Education Minister Amb Amina Mohhamed had appealed to local artist to use there talent in education women mostly youth on the problems facing them.
She pointed out that art education is very useful in the morden society adding that it is the only was people of numerous back group can take part and exchange ideas without any problem.
In her remark read on her behalf by media personality Julie Gichuru during the official launch of Pioneer Women of the arts at Nairobi Gallery said that the government through Ministry of education support art education and the role played by artist in education the society
The Minister noted that East African women had played major role in transforming the society since the time when Art Education was introduced at Makerere University in Uganda and any art history with out mentioning Makerere University is incomplete and misleading
The exhibition which had become major attraction in the city had brought together to brain and academia in East Africa mostly former Makerere University and Kenyatta University teachers.
While introducing the artist Gichuru appealed to media houses and critics to give women artist more space adding that by doing so they will be education the society and girl child.
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