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Using art to raise cultural awareness
By Raghad Majali, Jordan News
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AMMAN — The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Jabal Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through cultural programs, activities, and events, and to crystallize cultural work for the benefit of young people in particular and society in general.اضافة اعلان
The association is a non-profit organization that was established by a group of Jordanian artists who are dedicated to improving the life situation of people with fewer opportunities.
The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through its programs and events. (Photos: Baqa for Culture and Arts Association’s Facebook account)
The association organizes events around the arts, democracy, and community development, environmental and sustainability development, gender issues, human rights, and international and cultural relations.
The association’s main sources of funding are membership fees, donations and sponsorships from private and public institutions. The association targets marginalized areas across Jordan through different projects and activities such as festivals, workshops, capacity building programs and cultural exchanging events.
It is worth mentioning that its main interventions are based on painting, storytelling, theatre and music. The association partners with Yes Theatre, Palestine, Abed Al Hamid Shoman, Jordan, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the Kuwaiti Fine Arts Association.
Among their most prominent annual programs is the Amman Arabia Festival which brings together groups of artists from all over the world to Amman.
The association has carried out several youth projects, among them is “My Trip Project,” which aims to enhance the artistic talents of young people in theatre arts, music, and drawing across the country.
In the same artistic vein, they have “Initiative of an Art Cell,” which brings together professional painters in an artistic atmosphere at a cultural and heritage location to paint and express their styles.
The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through its programs and events. (Photos: Baqa for Culture and Arts Association’s Facebook account)
One of their long-established bands is the Arab oriental band, which was established in 2015 and includes musicians who graduated from the faculties of music at Jordanian universities. One of the band’s most prominent interests is the preservation of Arab musical heritage.
The band’s instruments consist of the oud played by Omar Al-Qur, the qanoon played by Othman Kinani, the nay played by Rasheed Al-Hassan, the violin played by Marwan Awad, and Arab percussion instruments played by Murad Rayhan.
The association also established Choral Sol in 2018, led by artist Bissan Kamal and a group of music students with the aim of preserving the Arab musical heritage across the Arab world. It also aimed to attract young talents in order to train them on the principles and foundations of Arab music. The choir gave several concerts, the last of which was a revival of Sayed Darwish’s musical legacy.
Among the events the association organized was an art exhibition at the Osama Al Mashini Theater last month. It was accompanied by an hour-long traditional concert with five musicians playing traditional Arab instruments among them the qanoon and oud, percussion instruments, the clarinet, and the flute. The concert was held in the outer courtyard of the theater.
The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through its programs and events. (Photos: Baqa for Culture and Arts Association’s Facebook account)
The show included a live drawing session by artist Kamal Abu Halawa, followed by a ten-minute dance show, and a 15-minute stand-up comedy show with Tariq Al-Shadfan. This was followed by an interactive show with the artist Ahmed Sorour, followed by a cultural Q&A about Luweibdeh in the outer courtyard of the theater.
The “Rouh Al Weibdeh” project organized last month by the association is a forum for fine art that groups together 15 young Jordanian artists. The project aimed to revitalize the artistic and cultural movement in Jabal Luweibdeh neighborhood and activate the role of the local community in embracing artistic thought to create a promising environment for future generations to launch and nurture their artistic creations.
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The association is a non-profit organization that was established by a group of Jordanian artists who are dedicated to improving the life situation of people with fewer opportunities.
The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through its programs and events. (Photos: Baqa for Culture and Arts Association’s Facebook account)
The association organizes events around the arts, democracy, and community development, environmental and sustainability development, gender issues, human rights, and international and cultural relations.
The association’s main sources of funding are membership fees, donations and sponsorships from private and public institutions. The association targets marginalized areas across Jordan through different projects and activities such as festivals, workshops, capacity building programs and cultural exchanging events.
It is worth mentioning that its main interventions are based on painting, storytelling, theatre and music. The association partners with Yes Theatre, Palestine, Abed Al Hamid Shoman, Jordan, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the Kuwaiti Fine Arts Association.
Among their most prominent annual programs is the Amman Arabia Festival which brings together groups of artists from all over the world to Amman.
The association has carried out several youth projects, among them is “My Trip Project,” which aims to enhance the artistic talents of young people in theatre arts, music, and drawing across the country.
In the same artistic vein, they have “Initiative of an Art Cell,” which brings together professional painters in an artistic atmosphere at a cultural and heritage location to paint and express their styles.
The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through its programs and events. (Photos: Baqa for Culture and Arts Association’s Facebook account)
One of their long-established bands is the Arab oriental band, which was established in 2015 and includes musicians who graduated from the faculties of music at Jordanian universities. One of the band’s most prominent interests is the preservation of Arab musical heritage.
The band’s instruments consist of the oud played by Omar Al-Qur, the qanoon played by Othman Kinani, the nay played by Rasheed Al-Hassan, the violin played by Marwan Awad, and Arab percussion instruments played by Murad Rayhan.
The association also established Choral Sol in 2018, led by artist Bissan Kamal and a group of music students with the aim of preserving the Arab musical heritage across the Arab world. It also aimed to attract young talents in order to train them on the principles and foundations of Arab music. The choir gave several concerts, the last of which was a revival of Sayed Darwish’s musical legacy.
Among the events the association organized was an art exhibition at the Osama Al Mashini Theater last month. It was accompanied by an hour-long traditional concert with five musicians playing traditional Arab instruments among them the qanoon and oud, percussion instruments, the clarinet, and the flute. The concert was held in the outer courtyard of the theater.
The Baqa for Culture and Arts Association, established in Luweibdeh in 2016, aims to increase cultural awareness for all segments of society through its programs and events. (Photos: Baqa for Culture and Arts Association’s Facebook account)
The show included a live drawing session by artist Kamal Abu Halawa, followed by a ten-minute dance show, and a 15-minute stand-up comedy show with Tariq Al-Shadfan. This was followed by an interactive show with the artist Ahmed Sorour, followed by a cultural Q&A about Luweibdeh in the outer courtyard of the theater.
The “Rouh Al Weibdeh” project organized last month by the association is a forum for fine art that groups together 15 young Jordanian artists. The project aimed to revitalize the artistic and cultural movement in Jabal Luweibdeh neighborhood and activate the role of the local community in embracing artistic thought to create a promising environment for future generations to launch and nurture their artistic creations.
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