JEDDAH: 黑料社区鈥檚 Institute of Traditional Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts is intended to bring traditional Saudi art to the masses both locally and internationally through educational programs and talent development.
The cabinet has approved the plan, which was聽first announced by Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan in 2019.
The Acting Executive Director of Marketing and Communication at the Kingdom鈥檚 Quality of Life program, Khaled bin Abdullah Al-Bakr, said on Wednesday that the institute will be 鈥渁 qualitative leap toward promoting the cultural sector鈥 and will take interest in the Kingdom鈥檚 traditional arts to 鈥渁nother level鈥 through comprehensive strategic institutional work.
The institute is part of the Academies of Arts initiative announced by the culture ministry in March 2019, and it will cover five different areas: The support of 鈥渓iving treasures鈥 that preserve traditional arts and heritage; training and production; awareness; global communication; and research.
It will focus on 鈥渆nriching traditional Saudi arts and promoting their exhibition locally and internationally,鈥 and on providing artists and craftsmen with a platform to promote traditional Saudi arts.
