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| World Art Day: 'Live your Art. Don't think about it' (Bill Viola) WAD 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina had a program marking the World Art Day in Sarajevo, in the Skenderija Olympic Center, 15 -22 April 2024. There was a press conference on the occasion of World Art Day in the International peace center, the Sarajevo Winter Festival and the Sarajevo Book Fair.
World Art Day is celebrated each year, on 15 April, to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art. Art nurtures creativity, innovation and cultural diversity for all people across the globe and plays an important role in sharing knowledge and encouraging curiosity and dialogue. On the occasion of World Art Day 2024, SÍM - The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, shine a light on arts education in schools, and how culture can pave the way for inclusive and equitable education.Students at the School of General Academic Studies at Tækniskólinn, have created artworks inspired by UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals, for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. The students' projects will be presented on SÍM'swebsite and social media:
We had a celebration of WAD with the exhibition HUMAN CROSSING in the Bell of Peace, the world's biggest swinging bell in Italy. We also are inviting other organizations in Italy to participate, by publishing on the social media and by mailing to our associated. We will publish on our website: https://aiapi.it/worldartday
Turkey announced their World Art Day with this statement: "LET'S CELEBRATE APRIL 15 WORLD ART DAY TOGETHER WITH THE 'BREAKING POINT' EXHIBITION! With the belief that art is everywhere and that there is a hidden power in everything, we invite you to UPSD Maçka gallery this year on April 15, World Art Day. The exhibition featured in this year's celebration is much more than just an exhibition. With 'BREAKING POINT: AN ACADEMIC HERITAGE NARRATIVE IN THE TRAILS OF ART', we share a deep story that represents the breaks and changes we experience, using the universal language of art. Location: International Plastic Arts Association (UPSD) Gallery Date: 15.04.2024 Time: 18.30-21.00.
We believe that we, as artists and academics, must be aware of these silent fractures and changes. While this awareness we create through art expresses our desire to exist for many years, it also emphasizes the importance of art and art education in our society. To emphasize the importance of art and art education in social and individual life, to celebrate April 15 World Art Day by drawing attention to the transformative power of art and our academic heritage, with the hope of reversing the decision regarding Anadolu University Fine Arts Education Department, to experience the magic of art together. We would be very happy to see you among us. Please share this invitation with your friends who care about art and culture. Let's come together on this special day and unite in the universal language of art. We wish you days full of art. International Plastic Arts Association (UPSD)."
Los Angeles Gloria Delson Gallery, www.gdcagallery.com New Mexico Please visit: www.worldartdaycarrizozo.com New York
Please read the report [PDF] Hawaii Find pictures and text about WAD in Hawaii through this link.
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WAD 2022
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WAD 2021, watch video from the president, Bedri Baykam.
Read the report through this link [PDF]
LATIN AMERICA
Taking into account the health situation, the National Committees of IAA / IAA in Latin America decided to present a virtual exhibition on the theme of 'Sublime Influencia'. This exhibition was broadcast on the Committees' social networks, as well as on Youtube, on April 15, 2021 View the catalogue through this link [PDF]
LES PEUPLES DE L’EAU, April 2021. France/Tahiti and the Pacific islands.
Artists can still apply for this event! Invitation | rules [French] | press 1 | press 2 | press 3 | press 4 | press 5
WAD 2020, MESSAGE OF THE UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL, Mrs Audrey AZOULAY, read here [PDF] WAD 2020, video:
2020
AIAP/IAA participation to the UNESCO ResiliArt movement
Report of e-seminar, 24th April 2020 [PDF] | Poster exhibition | Find more pictures and press publications through this link.
In Sweden, this year, the celebration of WAD was focused on the current state of artistic freedom. Read more
Documents: information | invitation [PDF] | catalogue | video | video interview BERNI | press: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 [all texts in French]
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WAD
2019 in Europe: a campaign on exhibition remuneration for artists Join us and support the goal of a better and fair payment to visual artists all throughout Europe for the exhibition of their artworks! All initiatives are welcome! Find on the website of IAA Europe, www.iaa-europe.eu:
Download the invitation | press files [PDF].
Download the report | press | poster | Find more pictures through this link.
Download the program | Find more pictures from Madagascar through this link
Download poster | catalogue | press | Find more pictures from Tétouan through this link | Find more pictures from Fès through this link.
Find more pictures through this link. Watch this video about WAD Mexico 2019:
In the Framework of his exhibition 'De couleurs en partage' the artist (France-The Netherlands) Michel Smekens organized a public performance for the 2018 WAD: https://artmichelsmekens.blogspot.nl.
This
action was federeted with another artist and the vivitors were
invited to draw in the space of the exhibition: This WAD was widely shared on the social networks.
Toulon
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Association ARTAREL, Saint-Benoît
Download flyer [PDF] | Press files [PDF] | Find more pictures on large format through this link.
In India, the UNIVART FOUNDATION OF ART & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (http://univart.org) celebrated WAD in the Brandel Centre, with Mr. Manaj Saha, who explained the participants that Leonardo da Vinci is considered as a symbol of freedom of expression, multiculturalism, tolerance, world peace and, of course, a visionary in the world of arts and other fields. Find more pictures on large format through this link.
The Japan Artists Association (JAA, Japanese National Committee of the IAA) divides Japan into nine regions, and the person in charge of each region leads efforts to create and execute various programs for JAA members as well as for the general public. World Art Day (WAD) events were held in the Kinki region in April and the Hokkaido region in July. The following is a report of those events.
Kinki Region
Hokkaido region Find more pictures on large format through this link.
View catalogue | dossier WAD | press | Association Bayti | find more pictures on large format through this link.
This year, the main activity of the NC of Puerto Rico was to work with the Downs Syndrom Foundation of Puerto Rico.
flyer | find more pictures on large format through this link.
This year, the Slovak NC particularly focused on two points: international cooperation and information/education for young students / young artists. The NC organized a show (Dialogues) in collaboration with the French NC, CNFAP, by receiving 30 French artists and 10 Slovak artists. Thus, the 'Junior Design Fest competition and exhibition' gathered applied art studients, as well as design schools from Central European countries like Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Slovenia. Awards given to the best artworks concluded the show. Another exhibition of Young graphist artists still studying their master degree was proposed, which attracted a great Young audience, studients, teachers, and people from academic circles. Thanks to Pavol Kral, the President of the Slovak NC, this 2018 WAD was concentrated on communication/ information for young studients and young artists. Pavol Kral organized a lecture for the studients from the Design Department of Technological University of Bratislava which was focused on social and legal issues. Some other conférences were given on the same essential matters by the NC President to art and design studients in order to inform them: -
about what they can expect if they decide to work as artists; Dialógy 2018, exhibition of Slovenská výtvarná únia (SVU), Fakulta Architektúry STU of Bratislava and Conseil National Français des Arts Plastiques (CNFAP) in Galéria Umelka in Bratislava. Find pictures on the Facebookpage of the National Committee of Slovakia (SVU) through this link.
This year, the IAA Swedish National Committee arranged a talk with politicians dealing in culture politic, working both for the govnerment and for the opposition. The debate was focused on: -
what did they made and what they didn't made? The main goal was to make the politicians aware that the artists, in spite of their culture, earn a bit more than half of the general income for the other citizens. 2018 being in Sweden an election year, WAD was the opportunity to point out political questions like: -
how should art be made available throughout the country?
Cast: Per Olson Fridh (MP), Secretary of State for Culture, Alice Ban Kuhnke, Olof Lavesson (M) Culture Policy spokesperson and chair in the Parliament Culture Committee, Vasikili Tsouplaki (V), cultural spokesman, Christer Nylander (L) Group Leaser Liberals in Parliament, Anna Soderback, Director of the authority Arts Grants. Moderators: Peter Johansonn, artist and Swedish IAA member; Katarina Jönsonn Norling, artist, Artists Organization; Sanna Svedenstedt Carboo, craftsmen, artist, Artists Organization. The talks concluded with art cake and a coffee. The artists Iryna Hauska and Ana Bondzic from the 'project art to participate' made sketches for this year's art cake baked by the Chocolate Factory.
This year, the celebration of WAD in Morocco was particularly intense. The Association 'Articultures', committed to diabetic children, and spearheading the status of the Artists in Morocco, proposed several events which were reported by the National TV (Channel RTM and 2M), the national radio (Channel Inter, in live), as well as several daily newspapers and magazines of the written and web press like Aujourd’hui, Le Matin, et Hespress. Watch this overview of press publications [PDF]. The show which was organized by Mr Rachid Benabdellah, and which took place at the Auto Hall, in Rabat, with the collaboration of the Free Syndicate for Visual Artists in Morocco, as well as with the Association 'Articultures', the participation of 50 painters, groups of Musicians and singers like the very talented Nasr MEGRI and Cheb ABDEL, has been the subject of a catalogue which is available by clicking on the following link: catalogue WAD. At the same time, an exhibition of Contemporary Art took place in 'La Ferme des Arts', near Rabat, which welcomed artists and art lovers. Prices and certificates were given under the Presidency and by Mrs Fatema Binet Ouakka, in the gardens of 'La Ferme des Arts', before the end of the show and in front of about 50 persons.
The Association, working in very tight collaboration with
the Association 'Al Badil', Rabat, allowed diabetic children
to celebrate WAD too.
In the Middle Atlas, the 'Maison de la Fille Rurale' (House for the Country Girl), in Ras Taboula, Middle Atlas, also welcome the WAD celebration that Mrs Binet ouakka and Mr Benabdellah organized and animated in the presence of the local authorities.
Finally, in June, Mrs Binet Ouakka organized and animated workshops at Her Highness Lalla Asmae’s Foundation for children and deaf children. Those children already expressed their whish to be associated to this thought about Peace already undertaken with other children in Morocco. This item, defended and implemented within UNESCO by the Official partners NGOs, AIAP included, helped these children to espress themselves in a high colored artistic language, to demonstrate solidarity, synergy and communion in the action quite beyond words and disability.
The Association 'Les Chemins du Maroc' has organised an exhibition in Tangier, photos of this event are on the Facebook page of the IAA World. Find more pictures on large format through this link.
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On April 15th, birthday of Leonardo da Vinci and date chosen by IAA to celebrate the World Art Day, CNFAP (Conseil National Français des Arts Plastiques) organized the opening of the 'Dialogs with Nations' exhibition, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. The exhibition included 54 artworks (paintings, drawings, etchings, photo pictures and installations) of French artists, members of CNFAP.
Michael Moller, Managing Director of the UN Office in Geneva and Ambassador Elisabeth Laurin, permanent representative of France, together with several international organizations participated to the opening. Ana Sartori, President of CNFAP, introduced the goals and activities of IAA, in particular the promoting of the dialogue between civilizations. From April 15th to April 26th the exhibition had a very large number of visitors and benefited from the numerous international conferences held in the UN building during this period of time, promoting WAD among a large and diversified public. Find more pictures on large format through this link.
Click here for the brochure. Find more pictures on large format through this link. Watch an interview with IAA-World president Bedri Baykam here or below. World Art Day LA - Interview with President from Image People on Vimeo.
The General Consulate of Morocco in Paris celebrated the Word Art Day by invitating the artist Fatima Binet Ouakka. This event was presented in the whole written press in Morocco (Le Matin, Libération, Express, Maghreb Emergent, Atlas Info) as well as on the web (Maglor.fr, Yabiladi).
To read the article dedicated to this event, please click on:
Invitated by the town of Corlu, the French-Turkish painter Asilva organized a joint 2016 celebration of WAD workshops for children and the exhibition 'The Children of the World draw for Peace'.
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In 2015, the International Dance Council will celebrate the WAD with IAA, the International Dance Day taking place on April 29th. So, the visual artists and the dancers are invited to prepare common projects for April 2015. Please find more information on the World Art Day-website and Facebook.
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Read more about WAD at the Collège Hélène Boucher through this link [PDF] and WAD at the Collège Paul Verlaine des Mureaux through this link [PDF].
Thanks to the collaboration between IAA AIAP and the Association 'lescouleursnyc.org', WAD was celebrated in 3 orphanages and one school in Haïti: -
Saptille Orphanage, Pacot Learn more about the Association 'lescouleursnyc.org' by clicking on this link Find more pictures on large format through this link.
On
the afternoon of April 30th a panel discussion was held under
the theme of 'Leonardo da Vinci and Me' at the auditorium of the
National Museum of Western Art. This time we had the artists below
from such fields as Japanese style painting, oil painting, wood
block printing and sculpture as panelists and had them talk about
how they ran into Leonardo da Vinci and what influence was brought
by da Vinci to their activities as artists. And then Mr. Shinsuke
Watanabe, the chief researcher of the National Museum of Western
Art, touched upon an overall summary. The number of participants
was 80.
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On April 15, 2015 on the occasion of World Art Day was realized art workshop and exhibition - 'Art without borders' for all children who want to exhibit their artwork in the gallery of the Association NEOART in Skopje event. In the event was exhibited works of young artists (2 - 18 year age) from all over Macedonia. The exhibition was opened 14 days for visitors. Please find some pictures on the link: Art without borders, and video on the link: WAD in The Art Room - NEOART. Read more about NEOART through this link.
Thanks to Gabrielle Charles Rabijaona, artist and art visual teacher, and under her supervision, the Ankadilanara – Antanarivo101 High School celebrated WAD for the first time. The pupils worked on the arts in Indian Ocean and in Madagascar, making researches, pictures, painting, photomontages, cuttings up, and assemblings.
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Find the report through this link [PDF]. Find more pictures on large format through this link. World Art Day 2015, Fatema BINET OUAKKA, activities in France and Morocco during the month of April 2015 through this link [PDF, French].
IAA World in Paris organised a WAD for Children and their parents with the IDC (International Dance Council) in the Unesco premises, from April 15 to April 28th. Downloads [PDF]: Program (French)
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Find the report through this link [PDF].
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The theme of the exhibition was 'Funky Functional – World Art Day – 15 April 2015'. Twenty local artists participated. The event also included a 'happening' - A make-up artist presented a show where she did body-art as part of the exhibition. The idea was to celebrate the visual arts in various ways and media. Downloads [PDF]: invitation Hanna Jacobs | invitation Gran Cavallo | press 1 | press
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In 2014, 21 countries celebrated the WAD: Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Argentine, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Norway, France, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Cyprus, Japan, South Africa, Mauritius, USA (Chicago), India (Assam). Mexico proposed 600 activities during the whole month of April and the WAD was supported by the Government.
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