Engineering, Art & Tech

Sculpture exhibition opened at the Makerere Art Gallery

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3 years ago

July 25, 2022

Amy Petersen, the Cultural Affairs Officer, US Embassy Uganda listens to one of the exhibitors during the official opening of the exhibition on 20th July 2022, Makerere Art Gallery.

A one week’s Art exhibition featuring work by Sculpture students was on 20^th July 2022 opened at the Institute of Heritage, Conservation and Restoration, Makerere Art Gallery. It will run until Tuesday 26^th July 2022.

The work on display is by second year Sculpture students of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA) in the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT). It was produced under the supervision of a US Fulbright Specialist and Sculptor Janet Goidner and MTSIFA staff that included Dr. Lillian Nabulime, Edward Balaba, Fidellis Nabukenya, Assoc. Prof. George Kyeyune and Assoc. Prof. Rose Kirumira.

Amy Petersen, the Cultural Affairs Officer, US Embassy Uganda officiated at the opening of the exhibition featuring Sculptures from found objects and local materials. In her remarks, Amy Petersen observed that the art work exhibited depicted the high level of creativity by the individual students and the messages cut across concerns like pollution, public health, environmental protection and more which were essential for the welfare of mankind.

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