oil on Canvas• Banana Fibre• Print Making• Molding and Modeling• Bead works• Art and Self Discovery

In this catalogue are pictorial depiction of the events and moments of the workshops that made the Great Rift Valley International Cultural Exchange 2012

The TrainersSane Wadu, Eunice Wadu, Moses Wagura, Jackie Karuti, James Kaaria, Paul Matheri, James Mwangi, Ruth Gathoni among others

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We, Johanne Lykke and Julie Stavadm work together in a collaborative configuration as well as individuals. In our collaborative work, we investigate our presence in public space. We have worked with video and photog-raphy based performance art. Our interest is in public space, the cultural space within architectural and economical orders, as well as the shared space of nature. We have worked a lot in the Danish landscape and been performing in the forests of Jutland. We have also performed in the city space of Aarhus. The thematics of body, presence, private and public space have especially our interest and is seen in many of our works. These are also some of the thematics we both work with in our individual practises.

Julie Stavad works mainly with formal sculptural and installed elements. She is interested in the relation between body and abjectness. Furthermore she focuses on sensibility by working with different textures, which the body also relates to. Julie Stavad works very selectively with her choice of material and the cultural story within the specific materials. She has been working a lot with the history of female fibre artists and is exploring different kinds of women handcraft.Johanne Lykke works in a more conceptual way. The ideas and concepts are mainly the starting points in her process; thereby she is not being limited by choice of media, but free to investigate her ideas through differ-ent Medias.

She has been working with photography, video, performance and drawing. Words and cultural thematics are two focus points that reappear both in her art work and during the processes.A lot of her work is based on the concept of perform activity. Her work can be seen as visual abstractions that question their own presence.th

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After an invitation was circulated prior to the workshop, many youths and children from the local com-munity showed interest and booked for the various workshops that were to be offered. This would later make the composition of the participants who made the exchange a success. They included the local artists, aspiring artists, local community, street boys and small children from around Naivasha all who were very eager to learn new techniques.

some of the very participants pose a group photo in front of the wall mural done during the exchange

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Mburu in banana fibre stunners during a workshop

A group work piece done by participants from various places, gender and age

During the whole exchange time, all workshops were very interactive to enable all participants to participate fully. Both team work and individualistic ways were deployed and this gave it the best result more even that expected. The sessions run in the mornings and in the afternoon, some being conducted indoors and others outdoor.

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the Danish international artist teaches a new technique Jackie Karuti, a Nairobi based artist explains a point

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During the 12 weeks period, the participants some of them who were new to the world of art were able to successfully interact, exchange views and ideas, work with different media and produce master pieces. Their work ranged which was full of stories behind them and incredibly thematic ranged from Drawings and sketch-ing, painting to molding among other media used. Here are some of the work that were made during the workshop

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“Thanks to DANIDA, WAGES and the Danish artists (Julie and Johanne). We had nice wonderful interactions. We learnt a lot from the whole program. To fellow Naivasha based artists, thanks a bunch for the cooperation and the will to learn new things. To the community, we are happy for the turn up and for hosting us and for the great support. We appreciate your interest in art.” Eunice Wadu

"When you light up a candle,the expectation is to light up the whole Vicinity against the night runners who perceive visual ARTS and the ARTIST's as EVIL. Sane Wadu Art Trust is the STAND of that light in Naivasha with expectations to be seen from the furthest horizon. Welcome to SaneWadu Art Trust.” Sane Wadu

"We have dared to dream in art and creativity...Its been worth it thanks to DANIDA and a host of other valuable institutions and individuals in the arts" The Little Project

"Wow. I loved it though this should have been longer. This was great and very very informative. We loved it sooo much" Anne Kimani, Naivasha

"Asanteni sana. Thanks much. We have really leant a lot more so in new methods. The banana fibres was so fantasying. We long for more" Daniel Lempeo, Naivasha

"How I wish this was an annual thing!. We have learnt sooo much. Thanks a lots more so from us as artist based here in Naivasha" Ruth Gathoni, participant

"It was well organised, time wise and materially. We gained a lot of different ideas from other artist an made a lot of us discover ourselves" Rosemary Ogolo participant

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a vistit by DANIDA and Sarakasi representative during the workshop

the final masterpiece of the collaboration of artists and the community

putting the final touch on a public mural that was painted by the artist and the community at the end of the workshop during abonding and evaluation session

ContactsOur studios, offices and Gallery are in Naivasha Kenya between Kenyatta Avenue and the Nairobi- Nakuru

highway behind prime hospitalP.O. Box 387 - 20117, Naivasha, Kenya

Tel: +254 20 3579 432Cell: +254 735 404 183

+254 720 909 709info@sanewadutrust.org www.sanewadutrust.org