The 24th Qurain Cultural Festival for 2018

The National council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) was founded in 1973 to become the most important source to further the cultural movement and project the artistic and civilized image of Kuwait. This includes working on enhancing the cultural infrastructure of the society through encouraging and supporting the intellectual and creative production in all fields including art, heritage, music, formative arts and theater. The council holds several exhibitions and training courses in addition to festivals and awards that motivate people to be creative and innovative in all fields. The NCCAL is also interested in children by organizing courses and other events for them.

The council recently organized an important event titled “The 24th Qurain Cultural Festival for 2018” which is being held from January 14 to the 20th. The festival was held for the first time from Nov 23- Dec 22 1994, at the wish of the late Amir Sheikh Jaber AlAhmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in order to enhance the cultural and arts movement in Kuwait. The festival encourages formative Kuwaiti artists of various generations to participate in the exhibition which sheds the light on the contemporary arts movement in Kuwait.

Artist Essra Hasan (aka Sara Hasan) participated with her golden collection which combined the heritage of Arab beauty from the past and Arabic calligraphy which became one of the symbols of modern art. Essra Hasan is an artist of unique nature through what she presents in the form of merging elements, colors and feelings with her innovative vision, as apparent in her participation in the formative arts exhibition of Al-Qurain Cultural Festival with two art works one of the “rooster” and the other of the “sisters”, which received good praise and encouragement from well-established Kuwaiti artists and art lovers. They all wished her further success in the field of arts.