Cutouts and Collages Daftar, a new edition curated by Nasir Nasrallah
We invited the talented Nasir Nasrallah to co-curate a children and young adults edition of Daftar Asfar with co-founder Nahla Tabbaa.
Nasir was also the first to support Daftar Asfar by giving the team his yellow sketchbook, and the whole name and brand of Daftar Asfar has been centered around it ever sense.
For this upcoming edition of Daftar Asfar: The Cutouts and Collages Daftar, the project has undertaken a more educational trajectory since both Nahla and Nasir met as colleagues working as part of the education and outreach team at Sharjah Art Foundation.
Nasir has left yellow cut outs on every page of the Daftar, and an envelope of ‘loose’ cut out pieces of paper. Through a series of workshops with children aged 7-12, the concept of keeping a sketchbook, journaling, and developing ideas will be introduced to the participants. From there they will be invited to spend 7 minutes with Daftar Asfar, creating both their own works and an intersection with the next participant.
These workshops will be hosted by various art and youth institutes across the region.
So far participating schools include:
Amman National School
Al Jalila Cultural Center for Children
Watch the video below to learn about the process:
Lena and Nahla with Amman National School participants (2019).