Kenyan visual arts are typically known for being a male-dominated field. But this month in light of International Women’s Day on March 8, women artists have come ‘out of the woodwork’, emerging from their seemingly silent corners to appear on two of Nairobi’s main stages for public art, (places apart from the private galleries) namely Alliance Francaise and Kenya Cultural Centre’s Cheche Gallery.
Both Alliance and the Karakana Initiative sent callouts to female artists to show their best works to curators organising the two separate group shows.
