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Artists invited to Vickery Exhibition

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MBABANE - An exhibition called ‘Creatively Green’ will open at Yebo Art Gallery on Saturday, October 19.


This exhibition is in collaboration with Vickery Seedlings, suppliers of seedlings and fruit trees for food security including garden supplies.  
All artists, artisans, sculptors and photographers in Swaziland are invited to submit new and original work for this show.


The theme of the exhibition is Environmental and Land Art or paintings, photographs, sculptures and drawings exploring the theme of creatively green.
The exhibition will also feature garden decor items like water features, hanging baskets, planters, furniture, lights, ornaments and sculptures. Artists are free to submit work under any of these numerous categories.


Vickery Seedlings are expanding their business to include Lifestyle items and are looking to purchase ranges of products from Swazi artists and artisans.
This exhibition is a wonderful opportunity for artists to showcase their creative work to potential buyers and to the public.
Vickery Seedlings are donating cash prizes of E1000 each for the two most creative pieces on the show, and these will be presented at the opening.


The Vickery Seedlings company feels that highlighting food security and beautifying our environment are of paramount importance for our body and soul.
The submission deadline is Thursday, October 15 so artists and artisans have two months from now to work on their pieces.

“Anyone interested in submitting work for this exhibition needs to call, email or come visit us to apply to participate. We are very excited to work with Vickery Seedlings in promoting creativity, design and environmental awareness. It is also great that they are sponsoring prizes for this exhibition, there will be a team of judges from the creative sector who will view all the work at the show and choose the winners,” said the Director of Yebo Contemporary Art Gallery, Aleta Armstrong.
The submission deadline is Thursday, October 15 so artists and artisans have two months from now to work on their pieces.




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