Exhibition as a Medium of Exposure for Graphic Design Students in the Technical Universities in Ghana

The study delved into the possibility and ways by which art students in the Technical Universities could be encouraged to organize exhibitions periodically to boost their confidence level to enable them to showcase their works to the public. They lack the courage to mount exhibitions simply because they and other artists have a preconceived idea that mounting an exhibition requires money, courage, and self-confidence. The study also looked at the benefits that could be derived from the mounting of exhibitions on their part as students and beyond the lecture halls after their education. Information for the study, was sourced purposively from selected lecturers and students from selected Technical Universities including Kumasi Technical University, Cape Coast Technical University, Takoradi Technical University, Tamale Technical University and Art Centres including the Accra Art Centre and the Kumasi Cultural Centre where observations were made of Art and Craftsmen who were producing artworks to exhibit and sell as well. The use of observations and unstructured interviews were necessitated by the fact that the activities involved in the making of the artefacts as well as mounting exhibitions are studio-based and practice-led. The study revealed that a lot of benefits including self-confidence, educational, social, Economic and Aesthetic benefits could be derived from mounting of exhibitions frequently.