On 2 August, the University of Pretoria’s youngest day house – Docendo – hosted their annual art gallery evening at the Visual Arts Faculty. This allowed the UP creative community to join hands and express their inner Frida Kahlo or Cheri Samba. Docendo advertised the event beforehand via posters and on Instagram. Artists who heeded the call could submit their works between 08:00 and 17:00, before the exhibition kicked off at 18:00 and the curtains closed at 21:00.
An assortment of music genres from across the world serenaded curious art enthusiasts, who had the chance to immortalise their rare moments with selfies and intermediate conversations amongst themselves and the artists who were present on the evening. Docendo’s Internal Culture HC, Abigail Mahofa, explained the purpose of the event. “The aim for our evening is to spread awareness of artists from all faculties because art is not limited to one person. It’s art, it is for everyone.”
One of the many artists, Kimone Bhawanibheek, shared their appreciation of the art exhibition hosted by Docendo. “Creating these pieces was fun. [With the theme] ‘What Lies Beyond’, I had no plan at first, but I just followed my heart and that’s the end result,” he explained. “My poetic pieces and canvases just sparked from an interest in a wooden canvas – my creativity just naturally flowed from there.”
These UP student artists fall under a unique label that is being used in today’s social spheres, namely “renaissance student”. A renaissance student is a student that creatively blends their education and their inner talents in order to achieve a refined and refreshed outlook of the global village as it is perceived today.
