 |
| God's House Needs a Roof |
Cameroonian UK/USA
based painter popularly known as Shiri Achu, would be using her original
painting to mobilise resources in order to help build the Sunday School
building for the Presbyterian Church, Meforbe in Santa, North West of
Cameroon.
A release from her
office indicates that there is to be an art exhibition of the paintings of the international artist from the 25th August
to 8th of September 2017,
at the University of
the West Indies, Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica. The event will
run for two weeks with viewings from Monday - Saturday from 9am
– 6:00pm.
The art exhibition
dubbed, 38inPrint: Jamaica, has the campaign “RAISE THE ROOF,” running along
with it, and would see the resources and finances generated from the raffle ticket
sales of her original paintings, dedicated to the construction of the church
edifice.
 |
| Side View of Church House |
The worldwide eight weeks
campaign will conclude on Friday the 8th of September. It
would be streamed live so everyone who has bought raffle tickets,
can stream in
to see if they are the lucky person who has won the original Shiri Achu art
work – ‘Midnight Tradition,’ painted in 2009.
The painting is an acrylic on canvas painting, sized at 76cmX102cm and has been valued at $10,000 USD.
The painting is an acrylic on canvas painting, sized at 76cmX102cm and has been valued at $10,000 USD.
 |
| Shiri, Painting for God |
The painting that is to be won; 'Midnight tradition,' is based on an outdoor traditional wedding in Nigeria, West Africa. The spotlight captured in this romantic painting is the wedding couple dancing lovingly by moonlight.
The painting was selected as a
Finalist for the Clifton’s Art Prize 2012, in Adelaide/Australia. The painting also
features on page 65 of the International contemporary Masters volume VII.
There will also be 3
runner-up winners, winning signed limited edition prints of ‘Midnight
Tradition,’ and 4 more people winning a combination prize. All 8 “RAISE THE
ROOF” winners will be selected at the closing of the event.
 |
| Church Appreciates but needs project completed. |
“In all my
Inprint exhibitions, (35InPrint:London in April 2014,
36InPrint:WashingtonDC in May 2016, 37InPrint:Australia
in July 2016) and now 38InPrint:Jamaica from the 25th August
through to 8th of
September,
I wish that people will come to Shiri Achu InPrint exhibition ready to have fun, be educated, and knowing that they could potential win one of the prints exhibited,” she said.
 |
| Brandy and Shiri: Together we build |
I
was informed about the need of a roof for the church and so I took it as a duty
to see the project realized. Being an architect and loving the Lord, I
feel extremely passionate about the campaign. It is my own way of giving back
to God,” she explained.
Shiri has received the
award of ‘The best artist’ in Brent, London and has been fortunate to have
exhibited in various exciting places/events/cities.
These include, The
Commonwealth Secretariat, The Houses of Parliament and The Olympic African
Village. She has displayed her artistic prowess in cities including Lisbon,
Barcelona, Douala, Chiang Mai, Douala, Washington DC, Australia to name a few.
 |
| Gift of Vase for Shiri's Works |
She has also, recently
been nominated as TOP 10 ARTIST by the renowned Art Critic, Lennox Campello for
the show Artomatic 2016, in Washington DC, where thousands of artists come
together to exhibit their works.
Grammy Award-winning
singer and actress, Brandy, supports the “RAISE THE ROOF” campaign.
Blick Bassy, Dave Moktoi, CNN presenter Tom Foreman and Cameroonian Sam Fan Thomas also gave their support and blessings to the initiative.
Blick Bassy, Dave Moktoi, CNN presenter Tom Foreman and Cameroonian Sam Fan Thomas also gave their support and blessings to the initiative.
No comments:
Post a Comment