Please note that this event has already occured.
Key information
Start date: Sunday 01 September 2019 at 10:00am
End date: Monday 30 September 2019 at 5:00pm
Venue: City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE, GB
Cost: Free
As part of Totally Thames festival, Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative (based in Lagos) are proud to be exhibiting "My Story of Water" here in London; showcasing artworks created by children from across Nigeria, presenting their stories of water to raise awareness of water pollution crisis affecting our environment, climate and waterways and our need to protect them.
500 jerry cans, onto which the children have painted their story of water, will be displayed as an outdoor exhibition at Oxo Tower Wharf arcade from 1st – 30th September alongside a photo exhibition of the project at City Hall from 3rd – 16th September.
‘My Story of Water’ is being sponsored by Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Zenith Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, TY Danjuma Foundation and MTN Foundation and delivered in partnership with Teach for Nigeria, Montessori Centre International, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Thames Festival Trust (UK), Daraja Designs, Hatch Ideas Worldwide, Jackson Etti & Edu and africapractice.
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