Tribune News Network
Doha
In a distinguished artistic atmosphere, and in the presence of a large audience, the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) concluded last Friday evening the activities of the fourth edition of the Qatar International Art Festival, organised in cooperation with the international company Maps.
On its closing day, the international artistic event held a ceremony for distributing awards and shields to honour the participating artists.
The fourth edition of the Qatar International Arts Festival was marked by many different artistic events and activities, including music and fashion shows, in a way to integrate arts with football and sports.
The festival was organised from September 26 to 30 and saw a heavy turnout of fine-art lovers. The art exhibitions in the festival highlighted about 600 artworks including paintings, sculptures and design and graphic works presented by 300 artists from various art schools representing 65 different countries of the world. Many of these artworks were accomplished by artists performing live drawing, interactive sessions and painting workshops, amid remarkable admiration the public and visitors.
On the other hand, the festival attracted a distinguished and talented artists of different ages and provided the opportunity to discover aesthetic and artistic values in various techniques and creative methods. Many of the participating artists expressed their happiness to take part in the fourth edition of the Qatar International Art Festival, stressing that the festival has established its distinguished position on the map of the world exhibitions as an international artistic event and a creative space in which arts of various styles and methods meet. It also helps in strengthening bonds of communication between fine-art practitioners of different generations, introducing their creativity and artistic schools, and upgrading their skills and experiences.
The participating artists also made cultural tours, during which they visited the most prominent tourist attractions, and cultural and sports establishments, in addition to special tours in the cultural village “Katara”, as they were briefed on the most prominent cultural facilities and theatres, which added a wonderful atmosphere to the festival.
