10 Dec 14
BACARART project that seeks to support creativity of economically disadvantaged children and children deprived of parental care will be held on annual basis. A joint action pioneered by YARAT, a non-profit organization and the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs, it was launched for the first time in fall 2012. The primary purpose of the project lies in development of creative potential of gifted children from different regions of Azerbaijan. This year the project will reach 11 regions of the country, namely Shuvalan, Goygol, Sabirabad, Ismailly, Zardab, Hajiqabul, Zagatala, Saatly, Gabala, Goranboy and Aghdam.
In its second year, the BACARART Project supports and develops the creative skills of children from disadvantaged and low-income families. It is organized by YARAT Ontemporary Art Space and the Azerbaijan Republic State Committee for the Affairs of Families, Women and Children. On 10th December 2014, a major exhibition will take place at the Art Garden Restaurant in the Old City, marking the culmination of this year’s project.
The project aims to develop the creative potential of talented children from all areas of Azerbaijan. Artists including Ramal Kazimov, Vusal Rahim, Sitara Ibrahimova and Reza Hazare took part in the project. Under their guidance, the young BACARART participants have mastered the basics of composition, drawing, collage and photography.
This year, the project has involved eleven areas of Azerbaijan: the regions of Goygol, Sabirabad, Ismailli, Zardab, Hajigabul, Zaqatala, Saatly, Qabala, Goranboy, Agdam and the municipality of Shuvalan. During the first phase of the project, fifty talented children and teenagers gathered in the two regional centers of Saatly and Goygol, organized by the State Committee for the Affairs of Families, Women and Children. Ten instructors from the Committee were involved in the process and supervised the work.