Rich artistic talent was evident in the recently concluded visual arts exhibition held at the National Library by the Ministry of Education as part of its activities for Education Month 2013.
Under this year’s education month’s theme “Transforming classrooms for the 21st century”, the Allied Arts Unit of the Ministry of Education launched a four-day visual arts exhibition (September 17-20), exhibiting work by CSEC students and differently-abled children.
The exhibition displayed a variety of visual art pieces in a range of media including printmaking, textile design and manipulation, painting and mixed media, leather craft, fibre and decorative art, graphics and communication design, ceramics and sculpture.
There was also a section for items such as floral arrangements, pillowcases and jewellery made by the children from Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre’s Special Education Unit.
In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine Visual Arts Coordinator, Rawle Franklin stated that compared with last year, the work by students this year has significantly improved, with a higher rate of passes in Art at CSEC.
“There was also a wider variety this year. The pieces were produced through the skill, talent, enthusiasm, patience and inspiration of students, and good tutoring by teachers. Visual art is the vehicle through which students can improve their concentration, reasoning ability, better understand life and their environment, and interact socially. I encourage students to reflect on art as being a component of every other subject. They can use it to become a rounded individual,” he declared.
Check out Ministry of Education – Guyana on Facebook for upcoming activities as ‘Education Month’ celebrations continue.
