14 / 05 / 2013
 | ‘Marine Art’ was a unique project where 32 marine scientists from the University of Ghent and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) inspired the teachers and 1200 (!) students of the Visual Arts Academy in Ghent in workshops on the status of the seas and ocean and their science work in several fields. The art students each created one or more art works on the ocean life & environment and marine science insights. Teachers and students from a large range of art disciplines participated: drawing art, painting, graphics, mixed media, ceramics, illustration & cartoon, photography and animated film. All art work was exposed – together with the science that gave the inspiration to it - during a large exposition in Ghent (2-6 February 2013; 8000 visitors). [Read more] The current expo "Marine Art - Oostende" shows a selection of these art works in Fort Napoleon in Oostende; the cultural heritage site in the dunes (open from Wednesday till Sunday between 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-17:00; 5 euro). [Read more] In the week before World Ocean Day various workshops (for primary schools) and evening lectures (for the public at large) are organised on themes that also formed the inspiration for some of the works of art shown in expo. [Read more] |