Contemporary Kenyan Art Exhibition Exhilarates
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Art by contemporary African artists is the centerpiece of a dazzling new exhibition at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, held in conjunction with simultaneous shows at four other Brooklyn venues: the Brooklyn Public Library, five myles gallery, Welancora Gallery and Kentler International Drawing Space.

As part of the Campus’s African Diaspora Conference, the Kenya Art exhibition will take place in the Campus’s Salena Gallery from January 20 to February 28. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, February 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Providing a rare view of East African art that is often overlooked in international art circles, the exhibition displays the work of a range of established and newly emerging Kenyan artists, among them Richard Kimathi, Elijah Ooko and Irene Wanjiru. While the styles and subject matter vary widely among the Kenyan artists, all the works have a freshness and immediacy in common that is a sheer delight to behold.

The curators for the exhibitions are Judy Ogana of the Kuona Trust Museum Art Studios and Carol Lees of the Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art, both in Nairobi, Kenya.

Gallery hours are from Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call Gallery Manager Nancy Grove at (718) 488-1198.

Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus opened in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. More than 30,000 students currently are enrolled at the University’s three residential and three regional compuses, including more than 11,000 at the Brooklyn Campus.