22 may - 29 may 2008
Opening: Saturday 22 May 2008, 6 pm

> VIsa Olympics of the Imagination

 

The Gallery Premises invites you to
the VISA OLYMPICS OF THE IMAGINATION event and auction
 
Colwyn Thomas (Durban), Tamsin Relly (Cape Town), Brenden Gray and Debbie Rogers (Johannesburg) will be exhibiting their artworks together with the top 50 entries by children dealing with the theme:
"One World, One Dream"
 
 The exhibition will present documentation of the artists workshops held in 30 schools, participatory installations and a prize giving to the overall winner. The above mentioned professional artists and a selection of the competition entries will be auctioned to raise funds for an artists project at a school.
 
Please RSVP to the invitation below as soon as possible as this is an exclusive evening with limited space.
The exhibition will be open to the public Friday and Saturday from 10am-5pm.
LCD Screens presenting documentation and digital artworks sponsored by SANSUI

 

 

Please join us for a fun and creative evening where you can view the top 50 of thousands of artworks entered into the competition. Children aged between 10 and 14 were mentored, through innovative workshops conducted by artists chosen by contemporary art collective Trinity Session, to create a work of art that shows how the Olympic Games connect different cultures and capture the Beijing theme – “One World, One Dream”.

The Grand Prize winner, who will be jetting off to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with a guardian will be announced along with the runners-up. The Children’s artwork will be auctioned off, as well as artwork produced by the mentor artists around the same theme and proceeds will be donated to an artworks in schools developmental project that works with children to creatively transform their school environments.