adminThe school held the exhibition, titled Art Unlimited, last week on Friday in order to have minimal disruptions to participating pupils who are preparing for their examinations.
Speaking in an interview, one of the organisers and a teacher at the school, Rickmore Marodza said the event was held in order to celebrate the rich artistic talent among the children of Bulawayo who, through the daylong event, were given an opportunity to showcase their skills.
“This was a one of a kind event which most children have not had the opportunity to participate in.
The aim was to showcase the talent of the children in Bulawayo thereby laying the groundwork for the children to grow up and become fine exponents of art,” he said.
Marodza said the college had invited schools around the city, so as to involve as many pupils in the exhibit as possible. He said they extended invites to both Government and private schools, as they believed the exhibition should be inclusive.
“We were targeting schools in the vicinity of the city. We invited schools like Eveline Girls High, Founders High and St Columba’s High, among others. We extended a hand of invitation to as many schools because we did not have the intention of discriminating against any children,” he said.
Marodza said that though the event was the first of its kind, they were looking to hold it every year, around the same period in the year. He said this year’s event was to serve as a curtain raiser to what lay in store for the future.
“This year’s exhibition served as an appetiser to people who savour art, children’s art to be specific. We plan on holding the event every year so this was our inaugural project,” he said.
Teacher-in-charge of art at the school, Trevor Sibanda, said he hoped that the exhibit had captured the attention of other schools that may be inspired to follow a similar line of thought as Emcee.
“The hope is that the school’s exhibit will serve as an inspiration to other schools to do the same as what the school is doing. We believe that art is an important part of our curriculum. Our ministry is called the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture but for some unknown reason I believe the arts and culture aspect is neglected in most schools,” said Sibanda.
He added that the exhibit was mainly focusing on fine art, specifically craft and drawing.
“For this year’s exhibition we were mainly focusing on fine art, but we will be looking at other disciplines in future exhibitions,” said Sibanda.
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