art history, also called art historiography, historical study of the visual arts, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, drawing, printmaking, photography, interior design, etc.

∆Albert Mubatsa – Winner of the ‘Drawing contest’

Albert’s drawing is inspired by the economic condition of his country, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's broken map symbolizes the economic and political condition as the future remains unclear because of the sector's uncertainty. Ostrich is the national bird of Zimbabwe. According to Albert, Ostriches are known to hide their heads in the sand, and with most Zimbabweans, this is the similar case. They try to hide from the country and conceal in the process their identity. Ostriches are also the largest birds with the longest necks in the bird kingdom and the largest eyes of any land animal. Albert believes that Zimbabweans should also use their strengths to concentrate on building the country and the future.

∆Rosemary Bennett – Winner of the ‘Watercolour Painting contest’

Rosemary Bennett has been painting since childhood. She is proficient in many mediums but did paint exclusively in watercolours for twenty years. She is more an Illustrator with watercolour but uses all the techniques with the medium to produce the end result she desires. She continues to create and enjoys her time with art.

She went to Loire Valley for a painting trip and ended the trip by going to Paris. While she was in Paris, she visited a café which was full of colours & life. She took a few photos and later painted them with watercolour on paper. She used watercolour as an extension of her feelings about being in the City of Lights. She believes that watercolour was an apt choice to depict this scene.

∆Joanne Gervais – Winner of the ‘Multi-Media Art Contest’

Joanne’s fine art experience has been an extraordinary journey from the initial Fine Crafts training that included the study of textiles, pottery, jewellery, woodworking, silkscreen printing, fashion tailoring & design that included colour theory, drawing and painting. She subsequently studied oil painting, cartooning, advertisement, portraiture and pastel sculpture. It took years of dedication to become an established artist, and Joanne expects the latter half of her career to produce works of greater skill, greater sensitivity, and greater understanding of the creative process and what it means to make "painterly works."

Her winning piece of art is titled ‘Society Includes us all’. This work was intended as one piece, but circumstances led to the creation of three pieces that work in harmony and separately to raise awareness among youth of poverty, emotional distress, street children, homelessness, depression, loss, isolation.