Samoan Art Schools benefit from Youth Employment Programm (YEP) grants
Three art schools have benefited from the UN Youth Employment Programme in Samoa.
ILO News, (APIA) - Three art schools have benefitted from the Youth Employment Programme in Samoa. The Art School at the National University of Samoa, Leulumoega Fou School of Fine Arts and the Laumua o Punaoa Institute at Faleula last week received SAT$5000.00 grants each to assist them in their preparation towards a joint Youth Arts Exhibition at the SIDS conference this year. The grants are part of the Youth Employment Programme (YEP) funded by the International Labor Office and the United Nations Development Programme in partnership with United Nations Volunteers (UNV).
“The ILO and other UN Entities are working with government ministries, private sector organizations and local NGOs to ensure that new economic opportunities, particularly for youth, are developed and capitalized upon in a sustainable manner,” said David Lamotte, Director for ILO Country Office for Pacific Island Countries. Over 20 young artists will benefit from the programme which aims to provide long-term economic opportunities after the SIDS conference.
The programme which is being implemented by the Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) together with the Youth Division of the Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development prepares young artists to market and exhibit their work at the upcoming conference.
“These preparations include training of art students at the vocational and tertiary training institutes in visual and creative arts. The students would then produce artwork that would be exhibited and sold at the upcoming SIDS Conference,” said Peseta Margaret Malua, CEO of SBEC. The training is conducted by the Samoa Arts Council (SAC) and according to SAC President Tuilagi Seiuli Allan Alo, YEP is a welcome initiative. “New partnerships demonstrates great generosity and essentially leads to successful development, in this scenario the support for budding young artists to become professionals that will essentially contribute back to our economy.”
The training includes presentation of artwork, portfolio packaging, promotion and marketing their work locally and internationally, pricing and costing of their art work, and viewing art works exhibited in a professional setting such as an art gallery. The long term objective is to develop a career in arts and crafts which would assist youth in finding work in this area and/or establishing small businesses in this industry in the future.
For more information contact:
Ms. Cherelle Jackson
ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries
SIDS Coordinator
“The ILO and other UN Entities are working with government ministries, private sector organizations and local NGOs to ensure that new economic opportunities, particularly for youth, are developed and capitalized upon in a sustainable manner,” said David Lamotte, Director for ILO Country Office for Pacific Island Countries. Over 20 young artists will benefit from the programme which aims to provide long-term economic opportunities after the SIDS conference.
The programme which is being implemented by the Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) together with the Youth Division of the Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development prepares young artists to market and exhibit their work at the upcoming conference.
“These preparations include training of art students at the vocational and tertiary training institutes in visual and creative arts. The students would then produce artwork that would be exhibited and sold at the upcoming SIDS Conference,” said Peseta Margaret Malua, CEO of SBEC. The training is conducted by the Samoa Arts Council (SAC) and according to SAC President Tuilagi Seiuli Allan Alo, YEP is a welcome initiative. “New partnerships demonstrates great generosity and essentially leads to successful development, in this scenario the support for budding young artists to become professionals that will essentially contribute back to our economy.”
The training includes presentation of artwork, portfolio packaging, promotion and marketing their work locally and internationally, pricing and costing of their art work, and viewing art works exhibited in a professional setting such as an art gallery. The long term objective is to develop a career in arts and crafts which would assist youth in finding work in this area and/or establishing small businesses in this industry in the future.
For more information contact:
Ms. Cherelle Jackson
ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries
SIDS Coordinator