Georgian Youth Use Art to Integrate and Celebrate Diversity
The youth involved were trained in the Community Youth Centers the humanitarian organisation World Vision has set up in seven towns throughout Georgia, in partnership with the local communities.
All workshops provide vocational training, thus crucial support for their reintegration in society is provided. The project supports ethno-cultural dialog between people of different nationalities living in Georgia.
“Another important goal of the project is to support socially vulnerable children. All workshops provide vocational training, thus crucial support for their reintegration in society is provided. The project supports ethno-cultural dialog between people of different nationalities living in Georgia. We exhibited Armenian “khachkari”, Azeri traditional carpet, Georgian “Pardagi”and this diversity of different traditional artworks made the exhibition very impressive. Thanks to the project youth from different regions of Georgia were integrated with art activity” says Ana Mgaloblishvili Arts&Crafts Project Coordinator.
This year the exhibition is very significant as the students received officially recognized certificates, and the workshops level moved from amateur into professional level
“This is very successful partnership for the sake of children. I see that this children love their work and treat it with sense of responsibility”, said Bela Tsifuria, the by Deputy Education and Science Minister of Georgia, who opened this years exhibition. This year the exhibition is very significant as the students received officially recognized certificates, and the workshops level moved from amateur into professional level
The Participants created several thousand pieces of various arts and crafts items ranging from Georgian "Fardagi" and traditional Azeri carpet, batik, felt, gobelin, embroidery, ceramics, the Georgian traditional carving on the stone and Armenian “Khachkara”, enamel and jewelry art.
Since 2006 World Vision Arts and Crafts Project is part of Georgia State Vocational Programme, offering its students a certified study. It is an official partner of the Academy of Arts of Georgia. Both the Ministry and World Vision fund the project.
Currently the Arts and Crafts project offers interested students 1 year extensive art training with the final diploma work in the Art Academy of Tbilisi that will further help them to employ themselves in art. The project is financed by World Vision Germany and Ministry of Education of Georgia.
All workshops provide vocational training, thus crucial support for their reintegration in society is provided. The project supports ethno-cultural dialog between people of different nationalities living in Georgia.
“Another important goal of the project is to support socially vulnerable children. All workshops provide vocational training, thus crucial support for their reintegration in society is provided. The project supports ethno-cultural dialog between people of different nationalities living in Georgia. We exhibited Armenian “khachkari”, Azeri traditional carpet, Georgian “Pardagi”and this diversity of different traditional artworks made the exhibition very impressive. Thanks to the project youth from different regions of Georgia were integrated with art activity” says Ana Mgaloblishvili Arts&Crafts Project Coordinator.
This year the exhibition is very significant as the students received officially recognized certificates, and the workshops level moved from amateur into professional level
“This is very successful partnership for the sake of children. I see that this children love their work and treat it with sense of responsibility”, said Bela Tsifuria, the by Deputy Education and Science Minister of Georgia, who opened this years exhibition. This year the exhibition is very significant as the students received officially recognized certificates, and the workshops level moved from amateur into professional level
The Participants created several thousand pieces of various arts and crafts items ranging from Georgian "Fardagi" and traditional Azeri carpet, batik, felt, gobelin, embroidery, ceramics, the Georgian traditional carving on the stone and Armenian “Khachkara”, enamel and jewelry art.
Since 2006 World Vision Arts and Crafts Project is part of Georgia State Vocational Programme, offering its students a certified study. It is an official partner of the Academy of Arts of Georgia. Both the Ministry and World Vision fund the project.
Currently the Arts and Crafts project offers interested students 1 year extensive art training with the final diploma work in the Art Academy of Tbilisi that will further help them to employ themselves in art. The project is financed by World Vision Germany and Ministry of Education of Georgia.
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