Local News News Students’ talent on display at Arts in Focus exhibition Dawne Parris21/10/20240132 views Education officials admire some of the pieces on display at the Arts in Focus exhibition. (Photo by Shamar Blunt) he Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training’s exhibition, entitled Arts In Focus, has officially opened. The five-day exhibition of industrial arts, visual arts and culinary arts by secondary school students opened this morning at Pelican House (the old BIDC building) on Harbour Road, St Michael. Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw was impressed with the work on display. The exhibition includes textile work. (Photo by Shamar Blunt) “I am exceedingly proud of the students of Barbados. I saw the art, I saw the leathercraft, I saw the work that they did with the textiles, [and] I invite the people to come down to the BIDC building and see the displays,” she said during a brief opening ceremony. “Our students within our schools are exceedingly talented, and this is one of the opportunities that the Ministry of Education Technological and Vocational Training has provided for our students to display their talents.” The exhibition will run to Friday, October 25. (SB)