Art in focus
“Triangle”, an exhibition of abstract, landscape and non-perspective art by Vimukthi Sahan will be held at the Lionel Wendt next weekend. A graduate of the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Vimukthi got into drawing not far back. A student of design, he initially wanted to become an interior or fashion designer, but changed course [...]
In the limelight
Australia has a new hero. Having stepped out of the spotlight to battle cancer over a decade ago, Andrew de Silva born to Sri Lankan parents stepped right back in with the T.V series Australia’s Got Talent. The talented singer and songwriter fought his way to the finish – and won. To do so, he [...]
Platform for local artists
What do the acoustic Melomanic Sessions have in common with poetry readings and CoCA exhibitions? For 25 year old Azara Jaleel, the answer is simple – not enough people know about them. Azara is the editor of the new magazine Artra which launched last week. Though the magazine is only published once in two months, [...]
Inspiring a younger generation on green issues
The Rotaract Club of the University of Moratuwa in collaboration with the Ministry of Education initiated ‘INSPIRER 2012’, a series of language enhancing programmes targeted towards school going students. The initial step of the programme was held last month at the Swarnamali Balika M. V. Anuradhapura under the theme of ‘Raising Eco-consciousness’ to improve the [...]