On the 11th Anniversary of the artist’s passing, Cospicua honours Joseph Casha with a street in his name
Today marks the eleventh anniversary from the demise of Maltese artist Joseph Casha.
And for this occasion, the artist’s daughter Alison Casha has made her dream finally come true – a street in his hometown Cospicua is now named after him, very close to his birthplace.
On Wednesday 22 June, the Hon. Parliamentary Secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli together with Marco Agius, Mayor of Cospicua unveiled the street name in honour of the artist, in the presence of family and friends.
Joseph was born as the 5th of 8 children on 11 July 1939 in the heart of Malta’s Three Cities, but within 6 months the family had to relocate inwards due to World War II. Although the artist lived his childhood years in Rabat, he was always proud of his origins and frequently spoke about Bormla being his birthplace with a sense of pride. Not just because he was born there but he also worked for several years as an apprentice at Dock 1 at Malta’s Dockyard, which today is a stunning waterfront.
It is for this reason that his youngest daughter Alison approached the Local Council of Cospicua with a number of ideas to honour her father as a child of this historical and fortified harbour city. And on this important commemoration marking the eleventh year since his loss, one of the ideas has come to life – an old street by St. Helen’s Gate has been named after Joseph Casha.
During the ceremony Alison thanked and showed gratitude to Hon. Parliamentary Secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli, Cospicua Mayor Marco Agius and the Local Council Committee for their immediate response to making things happen, and also presented them with a copy of the artist’s book “Joseph Casha: Fantasy & Reality“
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