Sev­en young artists, who range in age from 12-18 years, are among 65 artists cur­rent­ly fea­tured in the Ro­tun­da Gallery’s ex­hi­bi­tion ti­tled, Red, White & Art, which is live un­til Sep­tem­ber 29, 2023.

The Ro­tun­da Gallery is lo­cat­ed at Red House in Port of Spain—home of the Par­lia­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go.  

Ac­cord­ing to a re­lease from the Par­lia­ment Sec­re­tari­at, the ex­hi­bi­tion it­self will show­case a to­tal of 88 art pieces, cre­at­ed us­ing dif­fer­ent forms of me­dia—from paint­ings in coloured pen­cil, oil and acrylic, to wood carv­ings and clay mould­ings, to pho­tog­ra­phy and mixed me­dia.  The pieces fea­ture T&T’s “nat­ur­al and ar­chi­tec­tur­al land­scapes and show the view­er what it means to be Trin­bag­on­ian”.

“’Red, White & Art’ is a com­mem­o­ra­tive ex­hi­bi­tion on Trinidad and To­ba­go’s In­de­pen­dence Day, which has been ob­served on the 31st of Au­gust each year since the end of British rule in 1962,” the Par­lia­ment Sec­re­tari­at ex­plains. 

“The theme of this ex­hi­bi­tion aligns with goal #11 of the Unit­ed Na­tions Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment Goals—Make cities and hu­man set­tle­ments in­clu­sive, safe, re­silient and sus­tain­able,” the Sec­re­tari­at ob­serves.  “Tar­get #11.4 calls for strength­en­ing ef­forts to pro­tect and safe­guard the world’s cul­tur­al and nat­ur­al her­itage.”

The ex­hi­bi­tion will be launched of­fi­cial­ly by Speak­er of the House, Hon. Bridgid An­nisette-George MP, on Thurs­day, Sep­tem­ber 7.