Contemporary Spanish Crafts

15 03 2012

Singular .es is a significant example of trades and crafts of various approaches coming out of Spain in the early 21st century with a contemporary common thread.  Traditional artisanal groups such as embroidery groups of Lagartera will be presented alongside the avant guard jewelry of Ramon Puig, contemporary textiles by KimaGuitart, Jordi young, Candela Cort and other contemporary makers and designers.

kimaguitart

Creativity, innovation, design, ability to convey emotion, to dream or smile and of course technical excellence are important criteria in selection. The body of works has been narrowed down to around 110 pieces. The opening will be presented by curator Laura Michael. This project is supported by Spanish Foundation for Innovation of Crafts and the Spanish and Moroccan Ministy of Culture as well as the Instituto Cervantes.

The show opens at the Instituto Cervantes Gallery, Fez,  on the 22nd of March and runs for a month.





Fez Flamenco Festival II

12 03 2012

The 2nd Flamenco Festival of Fez will commence o the 2nd of May and continue until the 5th 2012.  Young talent in Flamenco is the theme of this new event organized is by the Spanish Institute (Cervantes).

All concerts will be held in the evenings at the Houriya Complex Culturel  in the new city.





Al Andaluz influences on current Fassi artists.

25 01 2012

The Institute Cervantes (Spanish Institute) organizes an exhibition of work by 6 Fassi artists who draw their influences from Al Andaluz. Works by Najib Ghissassi, Mohamed Filali Fakir, Abdelali Belal, Najat Khatib, Abdel Karmane  and Abdel Rhorbal will be presented in the Cervantes Gallery from the 26th of January until mid March.

Abdelkader Rhorbol

For more information see http://fez.cervantes.es





Sinkro….. classic!

5 12 2011

Sinkro

Get Classical this week at the institute Cervantes in Fez. Thursday at 7 p.m.  Not a regular occurance in this old town.  Here’s a Youtube link for a taster.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPR0s9NbJo

 





Graffiti Creator at the Inst Cervantes.

27 04 2011

Thursday the 28th of April see the opening of Omar Lula’s exhibition of Graffiti at the Institute Cervantes. Omar has been based inFez for the last few years and challenges himself to survive in the holy city as a graffiti artist. Originally from the once Graffiti friendly Barcelona, Omar spends most of his time here in Fez, and city where spray paints and graphic pens, walls of fame and fellow graffitiers are hard to come by.

Omar L ula @ SPanish Institute Fez

The exhibition, which open at 19h, runs until the 22 nd of May.

Institute Cervantes, 5, Rue Douiat,Résidence Walili. Fez V.N.








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