Create to Advocate

On Saturday I went on a journey with a few friends across to Manly. Its time again for the Manly Arts Festival, and there are many exhibitions, etc. all happening over there this month.

Our destination (other than an ice-cream shop) was the William Street Studios, Fairlight. We came to experience the Create to Advocate exhibition. You check out all the details at: http://www.smallboatbigsea.org/arts/ :

"30,000 children die each day from extreme poverty. We have the resources, knowledge and opportunity to end this shameful situation. The Make Poverty History Campaign calls world leaders to honour their commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, an eight-point plan for tackling poverty. Now it's our turn to speak up through art to Make Poverty History. Small Boat's Annual Spring Art Exhibition this year will be in partnership with Micah Challenge and Make Poverty History as part of the Manly Arts Festival. Exhibition Opening times can be found below. Selected art works will be chosen to be exhibited in Parliament House in Canberra for International White Band Day."

I was very impressed by most of the art I saw. There were genuine expressions of the plight of many impoverished people around our world. No doubt the Canberra exhibition will be bigger and better. I hope our politicians view the exhibition and respond in time for the election in 2007, increasing the aid budget towards the target they agreed to (0.7% GNP rather than the 0.3% they give now).

The exhibition continues next weekend, click the link above to find out where and when.