The museum organized with 6 students from the marketing department taking “Marketing Management” course in the university under the supervision of teacher Omar Omran the final event of the First Student Exhibition “this is me, they are us, you are here”. The event continues from 11:00 a.m till 2:00 p.m in which it considered as student...
Events/2012
Pariticipating teachers presented the research material they collected from their students, as well as a detailed explanation of their work. After that, participants were divided into groups to work collectively, and to discuss and develop their research and ideas with the facilitator of the workshop, Tina Sherwell.
“Beyond Aesthetics” Seminar presented by the curator Omar Yousef in the museum in 11-12-2012, which was a student initiative by sociology student named Asma Al-Mzayin within Basar Training Program in the presence of her teacher Abahir Al-Saqqa and sociology class, in addition to Teacher Tawfeq Dwanni from the cultural studies department and...
This workshop presented the idea of trials as stage of producing cities exhibition and each artist presented her research and the experience she had in the city. For example, Sara Beddington discussed her research “the logic of birds” , Susanne Bosch and her project “Crossing Jericho” and Shuruq Harb and her research titled “ when Rehab...
Lecture for the Education Department within “Social Education Methods” with teacher Mahmoud Abu Shamma. They were inspired by the museum space and its ethnographic and art collection in general, and Tawfek Kan’an’s amulet collection in which they discussed many topics linked society, ethnography and history with education and development, in...
The fifth and last trial of Jericho retells the story of Rehab, the Canaanite woman who hosted and hide two of Joshua spies. The trial began in Tel Al-Sultan where tour guide Nasri Hamail took the audience in a tour defining the archeology of that area. Participants then moved straight to Mount Temptation restaurant where they met archaeologist...
Birzeit University Museum continued Jericho’s five trial with artist Sarah Pedington. She was inspired by the idea of the trial from Sufi poetry in book titled "Birds logic" by Farid al-Din Attar. The trial began in Al-Auja region moving towards the mountain and the channel there, including a presentation by Ashtar Theatre artists who wore...
The third trail started from “Aqbaet Gaber” refugee camp which included a welcome speech by the owner of Sami hotel. Then the jeeps loaded participants went to Jericho desert "Area C". The trail stopped there to take photos and interrupted by a speech of the legions team leader. After that, the participants went to Jericho rest station in which...
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The second trial of Jericho started at 7:00 pm from Ain Duke region where the artist met the trial’s participants before starting the trial which includes walking on foot for three hours, passing by Ain Duke channel down to Tel Sultan where they took their first break. Then the silent trial continued to the main square of Jericho...
First Jericho trial of the 4th edition of Cities exhibition took place in the central square of the city, where the artist spoke with people from Jericho and Ramallah about their dreams and future visions regarding Palestine. The dialogue began with the artist presenting herself and her research then asked questions to the audience, who in...
AlphThe launch gathers the artists participating in the exhibition, BZU museum staff and the audience together in the backyard of the Othman court in Ramallah, it started with a speech by the museum director Inass Yassin and the curator Yazid Anani then the Mayor of Jericho, Followed by the five artists talking about the researches they did in...
Birzeit University Museum introduces the first student exhibition. One of the museum programs that encourages students from different Palestinian Universities to contribute to the production of critical contemporary art practices. Most of the work bares concepts of social and political protest unraveling issues of power relations, body and...
The workshop began with introducing the participants to the world of Palestinian Fashion, both in its historical and contemporary contexts. The curator introduced the participants to the design, fashion, craft industry and their ability to trespass traditional confined structures such as the interior of the Museum. The introduction was...
This is the second workshop about the fourth edition of cities exhibition, in which it started (edit by najeh report)
BZUM Director Inass Yassin, project coordinator Najeh Abu Shamsieh, Cities Exhibition curator Yazid Anani, Artist Sarah Beddington, “Seat of the Muse” Exhibition curator Omar Naser, and 17 art school teachers.
...The second edition of Framed-Unframed: Women Representation in Palestinian Art Practice. The exhibition presents a number of artworks that tackle the various representations of women in the works of Palestinian artists. BZU Museum produced this edition in cooperation with the faculty of Fine Arts at An-Najah National University as part of...
This is the second workshop in the series of activities carried out as part of the forth edition of Cities Exhibition. The workshop included explaining the trails of the exhibition. Curator Yazid Anani introduced the concept of the (notebook) and Sarah Beddington presented parts of her previous works, in addition to a brief introduction to her...
Birzeit University Museum hosted American researcher Dan Walsh who gave a lecture entitled “A Pixel is Worth a Thousand Verbs: the Contemporary Palestinian Poster”. In this lecture, the artist talked to the audience about the Palestinian Poster Archive Project. He explained during the lecture the objective of his project, and he referred to...
This workshop comes as part of the Art for Schools program. Thirteen teachers participated and discussed the concept o the fourth edition of Cities Exhibition taking place in Jericho.
Participant : 13 participants of teachers of Fine Arts.
Artist : Tina Sherwell.
Birzeit University Museum in collaboration with the French Cultural Center presented the premium for the film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni by Lebanese director Rania Stephan at Al Kasba Theatre and Cinematheque in Ramallah, as part of the Franco-Arab Film Festival.
Artist : Al Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque.
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Mvsevm-Seat of the Mvse is the second exhibition in the Beyond Æsthetics programme at Birzeit University Museum. This comes as part of the Museum’s activities for 2012 which aim to bring the contemporary visual arts program closer to the University’s local community and society at large. The Museum also cares to provides a space for artisitic...
The launch of the 4th edition of Cities Exhibition took place at Birzeit University Museum. The activity brought together interested artists and participants along with Birzeit Univeristy staff and faculty members. The objective of this activity was to introduce the main concepts of the new exhibition, its directions and importance. The...
Collections program in Birzeit University Museum
The Museum participated in the Open Day activities that took place at the University. It carried out an interactive activity pertaining to the transmission of cultural and social concepts that embed in the aesthetic making of traditional dresses. Students were engaged in a discussion...
Photographs: Ahmad Deeb, Ahmad Saad, Randa Abu Ali, A’ahid Izhiman, Ala’ Ghousheh, Firas Mkrkar, Muhammad Aqrouq, Muhammad Al-Aloul, Niven Manareous, Yousef shakarneh.
Artwork: Iyad Sobboh, Rafeeda Sihweil, Rouqia Khames, Salim Awad, Saleem Al-Beik, Diaa’ Misleh, Alaa’ Al-Baba, Muhammad Jahha, Mustafa Al-Khatib, Hind Abu Hasnen.
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Teachers from Art for Schools Program attended the workshop which was facilitated by Tina Sherwell from the International Academy of Art Palestine. Participants discussed illustrations of various modern artistic practices, in addition they worked on designing and planning material for their art classes.
Participants : Group of art...
This guided tour is the first step in Basar Training Course for the students of the University to help them develop their skills and improve their knowledge concerning carrying out tasks at the museum and cultural institutes.
Participants : Raghda Shamali, Ayman Shwiki, Aya Kirrish, and group of volunteer students from birzeit ...
Students were invited to learn more about artistic practice, and to explore the unlimited potentials of interaction and artistic exchange. The presentation tackled an art project’s approach to exploring the multi-layers of collective memory through unfolding the visual and symbolic manifestations in a selection of artworks.
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The workshop was facilitated by Yazid Anani who talked to students from Al-Quds University about the 3rd Cities Exhibition “Between Ebal And Gerizim”, and the artworks that were displayed as part of the project.
Participant : Students from the Departments of Geographic and Urban Studies, and Media Studies at Al-Quds university.
...Tina Sherwel and artist Bashar Al Hroub gave presentations on contemporary art from different perspectives through presenting reviews of models and modern art projects. Inass Yassin explored models for current exhibitions that can be used as mediators or learning material for schools. A number of art teachers from different parts of the West...
This training course comes as part of the Art for Schools Program. It was carried out in four successive intervention sessions held at the Museum. The first was given by Yazid Anani, and it tackled the role of the curator in the production of the exhibition. The second was held by artists Iyad Issa and Sahar Qawasmi who talked to the audience...
The objective of this training course was to provide students with the opportunity to learn about handling cultural and artisitic heritage with openness and profound analysis in order to fully understand its importance and social value. The training course was held at the museum as part of Basar program. It tackled the general background and...
The training workshop provides important learning skills designed to prepare art teachers to be able to create their on educational models for art education in schools. Teachers participating in the workshop work in collaboration with art specialists to produce their original and effective models to be applied in teaching.
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