News

4 April 2016

Small and big artworks recently realized by the group of "Gwassi Artists" of Nyandiwa Creative Centre IKSDP. Camel horn and ebony the material used for key rings and necklaces. Iron and wood for the giraffe and for the statues representing Mae, the fisherman of "Nyamgondho Fairy tale".

5 March 2016

Art is becoming the voice of community's needs. In the next days, "Gwassi Artists" of the IKSDP Creative Centre will give to the County Head the low relief made by them to represent the actual priorities of the community: electricity, place of worship, education, transport and roads, environmental preservation, sanity, support to widows and orphans, water and agriculture.

30 October 2015

Artworks realized by the artists of the Centre in October. Oil on canvas paintings and recycled plastic bags. New artworks and new members are a clear sign of the vitality of one group that deserves to be sustained.
Check all the artworks here

26 August 2015

The group of artists of the IKSDP Creative Centre Nyandiwa has been officially recognized by the Government of Kenya. Congratulations and good luck with your work!

29 May 2015

There are new pieces of art at the Art Gallery of the IKSP Creative Centre in Nyandiwa. In the pictures the latest creations of our artist Kennedy Ochieng from Nyandiwa.

27 April 2015

The Creative Centre is involved in the promotion of the local handicraft and the search of young artists. One of the initiative was to engage students of the schools in Nyandiwa and surrounding villages. The pictures show a workshop held in late March in the IKSDP social-hall for a selected group of primary schools’ students with some artists of the Creative Centre. The result of this first attempt was very encouraging.

17 April 2015

Nyandiwa - The activities of the IKSDP Creative Center continue. During the weekly working meetings the production of the objects increases in quantity and variety. In the pictures some of the artists of the group.

17 October 2013

First meeting of the Creative Centre. Margaret Akiny Ongombeh, Italian Kenyan Scout Development Project Manager and new Manager of the Creative Centre, Willis Ochieng Jacktone, eclectic artist and professor of Art and Craft at IKSDP-Nyandiwa Teachers Training College and Coordinator of the initiative, gathered for the first time with the new members of the Creative Centre. The initial group is therefore composed by two women from Magugna and two ladies from Nyandiwa. The group was provided with a nice room serving both as permanent Art Gallery and as laboratory. All members of the group showed what they were capable of and officially committed to the initiative.

24 Ocotber 2013

The Creative Centre met again and this time the participants set up the Art Gallery displaying samples of their creations: bags, miniature statues, baskets, paintings, ropes, African traditional costumes. All items are made with local natural resources or recycled materials. A new member joined the group: his name is Victor and he is a student of IKSDP-Ntandiwa Teachers Treaning College, extremely talented at portrays. The Art Gallery officially opened to sales and a group of German adult scouts bought some souvenirs to bring back home.

Check out the pictures and have a look at our products in our Online Art GAllery!

6 December 2013

Items from Nyandiwa Creative Centre were exhibibited at the photo exhibition that took pace in Milan for the 30th birthday of IKSDP Harambee Project. The items were displayed with a brief description and were very much appreciated by the audiance. Some of the items were ehibited at an IKSDP stand in Piazza Sraffa, also in Milan.

Internaional interest in the initiative is rising, and the Creative Centres is becoming famous beyong Kenyan Borders!