Community

As part of Spring of Culture’s commitment to addressing the needs of the local community and the less privileged, the festival’s Community Programme is held in collaboration with Al Dana Amphitheatre. This programme organizes workshops for various governmental and social institutions, partnering with entities like the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Development, The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) Rehabilitation Home for Disabled Children, and cultural institutes. The programme has a keenness to build on the educational works held over the past years. This vision led to the provision of a diverse artistic, cultural, and educational programmme of workshops.

This season’s community calendar of events, begins in a collaboration with the NBB Rehabilitation Home for Disabled Children. A fist of its kind workshop “Family Role in Behavior Modification” is dedicated to the parents of the disabled children. Expert Dr Mohamed Al Zubaidi introduces new techniques to the guardians that help to foster the youth development. The back-to-back session, “Behavior Modification for Disabled Children,” targeting the care givers, is designed to augment teachers’ expertise with new skills.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE), the lineup features a music workshop titled “Local and Popular Rhythms,” conducted by Bahraini artists Rashed Al Omairi & Fatema Al Sadoon. This offers the MOE talented students, a unique opportunity to attend and learn more about local Bahrani and international rhythms.
The workshop “Bahraini Features,” led by expert Nadia Al Jar, spanning four days at Nadia Gallery, invites both MOE teachers and students to engage in diverse art and design practices.

In the realm of photography, a two-part workshop led by expert Mohammed Al Balushi, titled “Professional Photography -1” and “Professional Photography -2,” delves into fundamental photography concepts and film making. These workshops will allow MOE high school students to participate in local and international film making contests.

In partnership with the MOE, fifty teachers have the chance to participate in a five-day workshop on “Theatre Production” led by Mirri Al Shawabkeh. This is followed by another five-day session on “Theatre Production,” facilitated by Abdulla Al Darzi, designed for educators to plan and execute a theatrical production with their students reaching to international expectations.

Najat Fuzea has been invited to impart her expertise in sculpting through the workshop “Clay Art” presented to teachers from the Ministry of Education introducing innovative techniques in clay sculpture arts. The MOC teachers will be able to introduce these new techniques to the MOE students, leading to a more exciting class plan and further motivating the students to learn the advance techniques.