Projects

What We Are Building — Step by Step

Oculars Kenya does not promise what it cannot deliver. Every project on this page is practical, grounded, and achievable with the resources, skills, and partnerships we currently have. We start small, do it well, and grow from there.

Each project is tied directly to the core mission of Oculars Kenya: making Kenyan art and cultural heritage accessible online.

Project 01    Live  Oculars Kenya Website Building the home base. The first and most important step building a clean, working website where Kenyan art and museum content can be found online. This is the foundation that every other project sits on. The site features a virtual gallery, an exhibitions page, artist profiles, a blog, and a contact form.
WHAT WE WILL DO
✔  Design and launch the website at www.ocularskenya.co.ke
✔  Set up the virtual gallery with initial artwork uploads
✔  Write and publish all core pages (Home, About, Services, Projects, Contact)
✔  Connect a newsletter subscription form
✔  Ensure the site works on mobile phones		WHAT WE WILL PRODUCE
►  Live, publicly accessible website
►  At least 10 artworks in the virtual gallery at launch
►  All core pages written and published
►  Working contact and newsletter form
►  Basic Google Analytics set up to track visitors
Project 02    Ongoing Kenya Museums and Art Gallery Virtual Tour Series A simple video walkthrough of one Kenyan museum at a time. Most people outside Nairobi and most people outside Kenya will never visit the National Museum, Fort Jesus, or the Karen Blixen Museum. This project creates a series of short, well-filmed virtual tour videos for Kenyan museums and shares them on the Oculars Kenya website and YouTube channel. Each video is 5–10 minutes long, filmed on a smartphone, and edited simply.
WHAT WE WILL DO
✔  Contact 3 Nairobi-area museums and request permission to film
✔  Film a 5–10 minute walkthrough video at each museum
✔  Edit the videos with simple titles, captions, and narration
✔  Upload videos to a YouTube channel linked to Oculars Kenya
✔  Embed the videos on dedicated pages on the website		WHAT WE WILL PRODUCE
►  Virtual tour videos, one per museum, published online
►  Dedicated webpage for each museum with video, description, and visiting info
►  YouTube channel set up and branded for Oculars Kenya
►  Social media clips cut from the full videos for Instagram and Facebook
►  Written companion article for each museum published on the blog
Project 03  Ongoing  Oculars Kenya Newsletter A monthly email keeping Kenya’s art community connected. A simple, well-written monthly newsletter sent to subscribers of the Oculars Kenya website. Each issue covers one featured artwork, one artist spotlight, one upcoming exhibition or cultural event, and a short article about Kenyan art or heritage. The newsletter builds a loyal audience, drives traffic to the website, and keeps the platform alive and active in people’s inboxes.
WHAT WE WILL DO
✔  Set up a or Substack account for the newsletter
✔  Design a simple, branded newsletter template
✔  Write and send newsletters covering art, artists, and events
✔  Grow the subscriber list through the website and social media
✔  Publish each newsletter issue on the website as an archived article		WHAT WE WILL PRODUCE
►  Newsletter template designed and ready to use
►  Minimum 100 subscribers by end of 2026
►  Each issue archived as a blog post on the website
►  Open-rate report to track audience engagement
Project 04  Ongoing  Heritage Atlas Magazine A printed and digital magazine celebrating Kenya’s art, heritage, and creative community.
Heritage Atlas is a simple, well-designed magazine produced by Oculars Kenya that documents and celebrates Kenyan art, culture, and heritage in a readable, shareable format. Each issue focuses on a theme a region, an art movement, a cultural practice, or a community and brings it to life through feature articles, artist profiles, photography, and cultural commentary. The magazine exists both as a free digital PDF download on the website and as a limited printed edition distributed to partner galleries, universities, and cultural spaces across Nairobi.
WHAT WE WILL DO
✔  Plan and design a branded magazine template using Adobe InDesign
✔  Write, edit, and lay out one issue per quarter covering a chosen cultural theme
✔  Distribute the digital edition through the website, newsletter, and social media
✔  Source photographs, artwork images, and written contributions from Kenyan artists and writers		WHAT WE WILL PRODUCE
►  First issue of Heritage Atlas published as a free PDF download on the website
►  A dedicated Heritage Atlas page on the Oculars Kenya website archiving all issues
►  Social media promotion campaign for each issue launch


Want to Contribute?

All Oculars Kenya projects are run by a small, dedicated team. If you would like to support any of these projects, here is how you can help:

Artists & Creatives

  • Submit your artwork for the virtual gallery or student showcase.
  • Allow us to photograph and document your public art or studio work.
  • Register for the Kenyan Artists Directory when it launches.

Photographers & Videographers

  • Join the Nairobi Street Art Documentation project as a volunteer photographer.
  • Help film and edit the Kenya Museum Virtual Tour videos.

Writers & Editors

  • Contribute articles, reviews, or interviews for the blog and newsletter.
  • Help edit and proofread content before it is published.

General Support

  • Share the website and newsletter with people who would find it useful.
  • Follow and share Oculars Kenya on social media to grow the community.
  • Provide feedback on the website to help us improve.
Get In Touch Have an idea? Want to collaborate? Get in touch and we will get back to you.
Email: ocularskenya@gmail.com
Website: www.ocularskenya.co.ke