At the weekend and all this week, people will have the opportunity to view and buy works from some of Otago’s premier artists.
Money raised from the exhibition, held by the Polish Heritage of Otago and Southland Charitable Trust, will go towards research and equipment for the newly established University of Otago department of medical laboratory science.
The show had its official opening at the Community Gallery on Thursday night and featured work from 29 local artists.
"Nobody knows what goes on behind those big doors ... yet our graduates will be working all over, in the Bay of Islands, Invercargill and even places like Dunstan Hospital."
She said as a brand new department, they had the big job of establishing themselves.
"It’s a tough time — but it’s very important for us to be our own department, because we’re always slightly forgotten about."
Before this year, medical laboratory sciences was under the department of pathology, but this year they were excited to forge their own place.
"One hundred percent of cancer diagnosis’ come from a medical laboratory scientist ... we tend to think of doctors all the time, we think becoming our own department will give us much better visibility."
Polish Heritage of Otago and Southland Charitable Trust secretary Anna McCreath Munro said it had taken a lot of people to get the art show up and running.
"The idea is to also celebrate Otago and Dunedin artists and we’re lucky to have so many people participating in making this happen."
