The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange has created opportunities for children with special skills to express themselves through cultural drawings and paintings.capital, as part of the activities marking Wole Soyinka’s 89th birthday.
A cross section of primary and secondary school students who have contributed their artistic works to the gallery. She said the primary motive is to make children know that they can communicate and pass powerful messages across through drawings, paintings, and sculptures, among other channels. The main idea, she added, is the unification of the visual artistry embedded in individuals from different backgrounds, national and international, to express themselves using works of art.
He said budgetary allocation for art and culture in the annual budget is always meagre and asked the government to do more to promote art and culture.