Art Exhibition
Aawara: An Art Exhibition with a Heart at Dahlia, Islamabad
Pablo Picasso said, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” The same joy can be obtained by doing service for the weakest and most vulnerable forms of life on earth: dogs, cats, and other animals around us that are lost, abandoned, neglected, injured, sick or abused, often considered stray or as they say in Urdu, Aawara (free and independent). It is exactly this emotion that motivated Rimsha Jalil, and her artist friends to put together a one-day group art exhibition titled Aawara, in Islamabad on Monday, 27th February, 2024. The exhibition put up at Dahlia, a cafe that has opened its doors in Islamabad about six months ago, was a heartwarming endeavor, uniting art with animal welfare. Hundred percent of proceeds from sales have been donated by artists and the curator to Todd’s Welfare Society, which has been working to bring ease to suffering animals since 2016. Dahlia, which is closed on Mondays, volunteered to provide the space for the exhibition and play its part. The cheery and chic backdrop of Dahlia was the perfect setting for the eclectic and unconventional nature of the exhibition.
Fundraiser for Animals 26th March – 6th April 2025 Helping Paws presents DOWN TO THE BONE 2, a collective art exhibition to raise funds for animals in the UK and overseas. 26 March – 6th April. Wed – Sat 10am – 4pm: Sun 1pm – 4pm (Closed Mon & Tues). The Grange Gallery, The Green Rottingdean, BN2 7HA.
54 artists from around the country have contributed paintings and sculptures. Artists include Dr Marc Abrahams OBE, or ‘Marc the Vet’, author, broadcaster, TV personality and animal welfare campaigner based at The Mewes Vets in Rottingdean, Romany Mark Bruce, painter and creator of the Brighton AIDS Memorial, and Sarah Sellers a Rottingdean resident who is the daughter of the late Peter Sellers.
The Art Fringe is proudly presenting “Through the Eyes of Women”, its biennial exhibition marking International Women’s Day (IWD). Through art, the exhibition aims to amplify and celebrate the voices of creative women. Female artists practising in a variety of mediums and approaches will be displaying their work in response to this year’s brief: “What does faith mean to you as a woman?”.
A Scottish folk singer’s mining heritage struck a chord with a University of Dundee student who has created artwork for a new exhibition.
Culann Mackay, a third-year Illustration student at the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), has created a new print based on a recorded conversation from Fife musician Barbara Dymock.
