Creativity Uncontained: Online art competition by UoC Alumni

TheUniversity of Colombo (UoC) Alumni Association launched its second annual online art competition, “Creativity Uncontained 2021” last week under three different themes inspired by current events, and for different age groups.

“I congratulate the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo for organising an island-wide virtual competition “Creativity Uncontained” for the second successive year,” University of Colombo Vice Chancellor Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne said.

“The association’s commitment to engage with children and youth of Sri Lanka during challenging times of the pandemic and seek their expressions on thematic issues of the environment, psycho-social aspects of digital transformation and the impact of cancer is meaningful with reaching implications. Such activities truly portray the value addition of education through a connected view of a holistic prospect, innovation, freedom of expression and the purposeful obligation to benefit society and country.The university community is extremely appreciative of your commitment to our alma mater and beautiful country,” Prof. Wijeyaratne said.

“We wereimpressed with the talent that we came across last year, we had submissions from all over the country. In these difficult times it is very important to create outlets for our

children, youth and adults to creatively express themselves. Sri Lankans are one of the most talented nationalities in the world, and the Alumni Association is happy through this competition to mine artistic talent in Sri Lanka,”UoC Alumni Association President Rajeev Amarasuriya said.

Creativity Uncontained, was the brain-child of J. M. S. Bandara and the project is chaired by Dr. Dayani Panagoda, both members of Alumni Association executive committee.

“Out of three themes, the third one is a special one to the Alumni Association. The theme relates to cancer which is an area the Association is already engaged in supporting the initiative to set up an Advanced Cancer Detection Centre at the University of Colombo, ´Dr. Dayani Panagoda said.

“This competition calls for all sorts of creative expressions including 2D artworks, 3D artworks, videography etc. and we are excited to see what the local artists have to say about this theme,” she added.

The competition will be held

completely online and artists must comply with the rules and guidelines of the competition which is available on “The Alumni Association of University of Colombo” Facebook page and may email their artwork to creativityuncontained@gmail.com under the relevant theme.

Group 1 is for artists between the ages of four and ten years, and Group 2 for artists between the ages of 11 years and 16 years and they may submit their 2D artwork under the theme “Environment: The Lost, The Damaged, The Restored.”

Group 3 consisting of artists between the ages of 17 years and 21 years, and Group 4 consisting of Artists above 21 years may submit their 2D artwork under the theme “Electronic Impact : The Negative, The Positives, The Addiction.”

Group 5 consisting of Artists of all ages may submit their artwork (including videography and 2D and 3D artwork) under the theme “Cancer, the impact of the person and their loved ones.”

For more information, please visit “The Alumni Association of University of Colombo” Facebook page.