Ashkal Alwan
Lebanon
Visual Arts, Cultural Management, Education, Knowledge Production and Research, Publishing, Archiving
The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts "Ashkal Alwan" is a non-profit organization that was founded in Beirut, Lebanon in 1993. Since then, the association has been committed to contemporary artistic practice, research, and modes of study. It aims to facilitate artistic production, foster critical thinking around contemporary social realities and engage in community mobilization. The association's mission is to create networks of exchange between artistic and cultural practitioners and institutions, build an archival record of artistic and intellectual endeavors in Lebanon and the region, support emerging and established artists by providing the necessary resources for the development of ideas and work, rethink art education, help enrich critical discourse in the Arabic language, as well as provide support for independent initiatives working in and around the civic and political realms. Ashkal Alwan offers several artistic programs, publishes literary and artistic books and provides residency programs for artists and cultural actors. It also offers free services and facilities such as conference rooms, editing studios, exhibition spaces and a specialized art library as well as a massive audiovisual archive.
Ashkal Alwan
Lebanon
Visual Arts, Cultural Management, Education, Knowledge Production and Research, Publishing, Archiving
The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts "Ashkal Alwan" is a non-profit organization that was founded in Beirut, Lebanon in 1993. Since then, the association has been committed to contemporary artistic practice, research, and modes of study. It aims to facilitate artistic production, foster critical thinking around contemporary social realities and engage in community mobilization. The association's mission is to create networks of exchange between artistic and cultural practitioners and institutions, build an archival record of artistic and intellectual endeavors in Lebanon and the region, support emerging and established artists by providing the necessary resources for the development of ideas and work, rethink art education, help enrich critical discourse in the Arabic language, as well as provide support for independent initiatives working in and around the civic and political realms. Ashkal Alwan offers several artistic programs, publishes literary and artistic books and provides residency programs for artists and cultural actors. It also offers free services and facilities such as conference rooms, editing studios, exhibition spaces and a specialized art library as well as a massive audiovisual archive.
Grantee
Lebanon Solidarity Fund
In support of arts and culture institutions and spaces
2021
Grantee
Lebanon Solidarity Fund
Solidarity Fund for Arts and Culture Structures in Lebanon
2020