Events/2012

December 17, 2012

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...

11:00
Birzeit University Museum
November 13, 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.

 

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
November 11, 2012

“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...

12:30
Birzeit University Museum
October 22, 2012

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...

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
October 18, 2012

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...

12:00
Faculty of arts
October 7, 2012

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...

03:30
Tell F rek- Jericho – tall elsultan
October 6, 2012

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...

03:30
Al-fasayel – jericho
October 5, 2012

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...

03:00
jericho
October 3, 2012

Alpha
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...

07:00
Jericho- Ain Duke
October 2, 2012

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...

06:30
City center – Jericho
October 2, 2012

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...

04:00
The Othman court- Ramallah
October 1, 2012

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...

02:00
Birzeit University Museum
September 11, 2012

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...

12:30
Birzeit University Museum.Main Gallery.
September 11, 2012

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.

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12:30
Birzeit University Museum
September 4, 2012

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...

09:30
An Najah National University
August 17, 2012

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...

16:00
Birzeit University
July 23, 2012

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...

12:00
Institute of law - Birzeit university.
July 17, 2012

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.

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
July 14, 2012

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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08:00
Al Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque .
May 26, 2012

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...

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
April 23, 2012

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...

04:00
Ottoman Court- Ramallah Tahta
April 21, 2012

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...

09:00
Faculty of arts
April 17, 2012

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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10:00
Birzeit University / Kamal Naser Hall
April 12, 2012

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...

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
April 3, 2012

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 ...

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
April 2, 2012

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.

Artist :...

14:00
Birzeit University Museum
March 28, 2012

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.

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05:00
Birzeit University Museum
March 15, 2012

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...

13:00
Birzeit University Museum
March 10, 2012

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...

12:00
Birzeit University Museum
February 18, 2012

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...

10:45
Birzeit University Museum
January 5, 2012

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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09:15
Birzeit University Museum