Art Initiatives

The cause

One fine day in Kibera

The most meaningful investment we can make is in future generations. This is the place that taught us that, and the reason every Art Initiatives auction exists.

Children at the One Fine Day Arts Centre in Nairobi.
Anno’s One Fine Day Arts Centre, Kibera, Nairobi

The story

Long before our first auction in Ibiza, our founders spent years working on the development of Anno’s One Fine Day Arts Centre in Kibera, Nairobi, together with the One Fine Day and Anno’s One Fine Day organisations. The Centre gives children and young people a place to dance, paint, do gymnastics, play music and act, every day, led by local teachers.

What convinced us was watching what a daily practice of art does for a young person’s confidence. The Arts Centre shows how art becomes a powerful force for confidence, expression and long-term empowerment: not as a slogan, but in the posture of the kids walking out of a rehearsal.

Art Initiatives grew out of that experience. By raising funds and awareness through our exhibitions and benefit auctions, we are proud to support this ongoing work, and to keep building partnerships around creativity, education and opportunity for young people.

Daily life at the Centre

Dance, painting, gymnastics, music, martial arts: a normal week in Kibera.

Young dancers rehearsing at the Arts Centre. Children painting during a workshop. A gymnastics class in the Centre's hall. A guitar lesson at the Arts Centre. A martial arts class for young people. A child concentrating on a painting.

Two causes, one constant

This year: Espais de Vida

Our causes

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