Art exhibition held in Damascus to highlight Syrian traditional crafts

Culture

Different remarkable wooden works  of traditional  crafts, including Damascene paintings ,  home furniture, in addition to antiques, handicrafts and embroidery displayed  in the  “Damascene Painting” exhibition hosted by the Arab Cultural Center in Kafr Sousa.

The artworks of the exhibition, which was held in cooperation with the Syrian “Al-Wafa’a”  Association for Development and  the Orient House for Heritage,  were characterized by showcasing the creativity ,  skill  and talent of  people with disabilities.

Remal Saleh, Director of “Al-Wafa’a”  Association, indicated in a statement to SANA that the association, which  always calls people with disabilities  “ Able with your love”,   seeks to show their creative and artistic side, pointing out that the purpose of the exhibition, in addition to its human side, is to revive and preserve Syrian deep-rooted  heritage and historical identity.

The craftsman Maher Bozo  explainedto SANA  that the word paint means decorations and inscriptions on ceilings and walls, as mentioned in the Dictionary of Levantine Industries by Muhammad Saeed Al Qasimi.

He added  that the Damascene painting craft is 1400 years old and extends to the Umayyad period, indicating that  the first work was in Jerusalem and then moved to  Damascus, where the Umayyad Mosque embraced the first paintings of this craft to spread later in most Damascene houses.

The craftswoman, Samar Abbasi was born talented, and although her hearing disability led  her to drop out of school in the preparatory stage, she learned drawing at “Adham Ismail”  Center  for Fine Arts in Damascus and was one of the distinguished students as she  participated in a number of exhibitions by drawing on decorative panels.

On her part, Na’ema Suleiman, Director of Damascus Culture, told SANA that the directorate works to support craftsmen and artists working in the field of  intangible heritage to highlight Syria’s culture in cooperation with civil associations that constitute an important ally for government institutions in spreading art, heritage and creativity.

RawaaGhanam

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