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Arabelle is a foundation registered under the laws of Israel. It has been founded in the year 2005 by leading artist Abed Abdi and a number of distinguished personalities in Haifa. The mission of arabelle is twofold: Advancement of the visual arts in the Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the promotion of intercultural dialogue through the visual arts.


It is our greatest honor and pleasure to introduce you to Arabelle - the association for the advancement of the visual arts.

Below you will find a short summery about the association and its aims, as well as a description of its past and planned projects. We turn your kind attention to our special ongoing project, titled “Intercultural Creativity and Visual Arts Course” aimed at young people aged 10-18 from all religious denominations found in the Haifa region.

 Thank you very much indeed for your kind interest in our association, and for taking the time to read about our activities. Looking forward to greeting you among the sponsors of our association and supporters of our mission, we remain,

Sincerely yours, 

Abed Abdi,  Founder and President

Arabelle is a non-profit association that was founded in May 2005 in Haifa, Israel.

The mission of Arabelle is twofold:  Advancement of the visual arts in the Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the promotion of intercultural dialogue through the visual arts.

The aim in establishing the organization stems from the need to raise awareness for the visual arts among the various communities in Israel, in addition to prompting greater participation of members of the Arab community in the visual arts.

The visual art workshop of Arabelle also aspires to become a center for cultural meetings, aimed at strengthening the mutual understanding and tolerance among peoples.

 The creation of the association was at the initiative of the Palestinian artist and teacher Abed Abdi and a group of intellectuals and social activists in Haifa [see below.

 The creation of the association came to promote social and cultural ends, which are primarily related to the development of Arab Palestinian population of Haifa and its region. Our goals are:
Goals of the Association

 

  •    1. Development of artistic creativity and the advancement of the various artistic fields -such as painting, sculpture, graphic art and photography.   2. To create opportunities for those who posses creative skills and needs, and to give support to local artists working in the aforementioned fields.

  •    3. To support local artists also through the establishment of art galleries and exhibitions.

  •    4. Organizing artistic workshops for the members of the community; these workshops will also contribute towards promoting peace and tolerance in a city whose inhabitants are of diverse religions and national background.

  •    5. To promote cultural relations between the Mediterranean’s various peoples and cultures.

  •    6. To establish cultural and educational relations with artists in the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories (The West Bank and the Gaza Strip).

  •    7. The documentation of the human relations that exist between Arab and Jewish artist through organizing joint art galleries and exhibitions.

  •    8. To apply pressure on educational institutions in Israel in order to achieve equality for the Arab citizens and to satisfy their various cultural needs, such as the establishment of an Arab museum, the promotion art exhibitions and the awarding of scholarships.


             Our expectations are that these workshops will contribute towards the elevation of level of creativity and artistic consciousness among the participants, as the workshops will also include organized visits to artistic sites as well as hosting well known and distinguished artists.

 Arabelle is willing to collaborate with various governmental institutions and non-profit associations in order to gain support for this project.

 
Obstacles

 Here are some of the obstacles that we are facing and to which we would like to draw your attention:

 
   1. First, we would like stress the fact that all of our previous projects were carried out with our own individual efforts; we were not able to receive any support from government institutions, whose pretext was that registered associations can receive support from government only two years after the associations is formed.


   2. Arabelle does not posses its own center; temporarily we are using Abed Abdi’s art workshop in Al-Jabal ave. in Haifa. Having our own center will allow us to carry out many projects and to posses a wide staff.


   3. We are in need of special funding in order to carry out the aforementioned project as well as others. We ask for your kind assistance and support for our association and projects, which we looking forward to carry out with the help of a wide variety of volunteers and artists.


 Other Founders:

Mr. Rushdi al-Madi – poet and school teacher

Ms. Marian Abi Nader

Mr. Yussef Heidar – former head of Ibillin’s local council in the Galilee

Dr. Majid Khamra – director of the educational department in the Haifa Municipality

Ms. Shehadi Shehadi – director of a youth community center in Haifa

Mr. Salim Abu Jabal – journalist and writer

 

 

 
 
 
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Arabelle Workshops 2008/09

Arabelle Workshops 2008/09

 


This year Arabelle continues with holding its art courses and workhsops its art workshops:

 

 The upcoming year will feature several artistic workshops as a part of the cultural platform suggested by "Arabelle" association for the promotion of the visual arts, which is one of the main aim of "Arabelle":

  • Development of artistic creativity and the advancement of the various artistic fields- such as painting, sculpture and photography.

  • To create opportunities for those who posses creative skills and needs, and to give support to local artists working in the aforementioned fields.

  • To support local artists also through the establishment of art galleries and exhibitions.

The Art Workshops for the upcoming year are made for skilled children between the ages 8-14 who cannot afford developing their talent due to difficult economical and social conditions as most of them come from poor neighborhoods such as Wadi Al Nisnas, Haifa downtown and Halisa.

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إقامة معرض باشتراك نحو 17 فنانًا وفنانة بالتعاون مع مسرح الميدان – المسرح العربي في إسرائيل، زاره عدد كبير من محبي الفن ووفود من المدارس في حيفا.

إقامة احتفال يمناسبة سنة على تأسيس الجمعية بمشاركة فنانين عرب ويهود وجمهور واسع من محبي الفن والمهتمين بالثقافة
( 2006 )

 

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( 2007 )

 

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Completed Projects

Completed Projects

 

Since the inception of the organization, we were successful in organizing creativity and visual arts workshops for adults and for school children alike. Arabelle is now planning to expand operations to give more children the possibility of being directly exposed to art and creativity.

Below is a list of some of the projects that we have completed in the past two years:

 

  1. Art exhibition for 17 local visual artists, which took place in the Arab theater in Israel, Al-Maidan. The exhibition was attended sldo  by many groups from elementary and high-schools in Haifa and the region. (2007)
  2. In Our House Yard - a workshop for young and talented boys and girls from Haifa who belong to all religious denominations in the Haifa region. The artistic products were demonstrated in an exhibition in Arabelle’s art workshop. (2007)
  3. Art exhibition of “In Our House Yard” at the cultural café Fattush in Haifa; in the opening various local musicians and artists performed, and the event was attended by the vice mayor of Haifa Shmoel Glibhart. (2007)
  4. This same exhibition will move this summer to Germany, and in addition, Arabelle has delegated 5 pupils who will join with 5 other Israeli pupils, in a joint creativity workshop with Polish and German pupils in a small town on the border between Poland and Germany.
  5. Cultural – musical event in which Arab and Jewish musicians and poets performed together. (2007)
  6. Cultural event to celebrate the Christian, Muslim and Jewish holidays with the children taking part in the creativity course and their parents. (2007)
  7. Ceramics workshop for Arab and Jewish mothers. The duration of the workshop was 17 months and was led by the Russian artist Natasha. (2006-2007)
  8. Cultural event in which many local artists and musicians performed, celebrating the first anniversary of Arabelle. (2006)
  9. Art exhibition for contemporary Palestinian artists at the art workshop in Hatzeyonut Ave. (Al-Jabal) in Haifa. (2006)
  10. In collaboration with the Haifa Cultural Fund, an artistic workshop was organized for young individuals from different neighborhoods of Haifa. The neighborhood of Halissa, which suffers from high unemployment rates and economical difficulties, had a prominent presence in the workshop. (2006)
  11. Bridges project, part A: First exhibition of Palestinian visual artists in Hungary (Hajduboszormeny), in collaboration with the Hajduboszormeny International Artists Camp. (2006 april 4 artists, 3 personally participating in the opening ceremony, also attended by the mayor of the city. Abed Abdi contributed two of his works for the local museum in the city).

 

 

 

ongoing in 2008

ongoing in 2009

Intercultural Creativity and Visual Arts Course

a unique meeting of cultures and creativity

 

Starting from the spring of 2006, Abed Abdi has been holding a special creativity course for youth aged 8-14 from all religious denominations found in Haifa. The course focuses the attention on joint creativity, and ends with a joint exhibition for the pupils. The idea was to bring Muslims, Jews and Christian children together, and thereby promote tolerance and dialogue through the arts. The special course consists of various workshops in: photography, ceramics, drawing and painting, graphic art, sculpturing, creative writing, calligraphy, folk art and world music.

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