UMUT Arts Rwanda

About UsUMUT Arts Rwanda

UMUT Arts Rwanda is a social enterprise based in Kigali, Rwanda with the mission to educate, entertain and stimulate Youth to believe in their capabilities using performing Arts and to use the platform as a tool for mental health.

UMUT is a Turkish name which means Hope, relevant to the Rwandan word “UMUTI” which means medicine; we use art as a medicine to get Hope focusing on mental Health and healing stories.

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To educate, entertain and stimulate youth to believe in their capabilities using performing arts and to use the platform as a tool for mental health.

To be a leading performing arts social enterprise that empowers youth in Africa.

Creation of new job opportunities for Rwandan youth, promotion of Rwandan performing arts, mental health awareness, cultural promotion and exchange, To Motivate and stimulate youth to believe in their capabilities and to provide a networking arena for different artists.

Professionalism, Excellence, Team work & Mutual respect, Adaptability.

Organizing creative and cultural artistic events, commission with partners, studio productions, participation in local and international festivals. 

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Message from Our  CEO

Art has been a home to me since my childhood. I am glad to share this message with you hoping that you may learn a lesson or two from my experience. Being an artist at the same time being a cultural manager was my long time dream. I grew up in a country where there are no art schools or academic programs for the arts including cultural management.

I was curious to learn about culture and creative industries which exposed me in different platforms and programs. I attended different cultural management programs additional to my graduation from the college of business and economics including artistic workshops to sharpen my skills about the industry. I learnt the importance of self-discipline to being consistent in the work you do and I believe that this accompanied my journey of being a professional artist.

My vision is to see a world that is empowered where everyone is able to do what they love especially for young artists. A cornerstone of this vision is to enable these aspiring artists to not only flourish but also to derive a sustainable livelihood from their creative pursuits. The untapped reservoir of latent talents beyond established horizons remains a lamentable reality, one that my mission seeks to redress.

Sylvestre NSENGIMANA

CEO: UMUT Arts Rwanda

BACKGROUND

As a creative young soul, Sylvestre NSENGIMANA after university studies found it difficult to find a platform for artistic expression in Kigali. He was a member of an artistic group “Les Stars Du Theatre” in National University of Rwanda. The group was engaged majorly in acting theater and Sylvestre was a good performer since then (2016). He joined different artistic initiatives and organizations to understand the cultural and creative management side which resulted in the child’s dream realization to fulfill his passion of creating a platform which helps young artists for self-expression in the performing arts.

The first meeting was held on the 06th of January 2018. Sylvestre invited 5 fellow creative friends to pitch the idea and only 3 made it: Simon NSHIMIYIMANA, Archer Vital KANGABO, and Rita Gisele KAYIGEMA who became the first members of the group. The meeting structured the direction of the idea; what and how to do. UMUT Arts was created in 2018 with the aim to educate, entertain and stimulate youth to believe in their capabilities and to empower youth using Performing Arts. UMUT is a Turkish name which means “Hope” a rhyme to the Rwandan concept “UMUTI” which means “medicine”. The goal is to find a medicine that gives us Hope.

UMUT Arts is a private limited company which operates locally and internationally with talented artists, peacemakers, and art lovers from different corners of the world. The head office is located in Gasabo, Kigali, Rwanda.