TLA taking 13th National Child Art Exhibition to Islamabad

Lahore (Qasim Ali)

The Little Art is taking the exhibition of 13th ArtBeat – National Child Art Competition and Exhibition to Islamabad. The annual exhibition will be open at Islamabad Art Gallery, F-9 Park coming saturday. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Dr Arjumand Faisel, Curator, Gallery 6, Islamabad.

A curated show of over 72 artworks will be showcased at the exhibition at the Islamabad Art Gallery F-9 Park. Young Artists from Islamabad, Rawalpindi, KP and AJK will be the part of this exhibition. This year’s themes were “75 Years of Pakistan” “Dialogue” and “Child Labor”. Young artists from 4-18 years were invited to paint or draw on these themes in their own unique ways. The show will remain open for public for one day. Child artists who were selected to present their works at the gallery exhibitions in Islamabad will be awarded certificates and prizes by the honorable guests.

This year, 270 schools and 24 community organizations working in the education sector from across Pakistan have participated in the 13th ArtBeat. The Jury of this year 13th ArtBeat consisted of Abdul Jabbar Gul (Sculptor, Karachi), Ali Azmat (Artist, College of Art and Design, University of the Punjab), Shireen Bano Rizvi (Department of Visual Arts, NCA, Lahore), Irfan Gul Dahri (Artist and Director Art Otaq, Lahore), Sajjad Akram (Director, Nukta Studio, Islamabad), Shajia Azam (NCA, Lahore) and Kiran Saleem (Visual Artist, NCA, Lahore).

ArtBeat – National Child Art Competition and Exhibitions is in its 13th edition now. The project was initiated in 2012 with a vision to promote visual culture, understanding of issues among children and youth from their own perspective, celebrate children as artists and present children’s views as a point of discourse for adults and the community. In the past 12 years, nearly 100,000 children have participated as artists in ArtBeat.

The Little Art is a non –profit organization working for promoting arts education and providing creative learning opportunities to children and young people in Pakistan.

*The exhibition is a free event open to the public and there is no need for any passes.