HUNDREDS of creative artists and art lovers in the Alimosho LGA and beyond on Saturday, September 17, 2022, convened at the Lagos Theatre, Igando for the fourth edition of D'Gathering of Creatives.
Speaking on the significance of the event, the Convener, Oluwaseun Adeojo (Desoji Arts) said D'Gathering started off in 2016 as an online contest, to celebrate his birthday anniversary, but evolved in 2019 to become a physical event where passionate creatives convene to showcase their art.
“D'Gathering came to be by reason of an online contest that started off in 2016. The idea of the contest was to use arts as a medium to reach out to people. So they were meant to upload a picture with a caption theme for the year, and I would draw them. The winner was selected by engagement. At the end of the contest, we invite winners to a location and present their artwork to them.
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“So in 2019 when D'Gathering was given birth to, we decided that instead of having just winners, we brought everybody together, and that was how we had D'Gathering of Creatives' first edition. Ever since then, it became an annual thing,” he said.
Desoji further said that the desire of the programme was to discover, celebrate and connect creative artists across the globe. And the contest was a means to bring them under one umbrella.
In this year’s edition tagged, 'Beyond the Norm', five contestants presented their various artworks, with the panel of judges and the audience deciding the winner.
Vanessa Livinus, emerged as the winner and was awarded #50,000 for emerging the winner.
Her artwork was a pictorial description of the ties of attachment between her late brother and herself. Explaining the idea behind the drawing she said though loved ones may have been lost in death, it doesn’t mean that all connection to them is gone.
Further rewarding her for emerging victorious in the contest, the MD/CEO of a leading real estate company, Ilu-Oba International, Mr Adeyemi Adepoju rewarded her with 250 square meters of land valued at 2 million naira at an estate owned by the real estate company.
Speaking after he was presented with a special recognition award at the event tagged 'Beyond the Norm', Adepoju thanked the organisers of the event for recognising his efforts to promote youths in the creative industry.
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Also moved by the commitment and devotion shown by the Convener of the programme, Oluwaseun Adeojo (Desoji Arts), the Chief Executive Officer pledged to gift him with two plots of land at one of their estates in Ibeju-Lekki. The plots of land are valued at 8 million naira, and the reward also covers all charges attached to land documentation and all other levies.
The announcement caused a stir in the hall, as the crowd made up of supporters and friends of the recipients applauded the kind gesture of the real estate guru. On their part, the recipients of the award thanked Ilu Oba for his kind gesture, while also promising to do more in their respective fields.
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