Guyana to host CXC Visual Arts Exhibition ?– 250 pieces of art from around the Region to be on display?

AFTER first hosting the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Visual Arts Exhibition 11 years ago, Guyana will once again host the annual showcase of Caribbean secondary school students’ best visual arts works.

Over 250 pieces of art including regional top award pieces will be on display during the one-week exhibition. They will include pieces from all options in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Visual Arts programme: Drawing, Leather Craft, Graphic and Communication Design, Painting and Mixed-Media, Sculpture and Ceramics, Fibre and Decorative Arts, Textile Design and Manipulation and Print Making.

‘FLASHBACK’: This 2-D Visual Art – Portrait by Aimee De Montbrun of Holy Name Convent (Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago was featured at last year’s Visual Arts Exhibition at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium in Anguilla
‘FLASHBACK’: This 2-D Visual Art – Portrait by Aimee De Montbrun of Holy Name Convent (Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago was featured at last year’s Visual Arts Exhibition at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium in Anguilla

The exhibition opens tomorrow (April 27th) at the Castellani House in Georgetown, Guyana, and will run until Saturday 2 May, from 9:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs daily. It will also feature art pieces of students from schools in Guyana.

The objectives of the Visual Arts Exhibition are to highlight the creative works of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Visual Arts students to the public; to expose students in the host country to what examiners consider to be art of a high standard; to promote the visual arts as a feasible career choice; and to promote CSEC Visual Arts as a subject.

“The CXC Visual Art Exhibition has become an annual feature on the calendar of CXC, and Participating Countries look forward to hosting the exhibition as it gives their students and the public the opportunity to view the very best art produced by former students,” explained Mr Glenroy Cumberbatch, Registrar of CXC. “The creative industries continue to receive significant attention from regional governments and CXC wants to make its contribution to this area, and the art exhibition is a great start to expose the works of budding artists.”

Among those slated to speak at tomorrow’s official opening ceremony of the 2015 edition of the CXC Visual Arts Exhibition will be the Honourable Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand; Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam; and? ?Cleveland Sam, Assistant Registrar – Public Information and Customer Services at CXC. The speeches will be punctuated with two performances: a dramatic poetry and a steel pan rendition.

 

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