Genfi’s Art Gallery opened

The Founder of Genfi’s Art Gallery, Mr Kwaku Genfi has called on the government and stakeholders to invest more in the creative arts industry to make it attractive for the younger generation.

According to him, the world now revolved around creative arts and when invested in would not only promote Ghanaian culture but be lucrative for the youth.

According to Mr.Genfi, this could help reduce the unemployment rate in the country.

Mr Genfi made the call at the opening of Genfi’s Art Gallery over the weekend, featuring Ghanaian cultural crafts, and paintings.

“Arts is everything as the world revolves around it,  be it technology, buildings, culture, designs, paintings among others, almost everything has an artistic theme in it, that is why stakeholders need to invest in the sector to develop it,” he said.

He said Ghanaians believed that creative arts was a profession that was not lucrative enough to pursue or invest in, so much attention was not given to it.

However, he said the industry was a very lucrative one that everyone should pay attention to or pursue as a career.

“In the Western world, they know the future will be brighter with creative arts and already the world right now is all about being creative, so we should pay more attention to it as people are making a lot of money from it than you can imagine,” he noted.

Therefore, the Ghanaian Artist urged investors and stakeholders to invest and support the industry to grow and expand.

Mr Genfi also urged parents to allow their children to pursue creative arts as a career and support them when they are in it already.

Having painted over 30 paintings only this year, he noted it was his dream to train and mentor younger artists in the country to build up their skills.

He also noted that launching the gallery was to motivate other artists to focus more on their art and see it as a profession as they could make a better living with it.

To promote and expand the creative arts industry, he urged the government to build more technical schools to train and expose students to the creative arts world.

This he said would not only build their skills but would also encourage them to always paint and be creative.

“If anybody is willing to help a young person who is talented in any way, they should go ahead as it will go a long way in assisting them since we the industry players cannot do it alone,” he said.

  BY CECILIA LAGBA