Viva - the Valletta International Visual Arts Festival 2014 was inaugurated today with the unveiling of Żieme by Austin Camilleri, Power Exchange by JP Azzopardi and Michael Camilleri, and Genesis by Victor Agius.

Opening the festival, Culture Minister Owen Bonnici said the first edition of VIVA marked the start of a new epoch where the sector could finally leave its own mark on the local cultural calendar through the means of a festival concentrated totally around the Visual Arts.

Artistic director Raphael Vella said that at its inception, the festival could already boast of an exciting line-up which brought together local and international artists and curators.

The Viva programme this year, being co-organised by St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Arts Council Malta, the Valletta 2018 Foundation and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, includes many events concentrated around the first week of September, with most exhibitions and works inaugurated to remain on display free of charge throughout the month.

Locations around Valletta include St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Heritage Malta (Melita Street), Pjazza Teatru Rjal, and the National Museum of Fine Arts.

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