The need to raise as much awareness on the issue of climate change is crucial and it is innovative avenues like the Fine Art Exhibition that can make a huge difference in how people perceive Climate Change and our responsibility towards our environment.
This was highlighted by Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation while speaking at the National Fine Art Exhibition at Fiji National Provident Fund Plaza.
Vuniwaqa believes that art, culture and the environment are vital areas of the contemporary world we live in, generating thought provoking explorations of ideas and creative thinking about environmental conundrums of the 21st Century.
She also stressed that it is important to remember that while Fiji needs the rational, practical knowledge of science, we also need the unique personal, aesthetic responses that art provides.
Vuniwaqa says that projects and exhibitions such as the National Fine Art Exhibition, provide an ideal forum for artists from all over Fiji to collaborate and work together to transcend cultural differences and provide great inspiration to aspiring new artists to try new techniques, tools and ideas in their work.
The Minister for Women also acknowledged and congratulated the Fiji Arts Council for its’ commitment and dedication to keeping the authenticity of local arts and craft alive, and in putting together events like the National Fine Arts Exhibition 2017.
