Founded 2002 Location Ramallah | Type Non-profit | |
Area served Palestinian Territories Key people Sameh Abboushi (Chairman)
Mohamed S. Khalil (General Manager)
Raed Badwan (Treasurer) Slogan we have the right to live in PEACE | ||
The Young Artists Forum (YAF) is a Palestinian non-governmental organization. It was officially established on December 23, 2002, and is located in Ramallah, Palestine. YAF is formally registered with three Palestinian Ministries: the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The YAF has a Fine Art evening school for the talented of all ages, and its curriculum is certified by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Each course has a graduation certificate which is recognized by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
The YAF supports few main activities: - The evening school for teaching visual arts to all age groups. Some of the graduates of YAF school are prize winning artists. - Implementing rehabilitation projects through art that target children and youth who were a subject of, or had witnessed a Traumatic Experience in marginalized villages. - Provide courses and workshops for artists interested in Illustrating Children's Books. Some of the books have been published by Tamer Institute for Community Education. - Provide training courses and workshops for teachers of art education in schools.