Opening Ceremony for Painting Exhibition “Where the Light Lies” by Mike Knowles & Veronica Knowles
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Event: Opening Ceremony for Painting Exhibition “Where the Light Lies” by Mike Knowles & Veronica Knowles
Date: 26 January 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Run Run Shaw Library, 3/F, Academic Building, CityU
Sixty paintings by the renowned British artists Professor Mike Knowles and Ms Veronica Knowles will be exhibited at the Library of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) from 26 January to 13 February. This exhibition, titled “Where the Light Lies”, is part of the inauguration programme of the Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies.
Mike Knowles is Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University. He has staged numerous exhibitions and his paintings are to be found in many institutional and private collections. Veronica Knowles is well known for her garden paintings.
Guests officiating at the opening ceremony are:
l Mr Andrew Seaton, British Consul-General
l Ms Lesley Lau, Chief Curator, Art Promotion Office
l Professor Mike Knowles and Ms Veronica Knowles
l Professor Arthur Ellis, Provost, CityU
l Professor Gregory Lee, Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and Director of the Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies, CityU
l Professor Steve Ching Hsiang-hoo, CityU Librarian
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