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Smile & Colors:
The First Children Art Exhibition at The Gaza Municipality Arts and
Crafts Village. The Exhibition included art works done by 65
children aging between 9 to 14 years old. These children
participated in the first annual artistic summer club for children
at the Village. The club was held for 2 weeks from 1 July 2002 till
11 July 2002. The club was held after three successive months of work
with children in various schools. The children were chosen for their
artistic talent from different schools.
This program, The Development of Art
Teaching in Schools, was the first program for the Arts and Crafts
Village to work with children. The idea of the project came from the
Village's belief in the importance of art to help in building the
future generation, the independent Palestinian state generation. Art
is the school of creativity, work, patience and beauty. It is also
the school of morals and humanity. It is a base for social rest and
free expression. The program held several goals:
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The development of art teaching in
schools through providing needed training for future teachers from
the art department in Al-Aqsa University, and varying the experience
of art students through dealing with foreign artists. Also training
the the art teachers in schools, who don't have a certificate in art
education, through participation.
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Mitigate the effect of Israeli violence
on children.
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To deliver the experiment to the largest
possible target group through printing a book that documents the
experiment and organizing activities in Gaza and Khan Younis.
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Get to know the talented children and
improve their talent.
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The effective participation and
cooperation of all parties within the program: The Ministry of
Education, the education directorates of Gaza and Khan Younis, the
school headmasters, Al-Aqsa University and the field trainers.
The trainers were: Dr. Khaled Dahalan;
child psychiatrist from GCMHP, Ross Georgeson; Sccottish artist with
UNAIS, Angela O'Hara; Canadian artist working at the American
International school in Gaza and 12 final year students from Al-Aqsa
University to be field trainers.
The work team also
included the staff of the Arts and the Crafts Village, the overall
supervisors of the program and their executives. After training, the
field trainers were distributed to 6 governmental schools in Gaza
and Khan Younis, two field trainers foe each schools. The training
involved 20 classrooms and 900 children with an average of 45
children per class. Then 65 children were chosen to participate in
the art summer camp. |
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One the works done by the children
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