Wednesday, February 14, 2018

My mother, my daughter - our art


Marika Azzopardi, independent.com.mt

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Excerpt:
Visualise two women, mother and daughter, both artists of different genres, exhibiting their artworks together. Perhaps it is indicative of the fact that artistic traits run in families, or perhaps not, but nonetheless, when Anna and Stephanie Galea announced their joint exhibition recently, it elicited quite an interest, most especially because of where it is being held. The exhibition was inaugurated mid-January at The Delegation of the European Union to the United States in Washington DC in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Malta and titled Women's Perspectives - A Mother/Daughter Synergy. ...

The current mother/daughter exhibition in Washington, shows 10 watercolours by Anna and the nine fashion prints by Stephanie. These were introduced to the public on the opening night when the invitees were given time to view the exhibits, after which they were invited to sit in the auditorium to listen to short introductions about the topic of Women's Perspectives - A Mother/Daughter Synergy. Talks were delivered by James Barbour, head of Press & Public Diplomacy at the EU Delegation; Ulrich Mans, Legal advisor on Human Rights and UN Affairs, as well as by His Excellency the Ambassador of Malta to the United States, Clive Agius. ...

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