Women art expo fetches Sh300,000
Friday April 30 2021
Mary Ogembo with her Makutu huts painting at Nairobi’s Village Market. PHOTO | MARGARETTA WA GACHERU | NMG
By MARGARETTA WA GACHERU
Seven women presented “Art in the Time of Covid” for four days earlier this month at Nairobi’s Village Market.
Mounted on the top floor of the original Village, just next to the open-air car park, seven sets of paintings hung in a cozy corner perfectly designed.
“I was quite keen to exhibit together with other women. But as I have only been in Kenya a year, the show took shape gradually as we made contact with like-minded ladies,” says Gillian Douglas, the chief instigator of the show.