KenyaRun by Rift Valley Printmakers

Nakuru Printmakers Collective

Etching press restoration and copper-plate supplies for the Rift Valley's only open-access printmaking studio.

2% funded

Ksh 5,600 raised of Ksh 240,000

5 supporters

The story

The Nakuru Printmakers studio has a working etching press from 1987, a stock of copper plates donated by a retired Nairobi printer, and a waiting list of artists who can't afford commercial rates.

This fund restores the press to reliable tension, replaces the plate-stock as editions run through it, and keeps the studio open on Saturdays for artists who can only come after their weekday work.

What a donation buys

6,000 KES — copper plate stock for a 30-print edition
14,000 KES — press restoration parts and a technician day
35,000 KES — a quarter's Saturday open-studio hours

Each edition's proceeds and a materials-cost ledger are published per release.

Wall of thanks

Ksh 1,100
“My first print came from a workshop like this.”
D. Otieno
Sat, 5 Sept, 10:17
Ksh 800
“Keep the walls painted.”
Grace W.
Sat, 5 Sept, 10:17
Ksh 2,000
Anonymous
Sat, 5 Sept, 10:17
Ksh 1,200
“Stipend week, with respect.”
Kariuki M.
Sat, 5 Sept, 10:17
Ksh 500
“For the work on the ground.”
Amina H.
Sat, 5 Sept, 10:17

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