Tag: Nani Croze

• Introducing the Kenya Arts Diary 2020

  

  When I was a kid, Christmas was more a day than a season. At home, we didn’t put up the decorations till Christmas Eve. But now it’s a long season for buying. I already see banners slung across Nairobi roads advertising various Christmas bazaars. So I think I will not be out of order recommending […]

  John Fox

  17/11/2019

  Events

  kenya, Kenya Arts Diary 2020, Kioko Mwitiki, Kitengela, Kitengela Glass, Nani Croze

• Introducing the Kenya Arts Diary 2019

  

  Here is a Christmas present idea for you. Last weekend I went to Kitengela Glass to pick up the Kenya Arts Diary 2019 and have a chat with Nani Croze, the inspiration behind it. The 2019 edition is the ninth in the series of diaries since the first one for 2011. That was Nani’s brainchild, […]

  John Fox

  23/12/2018

  Events

  kenya, Kenya Arts Diary 2019, Kitengela, Kitengela Hot Glass, Nairobi, Nani Croze

• Celebrating Pioneer Women of the Arts

  

  The Nairobi Gallery is a gem. I don’t know whose smart idea it was to convert the old Provincial Commissioner’s office at the corner of Uhuru Highway and Kenyatta Avenue into an art gallery, but one man, Alan Donovan, has made it into a wonderful tribute to his old friend and business partner, Joseph Murumbi. […]

  John Fox

  16/09/2018

  Exhibitions

  African Heritage, African Heritage House, Alan Donovan, Art, Art Gallery, Geraldone Robarts, Joseph Murumbi, Joy Adamsom, Magdalene Odundo, Nairobi, Nani Croze, The Nairobi Gallery, Yony Waite

• Nani Croze and Her Glass Art

  

  Oh dear! Where to start? This is going to be about Nani Croze – and, after an hour or so with her out at Kitengela Glass, you can’t but be enthralled by her stories, her art, and her place. But let me begin with the reason for the latest encounter with this remarkable lady. Someone […]

  John Fox

  25/10/2015

  Exhibitions

  Glass Blowing, kenya, Kitengela Hot Glass, Nani Croze