Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from the GoDown Team🎄 Thank you for being with us through the year! The GoDown Office will be closed from 20 December 2024 to 6 January 2025.
GoDown Arts Centre
Non-profit Organizations
Nairobi, Nairobi 473 followers
The GoDown Arts Centre is home to Kenyan creativity in arts and media.
About us
The GoDown Arts Centre is home to Kenyan creativity in arts and culture. Established in 2003, in a space that was formerly a car repair warehouse, the centre has contributed significantly to the growth, recognition and visibility of local artist by fostering and facilitating collaborations and encounters between artists from different disciplines and parts of the world. For 15 years the GoDown has served as a home, workplace, meeting place and address for artists, and has contributed to their stability, legitimacy, visibility and creative confidence. The strength of the GoDown as one of Kenya's leading centres for arts and culture lies in its diverse programming: the training and development of artists, alongside sector impacting events such as the East Africa Arts summit, the Creative Entrepreneurship and Copyright courses, and local events such as Dunda Mtaani, Nai Ni Who and the GoDownGig. Now the GoDown plans to transform itself into one of East Africa's leading contemporary arts complexes, and to significantly expand its role as an open, accessible community space for Kenyans.
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https://thegodown.org/
External link for GoDown Arts Centre
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Nairobi, Nairobi
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2003
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Get directions
Industrila Area
12 Dunga Rd
Nairobi, Nairobi 27772 - 00506, KE
Employees at GoDown Arts Centre
Updates
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"Culture is not just about artistic expression; it's about a holistic life"~ Joy Mboya. Our Executive Director talks to Inside Africa, CNN about Nairobi and how community energy can shape how we live.
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AAK congratulates The GoDown Arts Centre on being named one of the winners of the Healthy Cities Challenge! We are proud to be a supporter of this initiative. This recognition highlights the importance of community-led projects in improving urban spaces. Well done to The GoDown Arts Centre for this significant milestone in Nairobi’s urban development!
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2024 has been an incredible year! Our urban interventions have sparked exciting moments: from concluding excavation works for the new GoDown, to collaborations with the Nairobi City County Government and like-minded organisations, and closing off the year by winning the Healthy Cities Challenge 2024! Special thanks to all our partners, collaborators, and supporters. We can't wait to experience the future together! Catch highlights of our 2024 programmes in this video. Happy Holidays 🎄 Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) Novo Nordisk C40 Cities Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) Akiba Mashinani Trust Public Space Network
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We are proud to have been selected as one of the three winners of the Healthy Cities Challenge! We celebrate this honour with the other winners from Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Nairobi is a member of the C40 global network and we look forward to collaborating on this project with the Nairobi City County Government. C40 Cities UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) Njenga Muchekehu CHRP Stellah Kemunto Maurice Kavai
🏆 C40 Cities and Novo Nordisk celebrate the winners of the Healthy Cities Challenge! Hear from the GoDown Arts Centre and Nairobi City County Government about their plans to improve road safety for pedestrians and create inclusive public spaces on the busy Dunga Road in Nairobi. Winners in Buenos Aires, Nairobi and Rio de Janeiro will each receive US$100,000 to scale up ambitious projects that build healthy, green and thriving neighbourhoods. Learn more about C40’s Green & Thriving Neighbourhoods work: https://c40.me/4eXBt8w
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The GoDown Arts Centre is proud to announce that we are one of three winners of the Healthy Cities Challenge! Our winning proposal is a tactical urbanism project along Dunga Road in Nairobi. The tactical urbanism project will validate the vision created by women and girls from the community to transform Dunga and Dundori Roads into safer and more inclusive public spaces. Our winning proposal is part of the wider GoDown Transformation Project to scale up the arts centre and regenerate the neighbourhood. Nairobi City County has partnered with The GoDown, recognising it as a flagship project in its integrated development plan 2023-2027. The tactical urbanism activities will engage community in introducing temporary interventions along Dunga road, to pilot the use of the street as a shared resource for cultural, social and commercial activities. They will work with artists to create a vibrant street experience in which active mobility and safety will be enhanced. WEBINAR INFORMATION To learn more about The GoDown’s win, we invite you to join the upcoming City Health Talk Webinar on Shaping Green and Healthy Neighbourhoods hosted by Novo Nordisk. • Date: 17th December 2024 • Time: 5:00 – 6:15 PM EAT (3:00 – 4:15 PM CET) • Registration: https://shorturl.at/2uRcO The GoDown is grateful to our partners at the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) , UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) for the Her City Toolkit, and the Nairobi City County for their support. C40 Cities Novo Nordisk Helene Chartier Jo Jewell Joy Mboya Mbũgua MK
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