Event: Points of Departure Exhibition
Date: 15 January 2013
Location: Al-Mahatta Gallery/ Ramallah
In partnership with ArtSchool Palestine, we are delighted to invite you to attend the opening ceremony of “Points of Departure” on 15 January 2013 at 19.00 in Al-Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah. “Points of Departure” is a group exhibition and public programme that concludes a year of collaboration with the Delfina Foundation and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London.
The first results of the works of 8 Palestinian and British artists will be presented at Al-Mahatta Gallery in Ramallah in January and February 2013 before travelling in an expanded form to the ICA as one of the highlights of the next Shubbak Festival in London, scheduled for summer 2013.
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Event: Developing Documentaries Seminar
Date: 28-30 January 2013
Location: British Council premises/ Ramallah
Are you a filmmaker? Would you like to improve your skills in documentary films production? Apply now to be one of eight people who will have the chance to attend a 3-day seminar on Developing Creative Feature Documentaries from 28-30 January 2013 at our office in Ramallah. The seminar is organised in partnership with the Scottish Documentary Institute and aims to enhance the ambitions, knowledge and skills of local documentary filmmakers in order to develop feature documentaries for the international market. The seminar highlights topics including Story Development, Pitching and Pitch Trial, and production for the international market.
Click here for course outline
Please note: the number of participants is limited.
Deadline for application is 14 January 2013.
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Event: Cities Exhibition
Date: 12 January 2013
Location: Birzeit University Museum
Don’t miss the chance to attend the opening of the 4th edition of the Cities Exhibition: “Jericho- beyond the celestial and terrestrial” on 12 January 2012 at 13.00 in Birzeit University Museum. The event is organised as part of the British Council Palestine’s Arts programme and in partnership with Birzeit University Museum. Our support for artist Sarah Beddington culminated in collaboration with the Birzeit University Museum team and other Palestinian artists to produce art works that depict Jericho in connection to the landscape of Palestine with all its material and immaterial connotations.
More about the exhibition:
The third phase of the 4rd edition of Cities Exhibition, 'Jericho - beyond the Celestial and Terrestrial' is an exhibition that revolves around the idea of ‘The Museum, The Political‘. It is an attempt to transform the museum into a discursive space that utilizes the artworks produced by participating artists into material for ongoing discussion about ‘the political’. ‘The political’ stands for the alternative production of knowledge and practices that shape and negotiate the formal political discourse and juxtapose it with other social possibilities. A forum forms the heart of the exhibition and is designed to allow future presentations, talks, debates and discussions by students and staff of Birzeit University, as well as, the public. Documentary material from both the Notebook and Jericho Walks will be displayed in the heart of the exhibit as a discursive fuel for the activities of the forum. Surrounding the forum, the work of the 5 artists transgresses the stereotypical Jericho and surfaces as an inspiration for the public to question ‘the political’. Art is thus the mirror through which the 5 artists attempt to show Jericho in connection to the landscape of Palestine with all its material and immaterial connotations.
Artists: Iyad Issa, Samah Hijawi, Sarah Beddington, Shuruq Harb and Susanne Bosch
Curator: Yazid Anani
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Event: Music Management Webinars
Date: December 2012- February 2013
Location: Ramallah
Are you a manager or entrepreneur in music in the Middle East? Do you need to develop your key music management skills and bring international experience to your country and organisation? Then don’t miss the chance to register for the Music Management seminars taking place in our Ramallah office from December 2012 to February 2013.
Topics covered in the webinars include: Running a Music Label; Publishing, Contracts and Regulations; Intellectual Property and Copyright; Managing a Venue; Programming a Festival; Attracting People to Your Event; Building a Communication Strategy; Music Criticism and Journalism; Becoming a Music Expert on the Radio; Writing for the Media; and Documentaries and TV Shows.
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PRIMARY ENGLISH TEACHING PROGRAMME
To give children in Palestine a good start in English we have focused on how children learn in Primary years, and how teachers can enable this. In an environment where teachers’ travel is impeded and internet access is uneven, we provide training in districts teachers can reach, and bring print and digital resources to them, in partnership with the Ministry of Education. In this training teachers experience and practice organising pair and group work, making puppets and big books, and using songs, chants and games to best enable learning in Primary classes.
The most wide reaching training programme this year has been of the Certificate in Primary English Language Teaching. In a joint initiative with the Ministry and UNRWA, British Council trainers trained 64 Ministry of Education trainers from West Bank districts, joined by three from UNRWA. Amaniy Arikat, a teacher from Jericho wrote I was very happy to know that the combined effort of all the trainers in training would lead to over 400 English teachers in Palestine benefiting.
The initial February training reached more than this in 14 districts, and the course proved very popular, with participants telling us and the ministry how many more teachers would benefit from it. As a result, 850 more teachers are being trained across the West Bank and East Jerusalem from August to October. The programme is reaching most primary English teachers, and we plan to repeat the success with Gaza UNRWA this October, training UNRWA trainers in Cairo.
All trainers are supplied with stationery and training materials in print and on USB sticks, while every trainee receives Learn English Kids learner activities on CD ROMs, refreshments and transport costs”
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Event: Points of Departure: Residents Selected
Date: 2012
Location: UK/ Palestine
In partnership with Delfina Foundation in the UK and ArtSchool Palestine, eight British and Palestinian visual artists and curators have been selected to take part in art residencies in the UK and Palestine this summer-autumn that will culminate in a touring exhibition next year. Congratulations to curator Rebecca Heald and artists Olivia Plender, Jeremy Hutchinson and Nathan Witt from the UK and curator Mirna Bamieh and artists Jumana Abboud, Bisan Abu Eisheh and Bashar Hroub from Palestine.
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For inquiries, please contact us by:
Tel.: 02 2963293
Email: information@ps.britishcouncil.org
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