Call For Proposal – Art Students

Within the framework of the operation « la belle Saison au Liban 2017 » organized by the French Institute in Lebanon Amel Association International and “Les Enfants de la Mediterranée” kindly invite students in Arts departments to participate to a call for proposal which aims to create cultural workshops for Syrian refugee children living in South-Lebanon. Every week, Amel’s Education Mobile Unit visits informal settlements of Khiam Marjayoun area to provide vulnerable children with educational, recreational and psychosocial activities. You will work in the informal settlement of Marj el Khokh, in which more than 200 children from 7 to 14 years old are living. Projects are free to choose the technique or discipline used (drawings, paintings, collage, graffiti, videos, photography...) Amel field staff (Social Worker, Psychologist, Teachers, Animators) will be present to facilitate the workshop and ensure the best possible collaboration between you and the children. If you want to know more about the work in the association please check: http://www.amel.org/ http://www.lem-ong.com/lem-les-enfants-de-la-mediterranee http://www.institutfrancais-liban.com/ Main purpose:  To implement artistic and pedagogic workshops with these children that would allow them to enhance their creativity and to share their dreams, hopes, apprehensions and the difficulties they face in their everyday life. The project must carry a strong pedagogical and psychosocial / Art therapy dimension.  Accountability :   - To organise a cycle of 20 workshop sessions (twice per week, from 8am to 12pm), between September 1st and November 15th 2017 - Working with vulnerable children - Working on the settlement of Marj el Khokh  Requirement Education: Be a former/current student of -       L’Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts – Université Balamand (Ecole d’art visuel ; Ecole de cinéma et réalisation audiovisuelle -        Section Art Graphiques et publicité) -        Lebanese American University (department of Art and Design) -       Université Libanaise (Institute of Fine Arts – Section Plastic Arts -       / Graphic Design and Communication / Audiovisual) -       American University of Beirut -       Universite Saint Esprit de Kaslik (Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, -       Department of Visual and Performing Arts) -       Notre Dame University (Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Design)  Other requirements: -       Attach a CV alongside a portfolio or documents showing your previous artistic work and experience -       Fill the form on the link hereafter  https://goo.gl/iFybQD / https://goo.gl/yyRFjo (english or french) before Sunday the 20th of august 2017 at midnight  -       Being available to implement two workshops per week during two months between the 1st of September and the 15th of November 2017 -       A particular sensibility towards and an understanding of access to education for the most vulnerable populations   The best candidate willl receive: -       The budget needed for the creation of the project -       The transportation to the settlements -       A prize of 2,000$ -       An exhibition of the display of the workshop under the arcades of the espace des lettres of French Institute of Beirut (Damascus road – beirut) between the 20th of November and the 8th of December 2017, within the framework of the operation la Belle Saison au Liban 2017