Darat al Funun:Ten Years of Supporting Art

On this occasion, in order to nurture a new generation of artists and in recognition of the important role played by the master in training his/her knowledge and experience to a new generation, the Summer Academy of Darat Al Funun has been established. The Academy has been since 1999 under the supervision of the Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bashi who is a member of the Academie der Kunste and a professor of drawing at the Berlin Superior College of Fine Arts

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Mr. Ali Maher Director of Darat Honouring first General Director of the Abdul Hameed Shouman Foundation Mr. Abdel Rahman Bushnak

Celebrating this occasion
"The tenth Anniversary exhibition of works by Contemporary Arab Artists" was displayed in all the galleries of the Darat.
In the middle hall gallery a complete documentation of the past ten years activities and exhibitions was presented on big panels and on a video screen, Hi-tech. was introduced in the Arts for the first time in Jordan.

Commemorating this event "Darat Al Funun Summer Academy for the Arts" which will be directed by the Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bashi, member of the Academie der Kunste, and professor of Drawing at the Berlin Superior College of Fine Arts, and will benefit the new generations of young Arab artists.

A book on Darat Al Funun was published;" Art , Architecture, Archeology" presents a detailed account of Darat Al Funun 's wide ranging activities followed by three essays by experts in the fields:

Buy Darat al Funun book "Art. Architecture, Archaeology" on line

Ibrahim Alaoui of the renowned Institut du Mond Arab in Paris provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab art and its evolution.

Architect Ammar Khammash takes a close look at the Architecture of the three traditional buildings of the Darat dating from the 1920's, in the context of the history of architecture in Jordan.

Pierre Bikai, director of the American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR) & archeologist May Sha'er supply an in-depth archeological study of the antiquities at the site of the Darat.

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On this occasion, in order to nurture a new generation of artists and in recognition of the important role played by the master in training his/her knowledge and experience to a new generation, the Summer Academy of Darat Al Funun has been established. The Academy has been since 1999 under the supervision of the Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bashi who is a member of the Academie der Kunste and a professor of drawing at the Berlin Superior College of Fine Arts	.	Mr. Ali Maher Director of Darat Honouring first General Director of the Abdul Hameed Shouman Foundation Mr. Abdel Rahman Bushnak
		Celebrating this occasion "The tenth Anniversary exhibition of works by Contemporary Arab Artists" was displayed in all the galleries of the Darat. In the middle hall gallery a complete documentation of the past ten years activities and exhibitions was presented on big panels and on a video screen, Hi-tech. was introduced in the Arts for the first time in Jordan.
Commemorating this event "Darat Al Funun Summer Academy for the Arts" which will be directed by the Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bashi, member of the Academie der Kunste, and professor of Drawing at the Berlin Superior College of Fine Arts, and will benefit the new generations of young Arab artists.

		A book on Darat Al Funun was published;" Art , Architecture, Archeology" presents a detailed account of Darat Al Funun 's wide ranging activities followed by three essays by experts in the fields: Buy Darat al Funun book "Art. Architecture, Archaeology" on line
Ibrahim Alaoui of the renowned Institut du Mond Arab in Paris provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary Arab art and its evolution.
		Architect Ammar Khammash takes a close look at the Architecture of the three traditional buildings of the Darat dating from the 1920's, in the context of the history of architecture in Jordan.
Pierre Bikai, director of the American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR) & archeologist May Sha'er supply an in-depth archeological study of the antiquities at the site of the Darat.



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