Youthful artists take part in open- air art festival in Tishreen Park

Within the activities of “ Bells for Love and Beauty “ festival various artistic  works , which combined nature and portraiture mixing  the real and the expressive, were displayed in an open-air exhibition  by creative young people from  “Tomorrow is for us “ project.  

The festival was held by the “Peace Candles” civil society Association at Tishreen park in Damascus. 

Head of the association the plastic artist  Lina Rizk, told SANA that the exhibition   is the conclusion of a festival  and a workshop, pointing out  that the exhibition included 15 diverse works by artists from the association’s members and young people from  “ Tomorrow is for us”  project, in addition to poetry, music, singing and a folk dance art group’s participations.

On her part , a trainer at “tomorrow is for us”  project Mona Dergham stressed that  the festival  provided an opportunity for students participating in the project to see the works of plastic artists to aspire to be in the place of these artists in the future, noting that young people met artists and learned about their experiences and were inspired by nature to express themselves.

In turn  Kenaz Zain Eddin , who is a trainer at the project specializing in visual arts, underlined  that the participation of young people in the festival makes them live the experience of drawing within nature and studying expressive schools. 

She  considered that training in drawing has an aesthetic meaning ,especially among young people because through  their enthusiasm , they present new works and creative ideas.

As for the young artist Judy Saleh, 17 years old, she participated in the exhibition through a painting that represents nature.  

She stressed that her participation in the cultural event  gave her an opportunity to learn about the experiences of professional artists, while Mohamed Saeed Shawqal, eighteen-year old , participated in a painting that expresses suffering as  a result of the Corona virus, through sad faces that wear masks and yearn for salvation.

Rawaa Ghanam