Department of Art & Designhttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1092024-03-28T21:12:59Z2024-03-28T21:12:59ZAn Evaluation of Factors Affecting Visual Fine Artists in the wake of COVID-19 towards Economic Empowerment in Kisumu CityWagah Mical Ongachihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/54002022-10-15T13:43:50Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZAn Evaluation of Factors Affecting Visual Fine Artists in the wake of COVID-19 towards Economic Empowerment in Kisumu City
Wagah Mical Ongachi
Fine Artists are among the population residing in
a cosmopolitan city of Kisumu and they leverage on their skills
and talents for economic empowerment.Kisumu city economic
empowerment is currently experiencing the highest average
urban "poverty levels at 48% against a national average of 29%.
Available statistics indicate that Kisumu, which is net food
importer, registers one of the highest incidences of food poverty
with 53.4% of its population living below the food poverty line
as compared to Nairobi [8.4%], Mombasa [38.6%] and Nakuru
[30%]. Kisumu being the third largest city, yet even Nakuru is a
head of it in terms of poverty line it calls for a study to find out
the position of Fine Artists who rely on their skills and talents
for economic empowerment in the wake of COVI-19. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate factors affecting visual fine
artists in the wake of covid-19 towards economic empowerment
in Kisumu city. The findings revealed that sicknessranked first,
followed with low sells of artworks, then displacement from
working sites and curfew contributed to the challenges
respectively.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZAssessment of Art and Design Students Attachment Learning Experience Relevance towards Job Market in 2021 in Kenya.Ongachi, Mical Wagahhttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/53992022-10-15T13:39:05Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZAssessment of Art and Design Students Attachment Learning Experience Relevance towards Job Market in 2021 in Kenya.
Ongachi, Mical Wagah
The Vision 2030 in Kenya which was officially launched in July 2008 has the Economic Pillar that aims to achieve an average economic growth rate of 10 per cent per annum and sustaining the same until 2030. Art, craft and design program at the higher institutions in Kenya embody some of the highest forms of human creativity meant to fulfill vision 2030. A high-quality art and design education engage, inspire and challenge university students, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. The students are exposed after third year in their undergraduate program to attachment which is supposed to translate what is taught in class to the job market. It is upon this backdrop that this study assessed art and design student’s attachment learning experience relevance towards job market in 2021. The objective of this study was to establish whether what was taught in class was the same as what they found in attachment work stations. The population of this study was 60 third year students in public universities in Kenya. The study focused on fashion and interior design students at university level in Kenya who belong to Art and Design Department. The findings revealed that students are exposed to both theory and practical which have components that rated so high in terms of relevance while on attachment.
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-4/499-504.pdf
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZAwareness of the Role Graphic Design Play in Advertising among Small Furniture Enterprise Managers in Nairobi County, KenyaAdams Namayi Wamukhuma, Mical Ongachi Waga,Abongo Susanhttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/53982022-10-15T13:33:27Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZAwareness of the Role Graphic Design Play in Advertising among Small Furniture Enterprise Managers in Nairobi County, Kenya
Adams Namayi Wamukhuma, Mical Ongachi Waga,Abongo Susan
Graphic design (GD) is expressed through text, image, or both text and image, and large-scale furniture companies
have embraced it a lot in their firms. GD is usually transmitted through print and electronic media, including websites
and several social media platforms. Despite GD’s significance in large-scale furniture companies, Managers of Small
Furniture Enterprises (SFEs) rely on word of mouth, referrals, and informal exhibitions, which does not reach the
external market. The purpose of this study was to assess the role of graphic design in advertising among small
furniture enterprise managers in Nairobi County, Kenya. The specific objective of this study was to establish SFE
managers’ awareness of GD’s role in advertising. The study was guided by ‘The Graphics Triangle Theory’ by Bruce
Brown (1979), whose central tenets are: Explanation Values, Persuasive Values, and Identification Values coherent in
any appropriate GD messages. A sample size of 273 small furniture enterprise managers (SFEM) and 9 Small
Furniture Enterprise welfare Leaders (SFEWL) was used. Questionnaires and interviews were used as methods of
data collection. Findings revealed that most (SFEM) and (SFEWL) are fully aware of GD’s role in advertising and the
various graphic design types. Most managers are highly aware of graphic design statutory regulations being
enforced. Their unanimous assertion illustrated a high prevalence of awareness that some of the enterprise graphic
designs are created by SFEMs or employees. The high rate of SFE managers’ attention is because of their formal
education and advertising experiences acquired from other enterprises. Although SFEs engage graphic designers to a
small extent, other entities involved in GD production are printing firms, signwriters, artists, ICT officers, media
houses, painting technicians, web developers, and architects, which further illustrates their conscience for quality
graphic design support in advertising. Despite the high rating on GD awareness, it was established that appreciation
and application of GD in SFEs advertising are relatively negligible. The study, therefore, recommends future SFE
advertising strategies to consider available GD opportunities in SFEs. Enhanced graphic design awareness amongst
SFEs management, its appreciation, and application can ultimately improve visual communication values in SFE
advertising
http://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/169098/115585
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZCommon Dressing Styles and Attributes Associated with Students’ Dressing Styles in Kenyan Public Universities. Akinyi, O. G., Abong’o, S., & Mburugu, Khttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/48642022-02-14T10:48:06Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZCommon Dressing Styles and Attributes Associated with Students’ Dressing Styles in Kenyan Public Universities
. Akinyi, O. G., Abong’o, S., & Mburugu, K
The study sought to examine students’ dressing styles and common attributes assigned to them. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. The study areas were the University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Moi University, Technical University of Mombasa, Maseno and Karatina Universities. Multiple sampling procedures were used to select 566 students who participated in the study. Data were collected using questionnaires, focus group discussions and observation checklists. Results show that majority of respondents bought their own clothes with funds provided by the parents or guardians. The most outstanding feature that informed choice of dress was aesthetics, followed by comfort and design. Vests, bare chest tops and shorts were considered modest while high-slitted skirts, miniskirts, unbuttoned shirts, boob-tops, tumbo-cuts, skin-tight dresses and trousers and Bermuda shorts were found to be immodest. Recommendations have been made to develop guidelines on the choice of dress for students in institutions of higher learning to enhance personal grooming.
https://doi.org/10.37284/eajis.3.1.264
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Object of Love is Food conceptual metaphor in selected Dholuo Benga music of 1970s and 2000sLydia Akuno, Pamela Anyango Oloo, AL Magonyahttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/46342022-02-03T20:23:51Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Object of Love is Food conceptual metaphor in selected Dholuo Benga music of 1970s and 2000s
Lydia Akuno, Pamela Anyango Oloo, AL Magonya
One of the ways in which people express
their emotions creatively in a society is through music.
Benga music is a genre of Kenyan popular music that has
been in existence from 1960s to date. Over the years,
Dholuo benga music has seen artistes of 1970s like
Ochieng Kabaselleh, Kasongo, Owino Misiani, and many
others, giving way to more recent Dholuo benga artistes of
the year 2000s like Atomi Sifa, Madanji Perimeter and
Otieno Aloka. Dholuo is a Nilotic language spoken along
the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya. Aspects of language,
like metaphorical expressions, usually vary over time due
to external and internal influences on a speech community.
Variations may also occur depending on different
individuals’ conceptualizations of emotions. Dholuo benga
love songs are characterized by metaphorical expressions
of love which are evidence of conceptual metaphors of love
as perceived by Dholuo benga artistes over the decades.
The aim of this comparative study was to establish
similarities and variations in conceptualization of OBJECT
OF LOVE AS FOOD by two male Dholuo benga artistes in
Kenya, in two different time frames (1970s and 2000s).
The study therefore hoped to explain language use in
Dholuo benga love songs over time. The study was guided
by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) Conceptual Metaphor
Theory. The study population comprised a total of ten
Dholuo benga love songs. Thirteen metaphoric expressions
of love were extracted from lyrics of the ten love songs by
Ochieng Kabaselleh and Atomi Sifa. Purposive sampling
technique was used to select the love songs with required
metaphorical expressions and saturated sampling technique
was employed to get the requisite linguistic metaphors of
love. The study findings are that there exist similarities and
variations in the conceptualization of OBJECT OF LOVE
IS FOOD between the 1970s and 2000s male Dholuo
benga artistes
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZTeaching conflict management skills in schools: Prerequisite for peace and achievement of millennium development goals in KenyaWagah Mical Ongachihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/46322022-02-03T20:23:49Z2011-01-01T00:00:00ZTeaching conflict management skills in schools: Prerequisite for peace and achievement of millennium development goals in Kenya
Wagah Mical Ongachi
The Kenyan society is experiencing a lot of conflicts, some with devastating effects such as deaths,
starvation, disease and destruction. These normally arise out of difference between people. Secondary
schools being part of the society have not been left out of this challenge as evidenced by mass media
reports on strikes, demonstrations and resulting closures. This being the formative age of the youth
who are the majority of the Kenyan population according to 2009 census results, the opportunity of
their being in school may be exploited by the society to address conflicts as a major challenge to peace
today. The Ministry of Education can impart a curriculum that would perpetuate peaceful conflict
management skills in the youth. So far, this has evidently not been done adequately creating gaps for
mishaps such as the 2008 post-election violence, whereby if the international community had not timely
sent the former United Nations Organization Secretary General, Koffi Annan of Ghana who mediated to
resolve the conflict, Kenyans would have ended up in self- destruction. Police have been called in by
various authorities, severally, to quell riots and disperse demonstrators across the country. Many
people have been, sentenced to death, life in prison, jailed or fined by Kenyan courts due to their poor
conflict resolution methods. A peaceful environment would facilitate achievement of ‘millennium
development goals’ at the international level, and the vision of industrialization by 2030 in Kenya. It is
against the backdrop of the importance of conflict management skills to Kenyans that this paper is
addressed.
2011-01-01T00:00:00ZChallenges on implementation of art and design curriculum in secondary schools in KenyaWagah Mical Ongachi, Michael O Okwara, Awino Jameshttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/46312022-02-03T20:23:29Z2013-01-01T00:00:00ZChallenges on implementation of art and design curriculum in secondary schools in Kenya
Wagah Mical Ongachi, Michael O Okwara, Awino James
Art and Design Curriculum contributes immensely in all areas of the society such as
Social/cultural, Economic, Political, Utilitarian, Communication and Personal
expression. This subject interlocks strongly within the political, economic and social
cultural fabric of the Nation. In spite of the important role played by Art and Design
Curriculum its implementation in secondary schools has not been impressive owing
to some schools dropping this curriculum in Western Kenya. This implies that the Art
and Design Curriculum has not been effectively implemented. The purpose of the
study was, therefore, to examine implementation of secondary school Art and Design
Curriculum. The study used descriptive survey. The research was carried out in
Western Kenya. The main objective of the study was to identify the challenges to
implementation of Art and Design Curriculum. Data was collected from Head
teachers, teachers and students using Questionnaire and Observation guide. Many
schools had only one Art and Design Curriculum teacher. The study also revealed
that many teachers of Art and Design Curriculum had a bachelor of education degree
but some teachers were untrained. Art room observation revealed inadequacy of
facilities for Art and Design implementation. It is recommended that the Ministry of
education should step up both the facility fund allocated for this subject and the
number of teachers employed to teach Art and Design Curriculum.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZCareer Opportunities with implementation of Art and Design in secondary schoolsWagah Mical Ongachi, Okwara Micheal Okellohttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/46302022-02-03T20:23:34Z2014-01-01T00:00:00ZCareer Opportunities with implementation of Art and Design in secondary schools
Wagah Mical Ongachi, Okwara Micheal Okello
This research was conducted to examine the level of awareness on careers available for
students learning Art and Design in secondary schools in Kenya because some schools are
dropping this curriculum in Western Kenya. This implies that Art and Design career
opportunities have not been effectively marketed. The purpose of the study was, therefore, to
find out the level of awareness on careers available with Art and Design implementation in
schools. The study used descriptive survey. The research was carried out in Western Kenya.
Data was collected from Head teachers, teachers and Students using Questionnaire and
Interview schedule. Many head teachers and Students could not name at least ten careers
available for a Student with Art and Design background. It is recommended that the Ministry
of Education should organize workshops for secondary school Head Teachers to equip them
with skills and make them vast with knowledge of careers available for 32 subjects offered in
secondary schools in Kenya because they occupy leadership position. The Head Teachers
should ensure that all careers for all subjects offered in their schools are fully channeled to
the learners through the career department teachers.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZBarriers to Pottery Production in Kenyan PrisonsM. O. 1. Otieno J., Abong’o, S and .Wagahhttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/46282022-02-03T20:23:33Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZBarriers to Pottery Production in Kenyan Prisons
M. O. 1. Otieno J., Abong’o, S and .Wagah
The purpose of the paper was to investigate barriers to pottery production in Kenyan prisons. Descriptive
research design guided the study. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyse data in
the study. Areas of study were Lang’ata, and Kisii women prisons. A total of 486 respondents formed the
population of the study which included inmates, Officers-in-Charge of prisons and illustrators. Purposive
sampling technique was used to sample 2 Officers-in-charge, 4 illustrators and 30 inmates who engaged in
pottery, thus leaving a total of 450 inmates who did not engage in pottery. From 450 inmates, Krejcie and
Morgan’s table was used to get a sample size of 205 inmates who were selected by use of simple random
sampling technique. The study found out that pottery is confronted with barriers such as negative attitude
towards pottery, inadequate facilities and resources, inappropriate teaching methods and lack of refresher
training for illustrators. The study recommended that authorities concerned should ensure adequate
allocation of funds and illustrators to undertake refresher training so as to equip them with modern mode of
production for transmission of relevant skills to the inmates to assist them with reintegration
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZQuality of pottery products produced in Kenyan women prisonsOtieno Jane, Wagah Mical Ongachihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/46272022-02-03T20:24:22Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZQuality of pottery products produced in Kenyan women prisons
Otieno Jane, Wagah Mical Ongachi
The purpose of the study was to assess quality of pottery products produced in Kenyan prisons. The
quality of products produced in Kenyan prisons shows lack of standardization. Descriptive research
design guided the study. The study areas were Lang’ata and Kisii women prisons with a population of
480 respondents. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 30 inmates who engage in pottery,
thus leaving a total of 450 non-potter inmates who were sampled by use of Krejcie and Morgan’s table.
The findings revealed that although pottery products are appreciated by the inmates, majority of
inmates do not take part in pottery. The number of elderly inmate potters was low compared to other
groups yet the elderly were the ones who passed the skills to the younger generation in the larger
society. It was therefore concluded that quality of pottery in prisons exhibited low standard
craftsmanship with poor rendition of skills. The study recommended that authorities concerned with
prison should work towards promoting the sector by eradicating the negative attitude of the inmates by
improving pottery facilities in prisons and incorporate variety of methods and media in order to improve
on the products’ aesthetic character. Improvement on facilities may encourage more inmates into
pottery, thus assist a large number of inmates to cope with prison environment and reintegration.
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z