Artfest Objectives
- To raise the profile of visual arts within the community, fostering the appreciation, knowledge and enjoyment of art.
- To encourage the participation of young people in visual arts activities.
- To build confidence and self esteem among young artists through having their work taken seriously, mounted, hung in a gallery to be viewed and appreciated by the public.
- To provide positive role models.
- To promote excellence in the visual arts.
- To provide for young people a means of viewing and valuing the work of their peers, and in this way promoting not only the exchange of ideas, but placing art in the mainstream as a worthwhile endeavour, accessible to all.