Blue is exhibition’s coolest colour

For three years their water paints bled onto paper, but blue appeared to be the coolest colour on the final artwork of students who, since September 2015, have been working on creating their version of the world with water at its centre. The ‘Imagine Water, Catch the Drop’ project will culminate in a public exhibition as part of the Spazju Kreattiv programme at St James Cavalier, Valletta, in April next year. Sponsored by HSBC’s Catch the Drop Water Programme and run by L’association École d’Art au Village (Edaav), the project was designed to engage artists, teachers and students in a long-term and meaningful creative process while raising awareness of the importance of water to Malta. In Malta, 125 students each year were supervised by Edaav president Sébastien Cailleux and Maltese artist Luca Cauchi. The participating students came from three schools in Malta and one in Gozo. Mr Cailleux said: “It is thanks to the funding by Catch the Drop that we could introduce the ideals of L’association École d’Art au Village to Malta. Together with HSBC, our other partners Canson and Sennelier provided an artistic space to young beneficiaries to freely express their talent.” Mr Cauchi...