"In art, the foundation determines everything that follows," says Hallie Ndorley, a Liberian Canadian visual artist whose creative platform, the Hallie Art Gallery organizes the training session. As a signatory to several UNESCO cultural conventions, the country nonetheless lacks a national arts education program, falling short of commitments to integrate arts education across formal, non-formal and informal learning systems. It is this gap that the Hallie Gallery, a creative platform working at the intersection of arts education, skills development and social inclusion, is seeking to address. Such engagement, the Ndorley noted, introduces discipline, material awareness and foundational methods that help students better understand the creative skills needed for success as fine artists. "The collaboration with the Gallery is a model for how external creative platforms can complement formal art education.

Source: Daily Observer March 21, 2026 11:47 UTC