THE Allied Arts Unit of the Ministry of Education is hosting a visual arts exhibition at Castellani House, on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, in the continuing observance of Education Month 2012.

Begun yesterday, under the theme ‘Transforming the nation through inclusive education’, the exhibits on display were obtained from the Schools Based Assessment (SBA) projects undertaken by students from schools such as Tutorial High, Marian Academy, Campbellville Secondary, Patentia Secondary and West Demerara Secondary.
Visual arts combine art, craft and design and embodies, among other things,  theoretical and practical activities of drawing, imaginative composition, graphic designing and print-making dimensional plans.
Participating students are afforded the opportunity to react to the social, cultural and physical environment and explore and utilise nature’s gifts, using materials including leather, toothpicks, sand, acrylic paint, ink and clay to create unique pieces.
Speaking to the Guyana Chronicle, Sherrie King, a student of Tutorial High, who had a piece on display, said it took two days to make. She sketched it on cardboard and her teacher made some minor changes.
The girl said she tried to portray the different ethnic groups in Guyana and her submission was previously entered in the Children’s Mashramani Art Competition earlier this year at the Umana Yana, where it placed second in her category.
She said she is very enthusiastic about art and will be writing Visual Arts as a subject at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination.
The current exhibition continues through September 21, from 09:30 hours to 17:00 hours.