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‘Arise’ Exhibition by 21 Omani Artists opens at Sarah Gallery on November 10

The exhibition includes fifty artworks in the fields of Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, drawing, photography, and other genres. 

The ‘Arise’ exhibition by the Omani Art Ambassadors Group – a group of 21 artists across  various genres – opens at the Gallery Sarah of Bait Al Zubair’s Bait Al Nahdha venue at 7 pm on Wednesday, November 10, under the patronage of His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 

The exhibition will continue until December 11, 2021. It will open from 9:30 to 5:00 pm, from Sunday to Thursday, in Bait Al-Nahda in Bait Al-Zubair. 

The exhibition includes fifty artworks in the fields of Arabic calligraphy, sculpture, drawing, photography, and other genres. 

The team seeks to be one of the most prominent artistic gatherings supporting the artistic movement to outline different artistic and cultural horizons and a positive role in sustainable development by supporting talent and creating the appropriate environment for intersection and interaction with local and international artistic experiences. 

Artists participating in the exhibition includes names such as the artist Rashid Abdul Rahman Al Balushi, winner of the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Culture, Arts, and letters for the Arts branch in 2012, and the artists Khamis, Abdullah and Saud Al-Hanini, who also won the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Culture, Arts and letters for the Arts Branch for the year 2016.

From the field of Arabic calligraphy and lettering formations the artists d. Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh, Muhammad Al-Sayegh, Muhammad Mahdi Al-Lawati, Fahd Yamin. While among the prominent young artists in the field of sculpture Khalil Al-Kalbani and Fayza Al-Wahaibi, and in the field of oil painting Abdul Majeed bin Hakim Al-Balushi, Muhammad Al-Maamari, Mazen Al-Maamari, Saeed Al-Ruwaidi, Nada Bint Abdullah Al-Ruwaishdi, Maryam Al-Shehhi, Samia bint Salem Al-Gharibi, Laila bint Muhammad Al-Najjar, Hajar Al-Harassi, Zainab Al-Ajmi, and Laila Al-Jahuri.

What distinguishes the group is that the members belong to multiple generations and different artistic schoolsو Which stimulates the interaction of experiences and expertise with each other. The exhibition reflects the vital artistic role in shaping the identity of Omani art.

Since its establishment in 2018, the team has achieved various achievements and participation in international art forums, such as their participation in the international exhibition “Artists around the World” in Turkey in Istanbul in August 2018.

Some of the members also participated in the Second International Forum of Professional Fine Artists (Thai Rhythm) in Phuket, which was organized by D’Fuglee Galaria in January 2019. The team won the Gold Award and the Silver Award at the Second International Forum of Professional Plastic Artists in Thailand in 2019. The team also held the second exhibition of Omani Art Ambassadors in cooperation with the ArtMMH Foundation in the Republic of Austria in Vienna in July 2019.

The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop the team’s international activities, but they had their virtual presence, as the team participated in the “We Are the Nature” virtual exhibition organized by the “Iran Drudi Academy of Visual Arts” in September 2021.

Recently, the team established the Fine Art Ambassadors Lounge in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth in the Omani Society for Fine Arts in Muscat, which includes providing educational and training sessions in the field of drawing, calligraphy, and sculpture.

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