Curator Guided Tour: Printed Voices from Kenya

Curator and Founder of SOS ART, Saad Ghosn will lead a guided tour of the exhibition Voices from Kenya. He will share stories of his travels to Kenya to meet with artists to collect their art for this show, and discuss the different techniques they use and what social and cultural issues they address in their various artworks. 

This exhibition features 154 prints of various printmaking techniques by 42 established Kenyan artists, young and old. These artists use artwork as their voice and communication tool to reflect on the cultural and social issues they face.

Started in 2018, this is the fifth “Printed Voices from …: Social and Cultural Reflections” biennial exhibit and cultural event that SOS (Save Our Souls) ART (sosartcincinnati.com) is organizing and curating in partnership with KHAC. After Oaxaca/Mexico, Lebanon, Czechia, and India, the featured country this time is Kenya with its rich tradition and heritage in printmaking.

The purpose of these “Voices from…” exhibits and events is to share with the Cincinnati public, art from a different country where artists use their artwork as their voice to reflect on their life, their culture, the problems they face as a society, and thus express themselves, their views and their beliefs; also to expose the Cincinnati public, through mini cultural and movie festivals, to various aspects of the culture of that country. This is very much in line with the mission of SOS ART, a nonprofit organization Saad Ghosn founded 24 years ago, whose goal is to promote the arts as vehicles for peace and justice, and for a better world.

Image: Saad Ghosn leading a tour of Printed Voices from India in 2024.

Pre-festival event promoted by APNET (African Professionals Network) . Visit AFRIFEST CINCY: TASTE OF AFRICA on Saturday, July 18 from 11am to 9pm.