THE NEST ARTS COMPANY LIMITED
For General Operating Support
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Amount$220,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/27/2024
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The Nest Arts Company Limited (currently practicing as the Nest Collective) has been in operation since October 2012, gaining years of multidisciplinary practice, managing to explore and express their multiple and multifaceted Kenyan identities into a massive body of multidisciplinary artistic work, acting as the vanguard of cultural interventions and institution building. In 2013, the Nest Collective also founded HEVA — Africa’s first creative business fund of its kind — to strengthen the livelihoods of East Africa’s creative entrepreneurs. In 2018, the Nest Collective founded the Strictly Silk program, a multimedia space that centers joy, safety, and community for women and nonbinary people of all origins, faiths, and generations. (Gender Equity and Governance)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.thisisthenest.com
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Nest Arts Company Limited (currently practicing as the Nest Collective) has been in operation since October 2012, gaining years of multidisciplinary practice, managing to explore and express their multiple and multifaceted Kenyan identities into a massive body of multidisciplinary artistic work, acting as the vanguard of cultural interventions and institution building. In 2013, the Nest Collective also founded HEVA — Africa’s first creative business fund of its kind — to strengthen the livelihoods of East Africa’s creative entrepreneurs. In 2018, the Nest Collective founded the Strictly Silk program, a multimedia space that centers joy, safety, and community for women and nonbinary people of all origins, faiths, and generations. (Gender Equity and Governance)
