Egypt: The National Museum of Civilization in Egypt kicks off the activities of educational workshops for the half-year vacation under the title “Decoupage inspired by civilization” the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization started with Fustat, the first educational workshops event during the semester break.
“The cultural, educational and artistic activities offered by the museum to the public during the mid-year holidays attract the interest of students from various educational stages as well as adults, leading to the museum’s keenness in organizing it because it contributes to the public taste, and it comes at the top of the museum’s work priorities”, said officials.
On her part, Fayrouz Fikri, Vice President of the Museum of Management and Employment, explained that the “Decoupage Inspired by Civilization” is a workshop for young people over 16 years old on the art of decoupage, a creative art dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Fikri further added that the art relies on cutting and pasting old photos to produce a wonderful painting, either On a glass, metal or wooden surface, noting that he trained during that workshop by artist Iman Mohammed Al-Maghribi, and artist Rahab Mohammed Abdul Hakim.
On the other hand, Azza Rizq, the head of the museum education and education department at the museum, added that this category of workshops aims to discover participants’ skills and develop their creative side.
It was further conveyed by the management of NMCE that the participating people will learn more about their skills by practising some art and handicraft activities that the ancient Egyptian used to enjoy in a modern way in line with the current era and in line with the museum’s support to spread culture and awareness The archaeological and the civilized among different classes.
In the end, the art workshop organized by the NMCE is considered in the same context; an educational workshop for children was organized titled “Bead Knob”, during which they learned skills to strengthen motor visual synergy through beads and colours, making a small knob of cardboard recycling, and designing geometric shapes, said officials at the facility.