Culture Resource (Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy)
Lebanon
regional (e.g. continent-wide)
Primary Mission
empowerment
Activity Category
performance - music - traditional
Mission Statement
To empower, engage, and unite communities through supporting creative and artistic productions, capacity building, and shared cultural knowledge; To inspire artistic expression, support creative talents, and enhance cultural management skills; To celebrate and promote a rich, diverse and creative heritage in the Arab region; To promote innovation and creativity for the development of a diverse and open cultural landscape
Activities
support for independent artists to create new work and to travel and tour these works, capacity building and training programs and publications in Arabic aimed at developing cultural managers and organizations, cultural policy research, support for artists at risk, and supporting the sustainability of cultural industries in the region, without undermining the value of culture as a public good and a basic human right.
Objectives
seeks to support artistic creativity in the Arab region and to encourage cultural exchange within the region and beyond. The work of Culture Resource is based on an appreciation of the value of the diverse cultural heritage within the Arab region, and a belief in the critical role of culture in the development of civil society, the importance of access to culture for all, and the rights of artists to freedom of expression.