“ I Draw my Dream “ society for fine Arts in Lattakia holds its seventh festival
Art is very important to young children. It gives them a way to let out their feelings and ideas. Children can learn a lot through art. As children draw and paint , they are learning about their world (colors, shapes, and sizes of objects). Art allows children to make choices and opens up new worlds for them and gives them a variety of important experiences.
With the aim of supporting and enhancing the children’s creative artistic talents, “ I Draw my Dream ” Society for Fine Arts in Latakia Province held its seventh festival at Dar Al-Assad for Culture there in cooperation with Lattakia’s Directorates of Culture and Social Affairs and Labor .
“Nearly 72 participants took part in the opening of the activities of the cultural event which included art exhibition for children, adolescents and youths and open -free drawing workshops for children with the aim of promoting love, art and self-confidence” the plastic artist Mrs. Hiyam Salman, Head of “ I draw my Dream” society for fine art said in a statement to the Syriatimes e-newspaper.
“ With the aim of highlighting the key role of the Syrian woman in supporting her family, the festival included an exhibition for a number of women on recycling clothes, healthy food, artworks of shells, soap making, cosmetics and accessories from natural materials” artist Salman added.The three-day cultural event was characterized by a play and fashion show both done by children of the society.
The stage actress and director Reem Nabe’a, who trained the children to perform the play on the importance of nature, told Syriatimes “ Today’s performance is the culmination of 3 months of children’s practice . They were very enthusiastic because they are the heroes of the theater today and they did their best to express their talent on the stage”.
She referred to the society’s role in spreading the culture of theater and plastic art, indicating that theater is not only an image, it teaches us social communication with the other, expression, and breaking the barrier of fear among children”.
“ We seek to spread the culture of the word. We are fighting guns with art, word and color. Art has a close relationship with civilization, and our country Syria was and still the cradle of civilization” the stage actress concluded.
The participant Amal Hussein from AL-Raqqa governorate , expressed her happiness with her permanent participation in the society’s festival to display her handmade products including decorative things , table covers and displayed a painting on the heritage of Al-Raqqa including old housed and Arabic coffee pot (dallas).
In turn, Sham Sabbouh, 12 years old, was very excited about her participation in the theatrical performance and fashion show standing on the stage and watching the audience applaud for her.
She also participated in a painting on rural heritage that includes the use of a well, a women baking , and others picking olives in addition to old rural houses, expressing her dream to become a famous stage actress and artist.
9-year-old participant Yara Hassan’s painting was on the sun as it is , according to her, the source of light , energy and heat. She used yellow to express the color of the sun and blue to embody the color of the sea and the sky.
In turn, Raghad Mustafa, Julnar Shahoud and Alissar Salhab, who attended drawing courses in the society and now are in turn trainers at the society, expressed their happiness and pride in the exhibition “Through Portraits” for famous international artists .
They stressed that portraiture is the mirror of the soul and feelings and art is a window for children to express their own vision, as each child has his own ideas and his world.
Interviewed by :RawaaGhanam
Photos by :RawaaGhanam
