MUSCAT: A reception was held for the Culture Resource Foundation (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy), organised in partnership with Bait Al Zubair Foundation in Muscat.
The Foundation’s team met with a group of artists in Oman to get to know each other, presenting Al Mawred Al Thaqafy programmes and projects and sharing opportunities for cooperation and mutual support.
The meeting coincided with the 20th anniversary of the founding of Al Mawred Al Thaqafy. Elena Nassif, Al Mawred Al Thaqafy Director, who spoke on the occasion highlighted the role of culture and arts to express the situation and envision a more just, free, and peaceful future for the Arab region. She also stressed the importance of stronger and closer communication with Omani artists and cultural promoters.
Habiba al Alawi, Deputy Director, Al Mawred Al Thaqafy, praised the prominent cultural role of Oman and the features it possesses, which makes it a gateway to expanding the activities of the Cultural Resource to work in the Arab Gulf countries.
Fahd al Hasani, Deputy Director-General, and the exhibition's official at Bait Al Zubair welcomed the gathering which included artists from several Arab countries. He ensured the role of Bait Al Zubair possesses expertise and experience in the field of supporting art and artists.
The ceremony also witnessed the first showing of a film documenting the founding phase of the Cultural Resource and the changes that occurred in its activities and programmes and the institution in general, in addition to its adaptation to the various developments and changes that the region has witnessed.
By supporting approximately 3,000 artists and cultural actors, and reaching thousands of audiences in different regions of the Arab region through its activities and services, it continues to develop its work and maintain being a positive model for an independent cultural institution that relies on transparency and credibility as basic standards for its work.
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy is a regional non-profit organisation that seeks to support artistic creativity in the Arab region and encourage cultural exchange within and outside the region.
The Foundation also aims to support artists, cultural promoters, and cultural institutions through grants, capacity building, publications, and networking; to publish and promote creative works classified outside the commercial mainstream, regionally and globally; and to improve the conditions that allow the production of these works through research and work on cultural policies.
The Foundation bases its work on the belief in the essential role that culture plays in the development of civil society, the importance of making culture available to everyone, and the right of artists to express themselves freely.
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