The opening ceremony for the gallery was held on June 21, one of the first in the state as galleries begin to awaken from an enforced slumber. It was the same day that Grahak Cunningham signed up for the virtual Belarus and Russian Peace Run which started on the 22nd of June.

The screen exhibit in the busy shopping centre nearby was an added bonus, organised when galleries didn’t look like being reopened and is collaboration between the Peace Run, Vidtiser and Ellenbrook Central. All the framed original pieces carry the artist’s signature birds which Sri Chinmoy viewed as messengers of peace and freedom. “The caged bird,” he poetically said, “is crying for freedom. The uncaged bird is striving for peace.” So impactful has the message been from the art it has drawn comments from Nobel Peace Laureates Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev.