Voluntary community works
- Working with the King Hussein Cancer Center.
Working with the King Hussein Cancer Center drawing three murals in three different governorates in Jordan. The murals were huge in Jerash 2017, Irbid 2018 and AL Salt 2018.
Taghreed Al-Saeeda
Al-Ghad newspaper
Amman-
“Pink” blended with bright and radiant colors of life on the wall of the entrance to the city of Salt in an attractive way, and drawings were formed carrying awareness messages, decorated with flowers, trees and bright plants that inspire love and hope.
Those murals that stopped passers-by to read the message of art directed to the community, which was to raise awareness of the importance of early breast cancer screening. And in this month, October of each year, the World Health Organization launches its invitation to all segments of society, to participate in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month every year, and in various countries of the world. The activities aim to increase interest in this disease and provide the necessary support to raise awareness of its seriousness, detect it and treat it, as well as provide patients with it with palliative care. Jordan, like other countries of the world, is seeking at these times to create space in various activities, with the participation of most of the official and civil community institutions, to be working in the field of awareness. Since art is a shortcut and close to the heart and sight, the cooperation agreement was launched between the artists and the King Hussein Cancer Center, in an effective step to fly in the world of art and murals that brimming with hope, with colors and lines that mimic the same goal, which is “raising awareness of the importance of early examination.” .
These murals were implemented in Irbid and Jerash, under the supervision of the owners of the idea, the plastic artists Aseel Azizieh and another artist, and they recently moved to implement the third mural in the city of Salt, to be the last stop, among a group of murals in the governorates that will be painted for this year. The artist Azizia confirmed that there is an agreement between the two parties, that every year, murals that are easily accessible to pedestrians in the streets will be painted, so that they can see the message that is directed to the various segments of society about the importance of early breast cancer screening. Anyone in the community can quickly reach the message.
The pink color that dominates the wall is its first feature, after it became easy for anyone to know the slogan of breast cancer awareness campaigns; Azizia showed that art is one of the simple and easy ways to reach society, especially women. She explains, “Therefore, we note that the awareness message arrived without lectures, especially in light of the different societies in which the woman may find it difficult or unwilling to attend a symposium dealing with this campaign.” Azizia adds, that in her institution they were able to find a different message method, so that the visual image would be the closest, and take root quickly in the mind; “We believe that the visual image is a summary of many meanings,” as she put it. Regarding the implementation of murals in the governorates, Azizia sees it as an attempt to motivate women and search for strengths within them and encourage them to have an early examination that helps in full treatment in the event of a disease, so that they are able to face fear and take care of themselves.
The murals were not only passing events in those governorates, but those in charge of them were keen to have cooperation and to integrate voluntary work with the local community, so that a group of them participate in these drawings, as in the participation of children, who were presented with the idea and made them aware of the importance of having An artistic message to raise awareness of women in their communities, whether they are mother, sister, aunt, aunt, grandmother, and even the teacher, and this has already been done in cooperation with school students who participated in the mural. Azizia believes that the participation of the local community and the people of the region in implementing these murals reflects their strong belief in the importance of awareness, as well as preserving those drawings that increase the beauty of the place and its visual space, especially as it extends to large areas.
The area of the Salt mural is up to 180 m in length and 5 m in width. It is large and requires time and effort in its work. The idea of the graphics carries many messages that serve the same goal. He pointed out that the general nature of it enhances the role of women in society, and the importance of educating them to be the first person who takes care of themselves, and who carries an entire society on their shoulders. It notes that the idea of “beauty” in the mural was not lost on them during its implementation, taking into account the importance of the view being attractive, while staying away from visual distortion, as it is one of the basics of mural work, and this is an indication of the importance of visual culture, especially since the mural extends over a large area and is strategically located in Place.
She expressed her happiness for this cooperation with the King Hussein Cancer Foundation; The cooperation will be renewed annually, and this indicates the success of art in reaching the desired goal, expressing full readiness for cooperation that results in the entry of art in various aspects of life, and the dissemination of a culture of visual beauty in societies of different place and content. And that the message of art reaches easily, because it is the first mother tongue that transcends languages, and its content reaches everyone, and in the awareness campaign for the early detection of breast cancer, the pink color came to be part of the message. It is noteworthy that Al Weibdeh Gallery for Fine Arts is a non-profit institution that was established in 2013, and one of its founders is Aseel Azizieh
Working with the Hope Cancer Center for children.
The Hope Photography Competition
“Al-Amal” competition for photography, which was launched by Aseel Azizieh and Nour Foundation for Media, at the headquarters of Al-Weibdeh Gallery sponsered by Aseel Azizieh . The competition included the age groups of students from 6 years to 18 years old, out of her interest in talents and their development, So that all proceeds from the sale of paintings go to support the patients of the Hope Cancer Center to reach the ultimate goal of promoting the principle of assistance. and the promotion of the concept of hope and competition among students. According to the vision of the organizers of the competition, a competition was organized Especially for school students in photography under the title of hope to know what is going on in the imagination of the participants for this word through a photograph attached to some words such as a story or poetry or any expression of his\her image so that the best of them will be filtered through a jury specialized in the field of photography to end the competition by choosing the best from each An age category determined by the committee so that the winners will be honored at the end of the competition, and hope is that small window, which no matter how small it is, but it opens wide horizons in life, and as long as we have hope in our hearts we will achieve the dream, and we will move forward and will not stand in our paths difficulties, to enter the race of life And we achieve victory with our determination, because despair and surrender are not our nature. At the end of the ceremony, the participating students were honored with certificates of participation, in addition to handing out prizes to the winners from each An age group with valuable prizes presented by the sponsoring companies of the competition, and the students won: Zeina Al-Awdat, the student Hamza Al-Taher, the student Malik Ahmed Odeh, the student Iman Hammash, Safanah Al-Ais, Ali Iyad Al-Rajabi, and the proceeds from selling the participating paintings will go to the patients of Al-Amal Cancer Center. And Karam Al-Barari was honored by the jury, consisting of the artist Hussein Nashwan, Mahmoud Asaad, Imad Abu Shtayyeh, Ahmed Al-Safarini, Muhammad Sawalmeh
AL Azraq Refugees Camp Kids Art workshop
AL Azraq Refugee Camp Kids Art Workshop
Aseel Azizieh supervised an art workshop 2017 with the children of AL Azraq refugee camp with Jordanian visual artists and the International Relief Organization.Jordan. Theis workshop aimed for art to be a common language across all cultures especially for children, to enables them to create visual images and graphs that represent their reality. Over the course of three days, then the Jasmine Sons exhibition was held in the camp, in which the children’s artworks were presented
Art Workshop
The art workshop was held in cooperation with Relief International Jordan Foundation and a group of plastic artists in AL Azraq refugee camp. The artist, Aseel, Azizieh supervised the children’s workshops, during three days, which more than twenty-five children were in a wonderful atmosphere, not only related to drawing, but also discussions and dialogues between artists and children and the creation of a cultural dialogue Visual with some games and tales related to colors and painting.
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Art is a language shared across all cultures because it empowers anyone to create visual and graphical images to represent their reality
Drawin murals and decorating booths
The workshop included drawing murals on the booths and decorating the homes of refugees. A number of artists, in partnership with the children, worked on drawing and decorating the booths.
This participation had a wonderful result in integrating the children and participating with them in teamwork, expressing opinions and discussing opinions to reach an idea that serves everyone and achieve the goal for which I swore this event, which is to create a cultural dialogue between children and their environment.
Sons of Jasmine exhibition
At the end of the workshop, an exhibition of the children’s paintings that were completed in the workshop was prepared, where they were displayed inside one of the booths prepared for activities in the camp. The exhibition was opened in the presence of a number of officials from the International Relief Organization and the parents and friends of the participating childre
Aseel Azizieh supervised an art workshop with the children of AL Azraq refugee camp with Jordanian visual artists and the International Relief Organization.Jordan. Theis workshop aimed for art to be a common language across all cultures especially for children, to enables them to create visual images and graphs that represent their reality. Over the course of three days, then the Jasmine Sons exhibition was held in the camp, in which the children’s artworks were presented
Art Workshops with the Local Community
I Work with Start Jordan ordanization: Workshops for children in orphanages, including drawing murals, recycling . Courses for youth in less fortunate areas. Workshops for centers for people with special needs. – I work with the Orphan Care Association: workshops for orphaned children that include drawing murals and single paintings, and courses (recycling and utilizing materials)
- Art workshops for students in government schools and for children in less fortunate areas
- Workshop with an orphanage
Aseel Azizieh worked in the service of the local community in many fields and with all segments of society
Many Ramadan Iftars were organized for orphaned children, accompanied by drawing workshops and games
- Workshops with youth
Murals with the Local Community
Aseel presented many huge murals with the youth and students of the local community and with orphanages
Organizations
- Mural in Drug addicts rehabilitation center
6×12 meters
- Many murals in different places
Emporing Women and Youth Workshop
Workshops to empower women and youth was led by Aseel Azizieh and after that she organized 3 bazaars for them over three consecutive years, which enabled them to create a product of their creativity and then put all the products on the market
