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EXIBITION IN LOS ANGELES - IN PURSUIT OF HOPE

WORKSHOP AND EXIBITION IN LA

In cooperation with DOWNTOWN ART CENTER GALLERY from LA (USA), “Sarajevo Tribune” is organizing a  WORKSHOP AND EXHIBITION, due to be held at the Downtown Art Center Gallery in Los Angeles, California from 12-21 November 2009

Sarajevo Tribune  along with The Downtown Art Center Gallery  will bring together artists from Bosnia  & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Morocco, Lebanon and the USA.

The Workshops will take place at the  gallery space where artists  will also have the opportunity to meet with a group of special care needs artists from Los Angeles and exchange ideas and experiences. The Art Exhibition is scheduled for Nov. 21st and the role of the Art Center  will be to promote the event in order to secure the best possible turn out and sales of the artists.

Sarajevo Tribune is organizing a greate opening by promoting culture of the participating countries.

The show  will consist of Arabic music,(Edgar Eid Aoun), Bosnian music ( by DJ Valida), Bosnian food and some surprises.. .

General organizer: Sabiha   Hadzimuratovic, Founder of “Sarajevska Tribina”

Artists from Bosnia&Herzegovina

Avdo Ziga

Branka Turkic

Suvada Saciragic,

Artists  from Liban:

Lena Kelekian                www.kelekianartgallery.com

Hagop Sulahian            www.beirutbenches.com

Artist from Morocco:

Ahlam Lemseffer        www.ahlam-art.com

Artist from Cuprys:

Hilda  Darido

Artist from USA

Matthew Stork             www.matthewstorkart.com

OLYMIC GAMES IN CHINA - MEDALS FOR CHIKDREN  

Last year, Sarajevo tribune organized a cultural program in which 30 school children from BiH sent their artwork to China, to Olympic games exposition.

 This year sprecial medals were distributed to those children in city hall, where meeting with city council was held.

 

EXHIBITION  «Art for Peace»

EXHIBITION  «Art for Peace», December  2005, Saida, Lebanon             

  December 7-11, 2005, Unesco Palace, Beirut, Lebanon

Lena Kalekian, a director of Kalekian Art Gallery from Beirut, and Sabiha Hadzimuratovic, a director of SARAJEVO TRIBUNE, organized an exhibition named „Art for Peace“, thus keeping cultural cooperation of these two countries continuing.

Al Kalaa Art Gallery was the first place where the exhibition was held. Artists from Lebanon, Egypt and Bosnia and Herzegovina participated at this exhibition.

The second place where exhibition was held was Unesco Palace, where artists from 23 countries presented their works: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Austria, Canada, Columbia, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, China, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and USA.

Works by academicians Affan Ramic, Avdo Ziga and Mirsada Baljic were presented at this exhibition.

The exhibition was opened by the Minister of Culture of Lebanon Tarek Mitri.

The exhibition took place from 7^th –11^th  December, and was visited by many persons greatly appreciated in cultural, politic and public life,  including the Mayor of  Beirut, Abdel Monam Aris.

 

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INDEPEDENCE DAY OF bih IN CAIRO

COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN CAIRO, November 25, 2005, Cairo, Egypt

November 25, Independence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was marked in Egypt. This grand event`s ceremony reception was held in the Egyptian Opera Hall, and was organized by SARAJEVO TRIBUNE, Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Sarajevo Canton, AidNet Foundation , Sarajevo Art and Ministry of Culture of Egypt.

The officials, guests and visitors who attended the reception were addressed by the organizators of the event, as well as by Sabiha Hadzimuratovic, a director of SARAJEVO TRIBUNE, and Abdel Moneim Kamel, a director of the Cairo Opera.

Bosnian-Herzegovinian artists who introduced themselves to the guests coming from the cultural and public life from Egypt, and to the Embassies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Romania, Malta, Croatia and Montenegro were: soloists Sanela Redzepagic and Adema Pljevljak accompanied by the pianists Maja Ackar and Vedrana Mujkic, as well as Ivica Saric, a prominent person of the Sarajevo Opera and the current Minister of Culture. Audience took a great interest in the concert, as well as in the exhibition of paintings by academicians Affan Ramic, Avdo Ziga, Mirsada Baljic, Mirsad Konstatinovic, Aida Musanovic, Admir Mujkic and Danis Fezic.

SARAJEVO TRIBUNE had also celebrated in Cairo the Independence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 2004, introducing Bosnian-Herzegovinian artists. On that occasion, Sabiha Hadzimuratovic, the director of SARAJEVO TRIBUNE, emphasized that non-governmental organizations could be of help in promotion of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“The moment of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Cairo emerged in the most beautiful way” – were the words of Halid Kuburovic, a director of Sarajevo Art. He thanked to the organizators, Ministries of Culture of Egypt and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the soloists of Sarajevo Opera, and to the SARAJEVO TRIBUNE.

New possibilities for cultural cooperation between Egypt and Bosnia and Herzegovina were taken into consideration at the meeting at which participated Serif Abdul Atifom, a director of the Egyptian National Theatre, Hasan Kamini, an artistic director, Abdel Moneim Kamel, a director of the Cairo Opera, and the artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

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mediterranean artists gatherings

ARTISTS' COLONY POCITELJ                                                                                                                   

The two non-governmental organizations from Sarajevo, SARAJEVO TRIBUNE and AidNet Foundation, organized an interesting manifestation named “Mediterranean Artists Gatherings” from 22^nd - 30^th  September.

The manifestation was supported and aided by ULUBIH, as well as by Pro BITR Foundation from Sarajevo.

Artists frim Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro, Lebanon, Morocco, Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered together at the artists` colony Pocitelj. After visiting Pocitelj, the artist also visited Bjelasnica and Trskavica.

Creating works of art on the topic “Art and Culture for Peace”, these artists have proved  once again the all-embracing quality and the beauty of art, and the possibilities it gives in modern communication.

Participants at the artists` colony:

• Affan Ramic, academician, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Avdo Ziga, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mirsada Baljic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Biljana Gavranovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Semsa Gavrankapetanovic, Serbia and Montenegro
• Ljilajan Stojanovic, Serbia and Montenegro
• Branka Maric, Serbia and Montenegro
• Lena Kalekian, Lebanon

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COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM

 

MEDITERRANEAN ARTISTS GATHERINGS “Culture and Art for Peace” September 21-28, 2005

From 21^st – 28^th September, 2005, SARAJEVO TRIBUNE organized a cultural event – Mediterranean Artists Gatherings, named “Culture and Art for Peace”, in cooperation with AidNet Foundation, The Assocciaton of  the Painters of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Collegium Artisticum Gallery.

Artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Lebanon, Turkey, Morocco and Germany had a chance to begin these gatherings in Pocitelj, the most famous painters` colony in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The artists` gatherings were continued on Bjelasnica.

Exhibition of the works created in colony was held on September 28, 2005, at the Collegium Artisticum Gallery, where about fifty various works of art, created during the artistic gallery in Pocitelj and on Bjelasnica, had already been exhibited.

Sabina Hadzimuratovic, a director of SARAJEVO TRIBUNE and a president of AidNet Foundation thanked to artists, guests, organization and all the visitors. “Artists always wish to tell us something. They reflect their expressions in most beautiful way, showing what the world should look like. SARJEVO TRIBUNE will continue to initiate and  to bring together the artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the rest of the world, aiming for the art universe to overgrow everything harmful that happens to us in reality”, says Sabiha Hadzimuratovic.

Participants and guests were also adressed and greeted by Strajo Krsmanovic, a director of the Collegium Artisticum, who expressed his support to this kind of gatherings.

“Culture and Art for Peace” exhibition was officially opened by Jovan Divjak, a president of the Association “Education builds Bosnia and Herzegovina”, the association which has been supporting and cooperating with SARAJEVO TRIBUNE for years.

Participants of “Mediterranean Artists Gatherings”:

1. Affan Ramic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Avdo Ziga, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Mirsada Baljic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. Biljana Trninic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5. Semsa Gavrankapetanovic, Serbia and Montenegro
6. Ljiljana Stojanovic, Serbia and Montenegro
7. Branka Maric, Serbia and Montenegro
8. Lena Kalekian, Lebanon
9. Hagop Sulahian, Lebanon
10. Ahlam Lamseffer, Morocco
11. Omer Yigit Arat, Turkey

 

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - EgYPT COOPERATION, AUGUST 2005

On August 23, 2005, SARAJEVO TRIBUNE held the meeting of the leading institutions` and the cultural representatives of  Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Embassy of Arabian Republic of Egypt and the Adilbeg Zulfikarpasic Foundation. The meeting took place at Bosnian Institute, during the visit of Mr. Sherif El Shubashi, an Assistant Minister of Culture of Egypt and a director of the Cairo Film Festival.

This important meeting  was attended by these representatives:

 - Adilbeg Zulfikarpasic, a director of the Bosnian Institute

 - Sabiha Hadzimuratovic, a director of SARAJEVO TRIBUNE

 - Alma Jusufbrgovic, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Sarajevo Canton

 - Gradimir Gojer, a director of National Theatre

 - Ibrahim Spahic, Sarajevo Winter

 - Benjamin Filipovic, Sarajevo Film Festival

 - Halid Kuburovic, a director of Sarajevo Art

 - Oriental Institute, Behija Zlatar and Amina Siljak-Jesenkovic

 - Gazihusrefbeg`s Library, Mustafa Jahic

 - Association of Painters, Mirsada Baljic

 - Representatives of the International Theatre Festival MESS, National Library, Youth`s Club, and Sarajevo Fair

The guests were addressed by Sabiha Hadzimuratovic, a director of SARAJEVO TRIBUNE, Maged Mosleh, a charge d`affaire at Egyptian Embassies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Adilbeg Zulfikarpasic, a director of the Bosnian Institute and Sherif El Shubashi, an Assistant Minister of Culture of Egypt.

Institutions representatives presented their works and expressed the wish to present the culture and tradition of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Egypt, as the close cooperation like this one has not been frequent so far.

Cultural cooperation with Egypt began in November 2004, during the celebration of the Independence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On this occasion, about ten famous artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina presented their works to Egyptian audience and to the Cairo Opera.

SARAJEVO TRIBUNE planned such activities for the celebration of Independence Day in 2005 as well.

Continuation of the cultural cooperation is to take place next year, during Bosnia-Herzegovina`s Culture Week in Egypt, and artists from Egypt will also have a chance to present their works during the Egyptian Culture Week in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will be honored to present its film art, for the first time, at the famous Cairo Film Festival which is to take place in December.

 

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