Tuesday 8 July 2014

 A Profile on Chief Mrs Nike Okundaye of Nike Art Gallery
 
Mrs Nike Okundaye and one of her paintings.

"Over the years, Nike has used her arts as a means of empowerment, fight social challenges such as prostitution and poverty by training over 5000 Nigerians free of charge in the making and designing of Nigerian textile and various creative arts."

"Many higher institutions in Lagos now come on excursion with their students studying Fine and Applied arts, to any of the four centres of Nike centre
 for arts and culture for detailed tutorials in embroidery and weaving."

"Nike says she owes everything to her grandmother who taught her the art of embroidery, weaving and the rest, because she was a great adire maker in their village."

"Nike can beat her chest and say that she has received no support from government, the niche she has carved for herself through using arts and crafts as a means of empowerment , and in tracking social challenges such as prostitution, poverty, gender issues among others has attracted the attention of governments across the globe." T.K and MamaNike

Read this: "Nike art gallery situated at Plot 2, Elegushi Road, Ikate roundabout, Lekki is open to other artists to exhibit their works free." Can you beat that?

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