Annex B - “Visual Arts: A Flourishing Field” (VAFF) Project - List of partner organisations

Partner Organisation Location Overview

Second Round Partners (2019-2021)

General Union of Cultural Gaza The support is going towards 12 production grants and Centres artist residencies, in addition to the organisation of two open studios alongside the residency programme, and a solo exhibition for each artist participating in the production grants programme. The grant also seeks to support the design and implementation of an artistic intervention programme in public spaces and in one or more refugee camps in Gaza. It will also benefit interested artists by organising a monthly programme of encounters and seminars in which ten different practitioners from across the creative spectrum are hosted, in addition to its support for resource-mobilisation for the union. Birzeit University/ Faculty Birzeit Several local artists will be invited to present lectures at the of Art, Music and Design Faculty on several specialisations. The Faculty plans to host two international artist’s residencies that will enrich academic life. Furthermore, the grant also aims to create and enhance opportunities for cooperation with art institutions from the Global South, and with other departments at the university. To increase communications with high schools and to enhance community awareness of the Faculty’s visual arts programme and of the visual arts in general, 15 visits will be organised by faculty students to schools, and another 15 visits by school students to the faculty and the Birzeit University Museum. Additionally, two exhibitions will be organised: a retrospective exhibition of the late Palestinian artist Tawfiq Abdel Al, entitled “Rhythms of a Different Time”, in collaboration with Birzeit University Museum, and the Degree Show that will feature the works of the first graduates of the faculty. The Palestinian Art Court – Jerusalem The grant aims to support the visual arts programme at Al Al Hoash Hoash, particularly the programme for preserving and digitising the archive of the Al Wasiti Art Centre, as well as Al Hoash’s own archive and publications and any other important archives that will be later added. This phase of the project will be completed in cooperation with the Khazaen Institute in Jerusalem. With the support of the grant, all archival material and publications will be uploaded to a website that will be developed to make this material accessible to interested researchers and artists. The grant will fund visual art research production by commissioning four researchers to produce research on Palestinian art through examining these archives and publishing their research as articles and/or videos, and/or by other means. The grant will also cover the design and implementation of a public programme to include cultural and art activities, seminars and panel discussions, workshops, lectures and conferences, and an exhibition that will be developed as a result of this research and scholarly work on the above- mentioned archives. Dar al-Kalima University Bethlehem The grant agreement signed with Dar al Kalima College will College of Arts and Culture contribute to the establishment and development of a new educational track specialising in art restoration (oil and acrylic on canvas, icons, and watercolour on paper, for example), the first programme of its kind in Palestine, as part of the BA in Contemporary Arts, and to equipping a specialised lab for painting restoration. These programmes will be pursued after the completion of a study surveying the art restoration expertise available within Palestine and beyond, and determining the resources, equipment and furniture required for the lab. The grant will cover fees for teaching staff, and the expenses of documenting, archiving and restoring the College’s art collection. It will contribute to organising three exhibitions for the students and a degree show in 2020, and enable support for the participation of students in local exhibitions and biennials. Dar Qandeel for Arts and Tulkarem The grant seeks to support the establishment and Culture implementation of a visual arts programme at Dar Qandeel for Arts and Culture, as well as support its institutional development and the sustainability of its programmes. This will be achieved through covering the basic administrative, operational and developmental costs, and the activities of the visual arts programme – which includes 15 small production grants, a visual art education programme for children, a capacity-building programme for visual artists in the Tulkarem area, the hosting of ten art events throughout the duration of the project and four artist residencies, as well as funding a series of technical workshops in video art and photography, and several community art projects. The grant also aims to support Dar Qandeel’s resource development programme. Sakiya Art - Science - Ramallah Sakiya will contribute to the visual arts scene in Palestine Agriculture/ Ein Qiniya with ten new art projects, including three artist residencies and seven projects that will draw their themes and media from Sakiya's location in Ein Qinya. These projects will bring together artists, researchers, artisans and/or farmers to produce artistic interventions in different plots around Sakiya’s site, including the road leading to it. In addition, VAFF will support exploration walks that will be organised by Sakiya; these will include four rounds and dialogues on the site that will delve into various topics. The grant will support the organisation of a final exhibition and the publishing of a book to feature Sakiya’s activities during the period of the grant. The grant will also contribute to covering the main administrative and operational expenses and the resource development programme. The Palestinian Museum Birzeit The grant for the Palestinian Museum will contribute to establishing a Curatorial Department, as well as capacity building for the museum team that is involved and for other professionals working in the arts scene in general. It will also support the production of commissioned artworks for the museum’s forthcoming exhibition entitled “Palestinian Shores”, and the design and implementation of public educational programmes inspired by this exhibition and by the “Printed in Jerusalem” exhibition. The grant will also be used to organise tours of the two exhibitions for pupils from 35 public schools, as well as designing and providing a training programme for a number of teachers from different schools, building on their skills and providing them with educational guides and tools that can be applied in the classroom. The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Ramallah In its second round, the grant will support the Centre (KSCC) implementation of three exhibitions as well as visual and social interventions. KSCC will provide production grants to a number of artists, and support cultural and collective research projects, including seminars and workshops in the field of the visual arts, with a total of seven workshops. The grant will also support the resource development programme that was supported through the first round of VAFF, through contributing to the fees of the resource development officer, supporting the Backbone programme and the La Shop initiative by providing grants to designers, and the implementing of a local and international fundraising campaign to rehabilitate the Centre to make it accessible for people with disabilities. The grant will also cover the main administrative and operating expenses. Gaza Association for Gaza VAFF’s grant to the visual arts project implemented by Culture and Arts (GACA) Eltiqa Group, under the umbrella of GACA, will support the and Eltiqa Group delivery of three trainings in the field of visual arts, as well as 12 production grants and artist residencies at cultural centres in the north and south of the Gaza Strip. Exhibitions will be organised to present the artworks of artists participating in the various opportunities of this programme. Additionally, the grant will support research studies that tackle different topics in the visual arts in Gaza, and the costs of setting up exhibition space and a production and training lab at Eltiqa’s headquarters, and reviewing and developing the financial and administrative manuals for GACA. Visual Arts Forum (VAF) Ramallah The second round of the grant aims to support the visual arts programme and the institutional development and sustainability programme at VAF through covering essential administrative and running costs. It also aims to contribute to VAF’s resource development programme and its focus on the visual art education programme, including uplifting the quality of education, defining VAF’s educational vision, and implementing five educational courses for children and the interested public during the implementation period. The grant will help promote the Forum’s activities through organising 15 creative workshops in schools, 15 art activities aimed at children, 20 visits by children and students, as well as holding five discussions between parents, instructors and artists to encourage the registration of new students.

First Round Partners (2017-2021)

Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Jerusalem The focus of the “Supporting and Promoting Art and Culture Contemporary Art in Palestine” grant was to enhance Al-Ma’mal’s support to artists in producing art projects, residencies and exhibitions. It also enhanced Al-Ma’mal’s outreach to a wider audience in Jerusalem and Palestine. Birzeit University (BZU) Birzeit The “Visual Art, Development and Capacity Building for BZU / Faculty of Art, Music and and Faculty of Art, Music and Design” grant focused on Design developing the teaching and technical capacities of the Contemporary Visual Art BA Programme. It provided the Samir Aweidah Visual Arts and Music building with specialist equipment for the printing lab, with a focus on traditional as well as new technologies in printing, including lithography, etching, screen printing, digital printing on materials (wood, plastic, fabrics, paper), and 3D printing. The project also contributed to developing BZU teaching staff’s technical and teaching capacities in partnerships with international universities. In addition, the grant provided learning and research opportunities through use of the BZU archives and art collections, making them available to artists and art students as a basis for research and the creation of new knowledge.

Dar Jacir Art Collective Bethlehem This grant was implemented under the umbrella of the Palestine Studies Institute - IPS / Ramallah The VAFF grant supported Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in its establishment and programming phases. This included an art exhibition and a series of workshops, master classes and seminars, and residency opportunities to local and international artists, intellectuals, musicians and filmmakers. General Union of Cultural Gaza The Shababeek collective supervised the artistic Centres (GUCC) implementation of the “Contemporary Linkages" grant, the importance of which lies in its response to the needs of Gaza-based artists. Through specialist supervision, the project organised a series of training courses, starting with conceptualisation, development, research and experimentation, and leading to a coherent art proposal. A follow-up training course covering art practices, such as sculpture and printing, that was implemented in collaboration with Arab and foreign artists. Through an open call process, the project offered residency opportunities and production grants to artists from across the Gaza Strip. The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Ramallah “Infrastructure, as a Cultural Project” aims to improve the Centre (KSCC) quality of the Centre’s activities, fostering its ability to attract wider audiences and implementing a resource mobilisation programme in order to strengthen the Centre’s institutional capacities and its sustainability. Besides renovating the Centre’s infrastructure, the grant also supported the implementation of the visual art programme, the development of its strategic plan and its financial and administrative systems. Sakiya Art / Science / Rmallah The project is situated on a 16,000m2 plot of land owned by Agriculture / Ein Qiniya the Zalatimu family in the village of Ein Qiniya. The grant contributed to renovating one of two buildings on the project site, both of which date back to 1917. The grant also supported the sustainability of Sakiya by enhancing its resource mobilisation programme, the development of its strategic plan and administrative and financial manuals. Tamer Institute for Ramallah The “Palestinian Art Tales” project aspires to raise cultural Community Education awareness and knowledge of the visual arts among children and young people in Palestine. Through the grant, the Tamer Institute produced and promoted high quality children’s stories based on the lives of a number of prominent artists in Palestinian art history. It also translated and publish a book for children on the history of art. Tamer also built its capacities and provided training in children’s book illustration as part of the grant. Visual Arts Forum (VAF) Ramallah The Visual Arts Forum’s “Visual Arts Education Programme” aims to relaunch the Forum’s activities in Ramallah and to develop its institutional capacities and sustainability. The programme further developed the Forum’s art education curriculum, in addition to implementing specialised training for trainers on pedagogical methods related to the existing curriculum. It also developed the Forum’s overall strategy and its financial and administrative policies and contributed to developing and implementing a fundraising plan to ensure sustainability.