Bait Al Zubair’s 2nd Int'l Arts Forum to kick off in July

Oman Tuesday 16/July/2019 16:04 PM
By: Times News Service
Bait Al Zubair’s 2nd Int'l Arts Forum to kick off in July

Muscat: Bait Al Zubair's 2nd International Arts Forum, which will be held in collaboration with Shangrilla Barr Al Jessah, will commence on 20 July and will run until 26 July.

Fifteen artists from different countries will participate in the forum which aims to gather elite artists from Oman and other nations in one place to enrich Omani Art.

Five Omani artists — Moosa Omar, Saleem Sakhi, Idrees Al Hooti, Mohammed Al Saegh and Hafsa Al Temimi — who have participated in different exhibitions will be a part of this forum.

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The forum will also host notable artists like Ali Namaan from Kwait, Mahdyiah Al Talib from Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Ghazalah from Eygpt, Sameer Bin Quiyah from Tunisia, Abdullah Al Hytot from Morocco, Yosuf Bobal from India, Ruqiyah Sultanah from Bangladesh, Kareem Sadoon from Sweden, Rosodan from Georgia and Adil Hawatta from Belgium.

The forum will start with a tour of the Bait Al Zubair Museum in Saturday, 20 July, and then the artists will start working on Sunday at Barr Al Jessah.

The forum will conclude its activities on Thursday, 25 July with an exhibition to display the artists’ works at Bait Al Zubair.

The first edition of the forum was held in 2017 and had a theme of Omani architecture. The 2019 edition does not have a specific theme.