Twenty-nine Artists in Beirut Receive Support from the Art Lives Initiative
Sep 2020
Ettijahat - Independent Culture and Action for Hope are happy to announce that twenty-nine artists residing in Beirut whose livelihoods or health were affected by the Port of Beirut explosion have received emergency support as part of the Art Life initiative. The support is intended to enable artists to repair their homes and restore their physical and psychological wellbeing as soon as possible.
The artists supported are of several different nationalities, including Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Iraqi and Egyptian. The application window, which lasted twenty days, was open to artists and activists in cultural, artistic and technical fields of work. The value support given to applicants ranged from $1500 to $2500.