{"id":1096,"date":"2026-08-21T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2026-08-21T04:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:01:09","slug":"art-and-essay-competition-creativity-meets-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/2026\/08\/21\/art-and-essay-competition-creativity-meets-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and Essay Competition \u2013 Creativity Meets Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Econ Club hosted an art and essay competition to encourage students to express economic and social themes creatively. Held at the Faculty of Business Studies, the event allowed participants to showcase their analytical thinking and artistic abilities.<br>Winning entries from the competition were set to appear in the department magazine, highlighting student talent and innovative ideas. The event promoted critical thinking, creativity, and a deeper understanding of economics beyond traditional classroom learning.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-custom-gallery su-custom-gallery-align-left su-custom-gallery-title-hover\"><div class=\"su-custom-gallery-slide\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"><a><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-15-at-17.55.42_f058fed2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2025-08-15 at 17.55.42_f058fed2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><span class=\"su-custom-gallery-title\">WhatsApp Image 2025-08-15 at 17.55.42_f058fed2<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-custom-gallery-slide\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-15-at-17.56.02_52105152-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2025-08-15 at 17.56.02_52105152\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><span class=\"su-custom-gallery-title\">WhatsApp Image 2025-08-15 at 17.56.02_52105152<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Econ Club hosted an art and essay competition to encourage students to express economic and social themes creatively. Held at the Faculty of Business Studies, the event allowed participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbs.vau.ac.lk\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}