A Master class in Khartoum that will lead to an exhibition and a publication. Participants are Sudanese photographers and photographers
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After the revolutions and the political changes in the Arab region, there was a big need to work on the development of the environment of the cultural work in the region, in order to empower the cultural sector to play an effective role in the process of democratization.
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The Abbara program is a comprehensive regional initiative, started in 2011, to build capacity in the independent cultural sector during the transitional period by offering multiple forms of support to selected organizations
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Hassala Films (‘hassala’ means money box in Arabic) is an independent production house that was formed in 2010 by a group of independent artists who share the same ideas and thoughts about working in low budget forms to produce long debut projects (fiction and documentary) for talented young artists who seek for a challenge in what they want to say and take the maximum risk regarding their artistic tools. We set up Hassala Films to support young artists achieve their dream projects by offering them free information, cameras, edit suits, actors and extras, locations and efficient independent crew members who can work in deferment or low rate of salaries.
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An independent group of volunteers established in 2008 in downtown Cairo. The main objective of the group is to create cultural and artistic mobility within neighborhoods that are deprived from any cultural activities. The idea is to improve skills by implementing workshops and fairs free of charge.
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Media Balady was as established by a group of volunteers from various artistic and cultural backgrounds in 2011. Main objective is to observe, document, publish and conduct media coverage for cultural and artistic events that do not abide by the market´s commercial criteria, and that do not attract the media, i.e. independent art and culture. After the Egyptian revolution the role of Media Balady became much more important by giving chance to the different talents to express themselves freely, as opposed to the mainstream media channels.
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Aims at redefining the persisting identity of the people of Port Said and other cities around the Suez Canal. This is achieved by adopting young artist´s initiatives addressing and interacting with socio-political issues, accommodating and presenting various performances; providing training services to young artists, exposing and linking them with older artists to improve their skills; and by creating a media network that support cultural and artistic initiatives as well as contributing in building the capacity of people working in the media sector.
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“Our vision, mission, target groups. Final beneficiaries, annual planning, communication tools and communication role: I understood a lot during the cultural management workshop that Abbara organized, but I also relaised that there is still a lot to learn” -Rana, communication and PR officer at Rézodanse, A local Alexandria initiative aiming to revive the dancing Egyptian tradition and reintegrating it to the local culture. The objective is to induce the spirit of tolerance among the local community by accepting and promoting dance.
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The Ard El Lewa neighbourhood “is a section of that mushrooming belt of slums surrounding Greater Cairo” according to Artellewa Director, Hamdy Reda. And this is what gave rise to the creation of Artellewa as a space for art that directly serves the people of the neighbourhood, so as to link them with the broader cultural scene in Cairo and the world at large. In addition to hosting art exhibits and installations for artists, Artellewa offer painting workshops for children, mime workshops and creative writing workshops for imaginative youth aged 15 to 25.
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Al-Resala Centre offers programs such as the Dissemination of Culture for School Children, The Role of School Journalism in Supporting Democracy, Youth and Camera, and the Vanguard of the Future Choir project. Al-Resala is developing journalism in the provinces and small local communities in order to generate greater transparency, empowerment and efficacy in remedying the problems particular to each small town. The workshops are the first step towards building a strong and influential local press capable of bringing facts to the light.
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Janaklees is supporting independent cinema and visual arts. All programs by Janaklees aim to support artists and media professionals who collectively form the boom in the filmmaking movement in Alexandria. The organization has organized numerous events, such as photography exhibits, screenplay writers workshops and visual writing workshops.
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The Nabta Centre seeks to create an artistic and cultural forum that supports Sudanese artists and musicians who have fled the political pressures and repression of freedoms in Sudan. Since 2009 Nabta has succeeded in becoming a safe passageway that facilitates the entrance of Sudanese artists and intellectuals into similar circles in Egypt.
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The Mahatat for Contemporary Art was set up by five women of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds but with a common interest in contemporary art and a concern by the centralization that kept art in Egypt restricted to certain segments of society. The initiative aims to make art available to broader sectors of the populace in a decentralized way. Trough the “Our Street” project Mahatat is promoting art in public spaces throughout the country.
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The Art Center is located in Sidi Thabet near Tunis is providing a cultural arena where cultures meet to exchange ideas and practices. It´s dedicated to contemporary arts practice in Tunisia and developing networks between artists, curators, institutions and arts centers abroad.
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The objective of L’Art Rue is to democratize contemporary art and offer it to as large a number as possible. L’Art Rue has worked, since its creation, on both urban and rural spaces, assisting and producing Tunisian artists’ creations. It leads a research upon new art interventions, based on the lack of resources and spaces of creation, developing a critical analysis and artistic proposals on the relationship between art, society, population and territories.
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Massart Cultural Centre, TUNIS, is an independent space for arts and creativity situated at the juncture of several popular neighborhoods in which youth suffer marginalization. In a few years the centre has evolved into a place where the playwriter meets the poet, the musician the visual artist, and creative artists meet with the neighborhood folks who comes by to join in the activities.
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Ettijahat is aiming at promoting independent culture. Independent art, like independent thoughts and ideas are risky business in Syria, particularly nowadays. Ettijahat work on three parallel and complimentary areas: Mobilization of the independent cultural sector as a part of the social and political life, mapping the cultural Syrian arena and give directions to the upcoming cultural waves during and after the completion of the revolution, and last, lobbying for the change of cultural policy.
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The Cultural Media Centre was founded in order to promote journalistic attention to cultural events and works of art to increase the public interest in order to alter the prevailing modes of behavior and attitudes in a country plagued by illiteracy, ignorance and poverty. The primary focus of activities is building capacities of media professionals in covering cultural life and building capacities of artists in promoting the activities of their organizations so as to increase public participation.
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This goup of writers is working for cultural development in a new social context. The foundation succeeded in creating a National Group for Cultural Policies that has persuaded the Ministry of Culture to adopt the recommendations of the Cultural Policies Conference. Among the recommendations was the calling for culture to be placed on the agenda of the National Dialogue Conference.
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After the Libyan Revolution youth was filled with hope of a future with freedom of expression, creativity and respect for the other, principles that had been reduced to a hollow slogan after forty years in a barren cultural flatland. The Arete Foundation has since managed to organize the Tripoli Festival for International Poetry in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, a Cinema Club that has so far organized 60 screenings in a country that has suffered a total dearth in the art of cinema for 30 years. A video art exhibition called “First Glance” which brought this art form to Libya for the very first time, and produced a theatre performance called “An Enemy of the People”.
Within a few months, the number of followers of the Arete´s Facebook page has climbed to 45,000.
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