An art show for girls’ empowerment
A fundraising art exhibition for the empowerment of girls was recently held at the Embassy of Chile in Delhi. Inaugurated by the Ambassador of Chile Juan Angulo, the paintings had diverse images… butterflies, mermaids, and a rainbow of colour… all pointing towards to the potential and power of the female child. Supported by The Blue Moon, and curated by Meenu Kumar, the paintings were auctioned, and part of the proceeds went for the education of girls through the Asha Kiran programme of the Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM).
During the auction, the first painting was bought by a counsellor from Mexico who paid ₹18,000 for a painting with a reserve price tag of ₹10,000. Paintings worth ₹2.15 lakh were sold and several more — worth ₹30 lakh — were reserved for later sale, said Jjulia Gangwani from The Blue Moon, who is also a Rotarian. Of the total sales, one-fourth will go to educating girls, another 25 per cent for skilling girls and the remaining to the artists.
RILM chair and PRID Kamal Sanghvi attended the show and thanked the Chile Ambassador for his help in holding the art exhibition.
