Charity Art Auction in Support of Mukutan Conservancy, Kenya

Curated by Chinwe Russell

We are excited to announce a special collaboration between Chinwe Russell and Mukutan Conservancy, an extraordinary conservation initiative working at the frontline to protect endangered species, preserve biodiversity, and empower local communities in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley.

As part of this collaboration, we are curating an online charity art auction to raise $40,000 in vital funds for Mukutan’s urgent conservation work, and we are inviting visual artists from around the world to take part.

By taking part in this auction, you will be joining a global community of artists using their creative voice to champion conservation, amplify impact, and help protect one of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes.

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Key Dates

• Deadline to Submit Artwork: 31st August 2025

• Catalogue Launch & Bidding Opens: 14th September 2025

• Live Online Auction: 26th October 2025 at 6PM BST

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​​​​​​​​PLEASE READ IN FULL

​About Mukutan Conservancy (in their own words)

https://www.mukutanconservancy.org/ 

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For over 50 years, Mukutan Conservancy has been at the forefront of a pioneering conservation model that tackles some of the most urgent global challenges — climate change, biodiversity loss and sustainable development — while proving that communities and nature can thrive together.

Spanning 88,000 acres on the escarpment of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, Mukutan is a lifeline both for the local communities we work alongside and for an abundance of wildlife, including migratory elephants, lions, leopards, over 478 bird species, reptiles, insects and countless rare plants.

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Through this art auction we are hoping to raise $20,000 to help us protect Kenya’s iconic wildlife through community-centred conservation. We urgently need support to fund our vital anti-poaching and human-wildlife conflict mitigation work — work that is crucial both for the survival of wildlife and for the well-being of the local communities.

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We urgently need support to fund our anti-poaching team for the next 12 months. Our incredible team of rangers patrol the conservancy day and night, monitoring the well-being and safety of our wildlife, while also protecting our neighbours from human-wildlife conflict. Our ranger team are experts in tracking, bush skills, first aid and intelligence-led tactical operations. They are true heroes, braving challenging conditions and putting their lives on the line for conservation. The 15 foot patrol teams cover an average of 80,000 km on foot every year.

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We also need:

• $6,000 to care for our two wonderful anti-poaching dogs, Sage and Raymond — providing food, specialist training, veterinary care and safety equipment for their handlers (as well as looking after our very cute sniffer-pig-in-training, Truffle!)

• $7,000 to fund our community informer network. We have a network of local people who alert us to potential human-wildlife conflict — whether it’s elephants moving towards a crop field or lions in the vicinity of livestock. This funding will provide 12 months of payments, equipment such as powerful torches and mobile communications.

• $7,000 to fund a dedicated community officer who works specifically with local communities to reduce crop raids, livestock kills and retaliatory attacks on wildlife.

Together, we can reach our vision of a thriving ecosystem where people and wildlife coexist in harmony."

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Natasha Davies
Interim Development Director

Mukutan

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​We invite submissions from individual artists as well as art galleries from all over the world. 

​If you would like your ORIGINAL artworks to be considered for sale in this important forthcoming auctions, then submit your work(s) below.  

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SUBMISSION PROCESS. 

Submission is free.

To be considered for this auction, you MUST submit 4-5 artworks per artist.  

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ADMISSIBLE WORKS

Original paintings of all styles on all media. Sculptures of all types, ceramics, mixed media, drawings, textiles.

 Photography and digital art are not admissible for now.

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TYPE OF AUCTION

​This is an online auction which will take place on https://auctions.chinwerussell.com/ and will also be listed on liveauctioneers. 

If selected for auction, we do not require your physical work to be sent to us as this is an online auction. We only require good quality images of your work. (SEE IMAGE SECTION BELOW)

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ORIGINAL WORKS ONLY.

• All works submitted to us must be original and must be your own creation or that of the artist you represent.

• All works submitted for auction must be available for sale on the day of the auction. 

• The auction catalogue will be published in advance of the auction day, once the catalogue goes live, you cannot withdraw your work. This is because it costs time and money to prepare the catalogue. If there is any reason why you must withdraw your work, please let us know ahead of time before the auction catalogue is published.

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RESERVE PRICE

Artists determine their own reserve price but we encourage you to be realistic.

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IMAGES:

Your work will be sold based on image alone therefore we need good quality images in jpeg.  To give your work the best chance of being sold, ensure that the full image of the work is visible including any frame. 

 

We recommend 3 images per artwork, the full work, back of the work, an image showing the work in your studio or hanging on the wall(for scale) . The idea is to give the buyer a realistic idea of what the original artwork looks like.

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SHIPPING

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If your work sells, we will collect the payment + shipping cost from the buyer and the buyer's address is released to you.

You are expected to arrange shipping of the works as soon as you receive the shipping address. If you require a longer time to ship the work, please contact me to discuss. You will ensure that you use adequate protective packaging when shipping your work. You will also need to use a tracked shipping service. Shipping insurance is recommended. The Buyer pays the shipping cost.

 

PAYMENTS TO MUKUTAN and ARTIST

We usually charge buyers immediately after the auction, sometimes, it may take 1-3 weeks after the auction for a few buyers to complete payment. Once we receive payment for your work, we will ask you to ship the works.

This is a charity auction however, part of the proceeds will be paid to the artist to compensate for the material less our admin fees as follows: 42.5% to the charity, 42.5% to the artist, 15% our admin fees.  We will pay into a bank account/paypal less bank transfer fees if any.

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AUCTIONEER’S DISCRETION

There is auctioneer’s discretion of 10% to help maximize sales. (This means that if your reserve price is £100 for example and the final bid on your work is £90, the auctioneer will accept that bid.)

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AUCTION RESULTS

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We will let you know the FINAL results of the auction a day or two after it has taken place.

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Please ensure that the image of your work is high quality and in jpeg format. If your work is framed, then your image should clearly show this if possible.

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BY COMPLETING THE AUCTION SUBMISSION FORM BELOW, YOU AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS ABOVE AND YOU WANT TO BE PRESENTED AT THIS CHARITY AUCTION

 

You should complete all relevant fields in the application form, from a desktop/laptop if possible. 

 

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For any questions, email cr@chinwerussell.com +447572668922

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Please complete the form below for the works which you wish to submit for auction.

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YOU CAN  SUBMIT UP TO 5 WORKS