Hors Concours is an exhibition celebrating female students at the University of Malta since their enrolments began, with 100 years of stories, photographs and facts. Laura Swale invites its curator Professor Raphael Vella to talk about the history of women at the university and the power of art.
Rector Professor Alfred Vella in front of the exhibition’s welcome panel. Credit: Elisa Von Brockdorff and the University of Malta
Laura is a visual artist, writer and entrepreneur from the UK, with a background in arts education, cultural event-planning and curatorial work. She is the founder of Allura, a multi-award-winning arts organisation based in Malta, established to showcase creative talent and bring it to a global audience. Laura writes visual Arts and cultural content for the Times of Malta and the Malta Independent, she is a judge on the panels of several art prizes and a regular guest speaker at the University of Malta. Formerly a secondary school art teacher and head of department of fifteen years, she is also a practising artist, regularly exhibiting and selling her work.
