{"id":4259,"date":"2025-04-02T12:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/news\/dall_istituto\/2025\/04\/empowering-art-kenyas-creative-voices-concorso-artistico-aperto-per-creativi-kenioti-sulluguaglianza-di-genere-e-lempowerment-femminile\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:46:46","slug":"empowering-art-kenyas-creative-voices-concorso-artistico-aperto-per-creativi-kenioti-sulluguaglianza-di-genere-e-lempowerment-femminile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2025\/04\/empowering-art-kenyas-creative-voices-concorso-artistico-aperto-per-creativi-kenioti-sulluguaglianza-di-genere-e-lempowerment-femminile\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Art: Kenya\u2019s Creative Voices Open Artistic Competition for Kenyan Creatives on gender equality and women empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Nairobi and the Italian Cultural Institute, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Nairobi, are launching the <strong>&#8220;Empowering Art: Kenya\u2019s Creative Voices&#8221; competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This contest offers Kenyan artists the opportunity to express themselves through visual art, addressing crucial themes related to gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment. The selected artworks will be exhibited during the <strong>16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence<\/strong> (November 25 &#8211; December 10), a global campaign aimed at raising awareness on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udfa8 <strong>Who can participate?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Young talents (18-25 years old) with no significant professional experience<br \/>\n\u2022 Established artists with at least 3 years of experience in the creative sector<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa8 <strong>Accepted formats:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Digital artworks (illustrations, graphics)<br \/>\n\u2022 Traditional drawings and paintings<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Deadline for submission<\/strong>: May 8, 2025, at 2:00 PM (Nairobi time).<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>How to participate:<\/strong><br \/>\nApplications can be submitted online through the official contest website or via email.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <strong>For more details and to consult the official call for submissions, visit:<\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/nairobi.aics.gov.it\/art-contest\/\">https:\/\/nairobi.aics.gov.it\/art-contest\/<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udce9 For inquiries and further information: press.nairobi@aics.gov.it<\/p>\n<p>Join us in turning art into a tool for change! \ud83c\udfad\u2728<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Nairobi and the Italian Cultural Institute, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Nairobi, are launching the &#8220;Empowering Art: Kenya\u2019s Creative Voices&#8221; competition. This contest offers Kenyan artists the opportunity to express themselves through visual art, addressing crucial themes related to gender equality and women\u2019s [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4322,"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259\/revisions\/4322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}