This year the Art So­ci­ety of T&T will cel­e­brate 75 years of ex­is­tence. To start off this spe­cial mile­stone and in con­tin­u­a­tion of its Icon­ic se­ries, the ASTT is stag­ing a spe­cial ex­hi­bi­tion of the works of the late Carlisle Chang.

The for­mal open­ing ex­hi­bi­tion, ti­tled Carlisle Chang: Icon­ic Artist of Trinidad and To­ba­go takes place on Jan­u­ary 9 from 7 pm to 9 pm at the So­ci­ety's head­quar­ters, Ja­maica Boule­vard and St Vin­cent Av­enue, Fed­er­a­tion Park, a re­lease said.

Chang, whose works have been part and par­cel of T&T's cul­ture, was com­mis­sioned to cre­ate sev­er­al works of art dur­ing his life­time.

Two of the most valu­able gifts Chang has giv­en to the na­tion are the de­signs for the coat of arms and na­tion­al flag for in­de­pen­dence from Britain in 1962.

He has al­so cre­at­ed many pub­lic works of sculp­ture, in­clud­ing 'Con­quer­abia', cast in ce­ment, out­side the Port-of-Spain City Hall, and The in­her­ent No­bil­i­ty of Man which was lo­cat­ed at the Pi­ar­co Air­port but was sad­ly de­mol­ished dur­ing the air­port's ex­pan­sion.

He was al­so the re­cip­i­ent of the Hum­ming Bird medal in 1964 and con­tin­ued work­ing un­til his pass­ing in 2001.

The Carlisle Chang col­lec­tion was in­scribed on the Trinidad and To­ba­go Mem­o­ry of the World Reg­is­ter in 2010. The ex­hi­bi­tion runs un­til Feb­ru­ary 10. Ad­mis­sion is free.

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Mon­days to Fri­days: 10am to 6pm �2 Sat­ur­days: 10 am to 4pm �2 Sun­days: Closed �2 For more in­fo, call 622-9827 or send an email to ex­hi­bi­tions@art­so­ci­etytt.org