Saturday, 21 December 2024

In the name of Creator of beauties

 General Notice

The 6th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts

 

With the assistance of the Almighty God and through the heartwarming companion of the artists in the field of visual arts, the Directorate General of Visual Arts, Art Affairs Department of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in collaboration with the Institute for Development of Contemporary Visual Arts and the Directorate General of Culture and Islamic Guidance of the provinces and through the active participation of artists, higher education centers and art associations and institutes, plans to organize the 6th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts from 3 to 24 February 2014.

 

 International sections:

 

  • Poster
  • Illustration
  • Photography
  • Caricature

 

 Domestic sections:

 

  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Pottery and ceramics
  • Persian painting
  • Calligraphy

 

Complementary sections:

 

  • Documentary films on visual arts
  • Scientific articles

 

Festival's objectives

 

  • Honoring spiritual art
  • Identification of artists, views and values of the excellent art of Islamic Revolution
  • Creating an appropriate field for expression of artistic creativity and for conveyance of the artists' messages
  • Enhancing the relations between the contemporary Iranian artists and the world, in particular the artists of the Islamic World
  • Achieving and introducing the latest accomplishments in contemporary visual arts

Policy Council:

President: Hamid Shahabadi, Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Art Affairs

Council Secretary: Asghar Amirnia, Director General of Visual Arts Center, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance

Members:
Iraj Eskandari / Gholam Hossein Amirkhani / Farideh Tathiri Moghadam / Hoda Haddadi / Kambiz Deram Bakhsh / Masoud Zenderooh Kermani / Abdol Rahim Siahkar Zadeh / Hojjatol Eslam Mahdi Seif Jalali / Esmail Abbassi / Bahram Kalhornia / Iraj Mohammadi / Seyed Abbas Mir Hashemi


Secretary General
: Seyed Abbas Mir Hashemi
  /  Executive Secretary:  Abdol Rahim Siahkarzadeh  /  Art Secretary: Masoud Zenderooh Kermani

Side Events:

 

  • Honoring the outstanding artists in the field of visual arts by the Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Arts Affairs
  • Exhibition of works by pioneers of Islamic Revolution Art
  • Exhibition of selected works from international events in the provinces
  • Exhibition of selected works from international events in a number of foreign countries
  • Training workshops in international sections
  • Production of artworks
  • Support for production of documentary films on visual arts
  • Organization of technical forums

 

Venues:

 

  • Tehran: Saba Institute of Culture and Art, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Niavaran Cultural Center .
  • Other provinces and a number of foreign states

 

Address and contact numbers of the Festival's Permanent Secretariat:

 

#17, Shahid Sodooghi Alley – Opposite Laleh Park – North Karegar Ave. Tehran - Iran

Postal Code: 14186-93541

Phone and fax: + 98 21 66591806 - 66591807

Website: www.ivafestival.ir