Local artist to host exhibition to raise funds for Ukraine

Local artist to host exhibition to raise funds for Ukraine

by MEGAN STRINGER
To raise funds for Ukrainians in need, local artist Gail Francis-Tiron has organised ‘Artists for Peace’; an exhibition of donated artworks on auction by closed bids.


From 21st - 24th March from 11am to 6pm, the exhibition will be open at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, Casemates Square.

Explaining the inspiration behind the exhibition, Gail said: "The inspiration was me feeling really bad for what is happening in Ukraine, like everybody else I suppose."

However, it was seeing the recent reports of the street artist who self-sabotaged his own mural in Gibraltar with an anti-war message that gave Gail the push to think of the idea. She said: "He [the artist] said something that struck home. He said ‘I want to paint peace, and when I finish this mural I am going to raise money for Ukraine by selling paintings’.

"That stuck in my head - I thought what a great idea, as Gibraltar always rallies around when there is an emergency. I put an idea out on my art Facebook page and said who would want to be involved in an exhibition. And the response was fantastic. So I arranged the exhibition" the artist said.

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