A CREATIVE Art and Design student at Chinhoyi University of Technology, Tariro Matosi, had to contain the adrenalin rush as she staged her debut exhibition in Norton last week.
BY PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI
The exhibition was held under the theme Muhombodo (My Pocket) from Monday to Wednesday last week.
“This was about me showcasing the skills and knowledge I had acquired over the years. So I took it as if I had a pocket of knowledge where I was putting in everything I was learning since my first year (at university) and I was now emptying my pocket, showing what I had stored in there,” Matosi said.
The ecstatic creative artist told NewsDay yesterday that this was her first exhibition — which was part of her final examination — and she displayed works from all the four modules that she used over the past four years.
“I felt like this was one of my dreams coming true. I have always wanted to showcase my artistic side to many, which I did because the turnout was huge,” she said.
“I was anxious indeed. I had never hosted a function that was also an exam, but I enjoyed it.”
The exhibition included her paintings, drawings, graphic design works, three-dimensional designs, photography and her specialty — collapsible suitcases, textile design and print making.
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Matosi said she chose to hold her exhibition in Norton because that was her home town and wanted to inspire young people from that area.
“I wanted to encourage youths, or even parents from Norton that art is not only about pencil on paper,” she said, adding that a lot still needed to be done to encourage young people to take up art as a profession.
Matosi hailed the government for its arts and culture policy as learning institutions for art offering degree and diploma programmes were being established.
She said she was happy the policy of having art as a compulsory subject from Early Child Development level offered great room for people to appreciate art from a tender age.
