Exhibition of children's paintings

Exhibition of children's paintings

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman
Djojonegoro is scheduled to open an exhibition of children's
paintings on Monday, Sept. 11.

The exhibition, which will be held at the Herwino Art Gallery
in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, will display some 200 paintings
from the Sanggar Melati Suci Gallery in Yogyakarta.

Coinciding with the exhibition, a painting competition will be
held for elementary and junior high school students.

General manager of the Herwino gallery, Esther Ruslim, says
Sanggar Melati Suci is a children's painting group with an
international reputation. At least 60 paintings from the group
have been exhibited in eleven cities in the United States,
including New York, Los Angeles, Oakland and Little Rock.

The exhibition, entitled "The Giant Who Swallowed the Moon:
Children's Art from Java and Bali," is sponsored by American
curator Joseph Fischer.(01)