Creativity-Gym

🌍✨ Normally, MASK Awards hosts a physical Awards Ceremony in Nairobi to celebrate the incredible talent of our participants. However, with entries from 56 countries and winners spanning three continents, a physical ceremony is not feasible this year.

While we considered an online event, the challenge of coordinating across different time zones and ensuring an engaging virtual experience for our global participants made it difficult to pursue.

Instead, we’re excited to focus on providing our winners with enhanced recognition through exclusive exhibitions, digital showcases, and global opportunities to highlight their incredible work. Stay tuned for more updates! 🎨🏆

🌟 We are beyond excited to announce that MASK has been honoured as Youth Development NPO of the Year 2024/25 by the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards (UK)! 🎉

This award is a testament to our ongoing efforts to empower young people through creative education. Our flagship programme, MASK Awards, continues to nurture creativity in youth, helping them grow personally and professionally.

We are grateful for this recognition, which fuels our passion to continue making a difference on a global scale. Thank you to everyone who supports our mission to place creativity at the heart of education! 💡🌍🎨

🌟 MASK Awards 2024 Winners 🌟

MASK Awards were launched in 2013 with a mission to nurture creativity in young minds. What began in Kenya has since grown into a global initiative, spanning 63 countries and empowering thousands of young people through art, creativity, and innovation. Creativity is a core skill for the future—it’s about problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and leadership. And it is shaped by creating art from an early age. 🎨✨

This year, we’re proud to announce the MASK Awards 2024 winners, and congratulate them for their incredible achievements:

🎨 Artist of the Year 2024: Amon Nyamache (Kenya)
🎉 Amon’s journey is rooted in his creative upbringing, and his art reflects his mission to inspire others and challenge the status quo. https://maskcreate.org/MASK-Artists/Amon-Kibet

🎨 Emerging Artist of the Year 2024: Lydia Vaz (USA)
🎉 At just 16, Lydia is already making her mark with surreal and realistic imagery, exploring themes of identity and personal growth. https://maskcreate.org/MASK-Artists/Lydia-Vaz

💡 Innovator of the Year 2024: Saksham Dixit (UAE)
🎉 Saksham is pushing the boundaries of art, technology, and culture, showing us that creativity is a powerful tool for change. https://maskcreate.org/MASK-Innovators/Saksham-Dixit

🏆 Special Recognition Architect 2024: Lee Momanyi (Kenya)
🎉 Lee’s ‘School of the Future’ design, using sustainable materials and creative architecture, captured the judges’ attention with its innovation and vision. https://maskcreate.org/MASK-Artists/Lee-Momanyi

🏫 Creative School of the Year 2024: Nyumbani Children's Home (Kenya)
🎉 Nyumbani provides care and education to HIV-positive children, nurturing creativity through art clubs and workshops. Their participation supported by teachers in MASK Awards since 2013 has been extraordinary. https://maskcreate.org/MASK-Artists/Nyumbani

We’re proud of the impact MASK Awards has had, with over 18,500 submissions from 6,500+ young people and 300 schools across the globe. These winners are proof of the immense creative potential waiting to be realised!

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MASK Awards 2024: A Global Triumph in Young Creativity

🔥London, August 2024 – MASK Awards 2024 has soared to new heights, reaching 56 countries worldwide! This incredible growth—from 9 African countries last year—reflects the immense passion and value young people place on creativity.

We’re thrilled to provide a platform for aspiring artists, entrepreneurs, and leaders to showcase their creativity.

This year’s stunning artworks, as well s innovative solutions to global challenges — like poverty, youth employment, and marine conservation— demonstrate the power of young minds to shape the brighter future.

Congratulations to all participants and educators for your remarkable entries! 🌍✨

👏 Explore the shortlisted works: https://maskcreate.org/mask-awards/mask-awards-24

What’s Next?

Our judges are reviewing entries and selecting winners. Stay tuned for announcements in late October! 🏆

Award Categories

- Artist of the Year 2024
- Emerging Artist of the Year 2024
- Creative School of the Year 2024
- Innovator of the Year 2024

Winners will be featured in exclusive exhibitions and on our social media. No cash prizes, but recognition will open new doors!

Certificates

Download your Participation Certificate here:https://maskcreate.org/mask-awards/MASK_Awards_Participation_Certificate_A4_2024.pdf

A big thank you to The Star (Kenya), Google, Rivers Foundation, The Linbury Trust for your support! 🙌

For more info: [email protected]

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What are creativity and innovation?

Creativity is the power to connect diverse elements into novel ideas and concepts, rooted in the ability to visualise and form mental images.

Creativity is always active, relentlessly seeking implementation, and delivers its practical outcome—innovation.

True creativity is always guided by ethical principles, ensuring that innovations not only advance but also benefit everyone. Innovation that lacks ethical consideration, while technically possible, does not align with the full spirit of creativity.

Creativity Gym helps individuals and companies build lasting success by placing creativity at the core of personal and business development. Our programmes: 1. Creativity Top Up 2. Lead Creativity. Manage Innovation. 3. Team-Creativity. For more information please visit: creativity-gym.com

MASK Create has been recognised with the ‘Most Visionary Learning Organisation. Innovation in Education Excellence Award 2024’ by Acquisition International (AI) Non-Profit Organisation Awards 2024. This accolade celebrates our creativity education model.

Mask Create (2024 Winner: Non-Profit Organisation Awards) - Acquisition International Mask Create is one of the 2024 winners of Non-Profit Organisation Awards.

MASK CREATE HONORED WITH THE AWARD: ‘MOST VISIONARY LEARNING ORGANISATION 2024’ BY ACQUISITION INTERNATIONAL

London, August 2024 – Acquisition International (AI) Magazine has announced the winners of its Non-Profit Organisation Awards 2024. We are thrilled to share that MASK Create has been recognised with the ‘Most Visionary Learning Organisation. Innovation in Education Excellence Award 2024’.

This accolade celebrates MASK’s idea of placing creativity at the center of mainstream education and wider society to unlock the potential of younger generations and build a brighter future for all. Art plays a crucial role in fostering creativity, therefore our philosophy is ‘Art shapes creativity, creativity shapes innovation, innovation shapes the world’. Founded by Alla Tkachuk in Kenya in 2007, MASK has since reached 63 countries. It is now sharing its creativity education model through teachers’ reference books and manuals. Explore MASK Create’s award page: https://www.acquisition-international.com/winners/mask-create/

We thank AI for this valued recognition and our supporters who have believed in our mission and vision, enabling us to achieve our goals. We extend our appreciation to our dedicated volunteers and the young people in Kenya whose stories of transformation inspire us to continue impacting lives and motivating future generations.

AI Magazine notes, "This year’s awardees have truly demonstrated their dedication to supporting a plethora of communities. All awards are given solely on merit and are awarded to commend those most deserving for their ingenuity and hard work." More information about the awards: https://www.acquisition-international.com/awards/non-profit-organisation-awards/

MASK Create is also a recipient of:
• 'Most Innovative Learning Organisation 2020' from SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards (UK)
• ‘Top Website 2022’ from THEGOODESTATE Awards (USA)

For more information, please contact MASK Create at
[email protected]

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MASK Awards 2024 in now open!
https://maskcreate.org/mask-awards/

Unleash your creativity with MASK Awards!

MASK Awards is a renowned international platform for young creatives to showcase their talents and gain recognition.

If you're passionate about art, enter your best artworks in any art form. Or, if you're an aspiring entrepreneur and a leader, enter your brightest solutions to global challenges.

Seize the opportunity! It's not just about winning; it's about unlocking your purpose and potential!

🔥Innovation Award

Innovation shapes the world. Can you address the world's 'to-do' list? Enter your brightest solutions to this year’s three Global Goals challenges. It only takes one idea to make an impact, and it could be yours!

Prizes: Esteemed titles ‘Innovator of the Year’ and ‘School Innovator of the Year’ will be awarded to winners.

Young leaders - #1 No poverty: What solutions would you suggest to unlock our potential and combat poverty?

Young entrepreneurs - #2 Your job: Can you generate your own job which you care passionately about?

Young eco activists - #3 Life below water: Can you come up with cool new ideas how can we protect them?

🔥Art Award

Art shapes creativity that shapes the world. When art flourishes the future thrives. Enter your best works of art on any theme and in any medium.

Prizes: Esteem titles ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘Creative School of the Year’ will be awarded to winners. Shortlisted artists will participate in our prestigious exhibitions.

🔥How to participate

#1 Create account & enter
Each season requires a new account. Deadline for entry: 31 July 2024. Winners announced in October 2024

#2 Read the briefs & upload entries
Feel free to submit as many entries as you'd like. There's no cost for entry.

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❤️❤️ GO TO maskcreate.org/mask-awards

Join tomorrow, Friday 12 January: MASK Awards 2023 online ceremony, 12 NOON (London Time), 3 PM (East Africa Time); 1 PM (West Africa Time) to celebrate young creativity in Africa.

Join the ceremony on this link (its free): https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWMyYTlkMzEtMzBmNi00OWE4LWE1OTMtMWRiOGM0NGI0YWNi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ad3ec632-1762-4a09-a229-0dd61ec485b4%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%229d279eb5-81ee-40f3-9952-9f11f26ecde2%22%7d

Enter MASK Awards 2021 now. Only 10 days left. Deadline is 1 June. https://mobileartschoolinkenya.org/mask-awards/
Image: the entrant of the MASK Awards 2021 Chesta Nyamosi, 23, Nairobi, Oppression, acrylic.