To celebrate harmony and shared humanity within the community, The Kingston Interfaith Network, have put on art exhibition during the month of August 2015 at St Nicholas Gallery in Mordialloc .

Local artists submitted spiritual works of art, to the annual Kingston Interfaith Network Art Exhibition, to help celebrate the many faiths and cultures in our community. This year’s exhibition, explored the theme ‘Reclaiming the Heart of humanity’, and is currently on display from the 4th to the 26th of August 2015. Mayor Geoff Gledhill invited professional artists, amateur enthusiasts and school children to add their creative talents, to the exhibition.

Interfaith’s community development officer, Steve Theoclitou states “The overall aim of the Interfaith art gallery is to promote respect within different faith groups, we wanted to bring together artists from all different faith backgrounds”.

“For a number of years interfaith has incorporated art into their projects, the benefit of introducing the art culture is it brings a good means to get the people from the community to engage through the wider exhibition.”

This annual event is recognised as a great opportunity for all ages and backgrounds, to come together through a common love of art.

“40 people entered their pieces to the exhibition, submissions range from group work, to student work and works from local artists,” Steve says.

On Sunday the 16th of August 2015, Richard Newton will join a discussion panel of artist’s to assess the submitted works of art. Mr. Newton is a leading art educator in Victoria and his original works have been exhibited at popular arts shows around Melbourne. Mr. Newton will discuss the importance of art and spirituality integrating.

The art exhibition is free for public viewing and will be open Monday-Thursday: 12-3pm and Saturday 10am-1pm, during the month of August 2015.