Promoting intercultural dialogue through visual arts
Location: Egypt: Alexandria
Program Duration: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: July 3 - July 17
CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects
353-1350 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 0C2 Canada
Description
The project host is a local association for art and development. This group of visual artists, writers, photographers, movie makers, dramatists and musicians, was motivated by what is called the sense of the artist's social responsibility to abandon the traditional spaces of exhibiting and performance and go out on the street to make contact with the daily live reality. They aim to support a positive social transformation through an artistic practice that develops the mechanisms of contemporary arts to go out of the state of stagnancy surrounding them and to involve more members of the society in the artistic process. The group sees art as that neutral area which allows the existence of dialogue on different levels. So it tried hard to create a climate of dialogue that allows acceptance of the other, as a first stage to enable spreading the culture of social peace, through artistic group work.
The idea of this international volunteer project is gathering visual artists coming from different cultural backgrounds and from different countries, to work along with Egyptian youth. Together they will use their experience in visual artistic practices as an introduction for intercultural dialogue and to overcome cultural, ethnic, religious, and political differences. This will be through their interaction together and with the street, as they will use the public spaces as a place for their artistic practices, just before the month of Ramadan.
Free time: The afternoon program will be full of cultural and artistic activities.
Project location: Alexandria, Egypt
There is an extra fee of 150 Euro for participation in this project, intended to support the hosting organization.
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
USD 290
Cost Include Description:
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- Arts
- Community Development
- Consciousness-raising
- Culture
- Painting
- Peace
- Youth
- Volunteering
- Youth Development
Typical Volunteer
Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.Age Range
18 and overThis Program is open to
American, Canadian Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
- Dormitory
Participants Travel to Egypt
Independently
CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement
CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.
