The Arts Society Marina Alta and CEE Gargasindi School charity project
THE ARTS Society Marina Alta’s collaboration with CEE Gargasindi school began in November 2022. Our aim was to provide direction, and where necessary assistance, in the production, decoration and painting of the ceramic fish for display. The students, including our society members, (may I say) took to this task like ‘fish to water’ with determination and an overall sense of fun!
The artwork is now in its final phase and the exhibition of the completed works was unveiled in the school grounds, in Benissa , on March 30.
The individually decorated ceramic ‘fish’ where mounted on five separate display boards, arranged on free-standing wooden easels, to be exhibited in the courtyard of the school. Most of the students involved, their teachers and carers, and members of the arts society were in attendance. The presentation was jointly coordinated by the school's director Ines Lopez and Mireille Vetterli of Arte44 Gallery. The reflection on the faces of the students seeing their work displayed in such an imaginative manner was electrifying and made all their, and our works, totally rewarding.
The artwork will be displayed in the auditorium at the school for all visitors to admire, and in the coming weeks, we hope, in other locations in the
Marina Alta.
We commend the whole of CEE Gargasindi for their commitment, application and support for this amazing project. Also, we very much appreciate the financial support of local businesses and our society members.
We hope we have encouraged the participants a little in appreciating art, and to show how much it is possible to achieve despite our disabilities.
The arts society has been fortunate to be involved in this journey and looks forward to further collaboration with the school.