MINI SALON
International Small Works Traveling Exhibition & fundraiser to complete the HOF Gallery Kibera, a professional Art Gallery in Olympic, Kibera in the newly established Kibera Art District. 

More than 40 Artists from all over the world, including your favorite Kenyan Artists.

Friday 1st April 2022  
[4pm - 8pm Opening Reception]
(Show will run through Tuesday 5th April -open every day during Sarit Centre Mall hours.)

an HOF Gallery Kibera pop-up at Fonda NBO -Sarit Centre, Rooftop Garden, Nairobi, Kenya

Curators: Jamey Ponte & Patrick Othieno

MINI SALON The only thing mini about this exhibition is the work. The vision was to be monumental in every other aspect. Though uniform in size each piece contains the spirt of the individual artist, but with we combined voice of a moment in time. Art soothes, persuades, perturbs, and above all persists. The incomparable years of 2020/21 and still with 2022 inevitably influenced the artistic voice worldwide. In isolation one would assume a certain ignorance of the outside world, but it has been shown in the repressive or darkest of times there is a shared knowledge that seems to always permeate. This exhibition will serve as a time capsule of expression during a very significant time.

Most mini works for sale starting at 800KES to 10,000KES  each sale supports the rebuilding of the HOF Gallery Kibera. Donations welcome via Mpesa or Cash. 
Please call Patrick Othieno for questions: 0741443678.
-Organized in partnership by House of Friends Kenya, House of Friends Cincinnati & NOW open studio with special love from Fonda NBO.

Call to Artists - The MINI SALON
International Small Works Traveling Exhibition 2021/22 Call to Artists
Nairobi, Kenya Show art due March 10th (or as soon as you can get them to us before hanging the show)

The Mini Salon was organized by the partnership of NOW open studio, House of Friends Kenya & House of Friends Cincinnati.

A two-year tour takes the Mini Salon across the US and overseas to Kenya, Africa with possibility of a European leg. We want artists to submit pieces that embody the spirit of their work; (style, themes, or genera they usually work in.) We hope to expose the viewing public to a worldwide collective of artistic voices.”

DUE DATES: Delivered artwork by - 10th March 2022
Call or message Patrick Otheino to deliver art or answer questions at 0741443678.

EXHIBITION DATES: 21st October 2021 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – HOF Gallery Cincinnati – (Opened Oct, 21)
1st April 2022 Kenya, Africa – HOF Gallery Kibera Pop-up Sarit Centre, Nairobi
Mid 2022 Portland, Oregon, USA – The Olympic Building
European show dates/location not yet determined. (Due to the current conditions happening worldwide
and the future in a continual flux, dates are subject to change)

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all practicing visual artists. An international call.

MEDIA: Open to any and all traditional and non-traditional visual arts media, genre, subject, and content. Media may include: drawing, painting, sculptural, collage, photography, printmaking, etc. 2D. NO MATS OR FRAMES. (No commercially printed work No postcards! One of a kind art works, photos, hand pulled prints ONLY)

SIZE: 4.5” x 6.5” (11.43 cm x 16.51 cm). NO thicker then 1/4 inch. (64 cm) Works that do not follow size requirement will not be included in exhibition or catalog.

On the reverse side of each art work write: your name, signature, title of work (if applicable), medium, website and email address, price. (1. Girl in blue dress, oil on canvas, 50.00usd or 5,000kes) art should be on strong paper, canvas, board, etc. Mount fragile works on thin board.