‘Art Stories’, an exhibition of paintings of persons with disabilities and participants of the course Art as Healing Tool will be featured at the Serendipity Arts Festival outside rehearsal room at Kala Academy at 12 noon from December 14 till December 21.
The exhibition is a collaboration between artists with intellectual disabilities from Divya Sadan (a project of Caritas Goa in Porvorim); St Francis Xavier Vocational Centre (Education and Vocation Centre for Children with Disabilities), Old Goa, and participants of the course ‘Art as a Healing Tool’ (organised by Caritas Goa at Panaji).
Lioba Knepple is the artist and art facilitator who guided all the artists and the exhibition is curated by Samira Sheth. While entry is free, participants need to register.
The proceeds of the sale of the paintings and other products will go to support the work for persons with disabilities.
“It is a curation of artworks that give unique expressions to everyday ideas. This exhibition recognises that “Every person is an artist” and that “art can reshape society for the better as stated by Joseph Beuys, a German artist,” stated Caritas Goa Director Fr Maverick Fernandes.
“Caritas Goa has brought artists together, through the two centres and the art course, and is committed to helping the needy, the oppressed, the marginalised, and the victims of natural and man-made calamities.”
