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Background

Why Reflection For Arts?

Alexandria city has always been considered as a cosmopolitan place for every one to obtain knowledge, experience and creativity. Nowadays, it is loosing its cultural nature, as a result of marginalizing from the centralized system of successive governments.

Lake of cultural venues is one of the main issues that affected the cultural life of the city, where there are only:

  • 6 equipped theatre venues – 5 of them are owned to the public sector.
  • 3 visual art venues and 11 not for profit cultural organization.

Alexandria has:

  •  more than 5 million of residents at least 2 million yearly visitors 
  • A wide range of various inherited heritage places and museums.

Consequently, Reflection has been founded as a civil society organization where it can contribute in saving and renewing Alexandria’s characteristics.

 

About Reflection

Reflection for Arts, Training and Development is non-governmental and Cultural Civil Society not for profit organization, Registered in the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity. Reg No.  2169 of 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

Reflection’s vision:

Reflection seeks to enhance the cultural life of Alexandria’s residents And visitors through its contribution within many other efforts to give The city the opportunity to occupy its past international cultural fame In a contemporary framework in terms of the multiplicity and Diversity of cultural resources.

 

 

 

 

Reflection’s Mission:

Generating opportunities to create various artistic contemporary practices for people to experience the creativity of individuals / groups.

 

 

 

 

 

Reflection’s aims

  • Creating a sustainable platform for artistic experiences and knowledge exchange, locally and internationally.

  • Providing means of support for artists to enhance their career and facilitate their practices.

  • Managing a multi cultural purpose space in order to provide it to creative individuals for their trainings, rehearsals, performances, shows and exhibitions.

  • Cooperate and/or coordinate with other organisations, initiatives and/or projects within presenting artistic practices and/ or productions.

  • Providing arts managerial consultancy for other initiatives, projects, or organisations.

  • Contributing in building knowledge capabilities of arts management, arts market and the creative economy.

Reflection’s Objectives
What Reflection provides to enhance the cultural life in the city is working in parallel on three overlapped axes that are;


  • Exchange experience and knowledge in the fields of visual art and performing arts,

  • Establishing and managing a multi cultural purpose space

  • Conducting researches and translations within two main fields in parallel;

    • developing artistic training methods for performing arts,

    • and arts management practices, specially in arts’ market and the creative economy.




 

OUR PROJECTS

Team Members 

  • Theater director, visual artist and researcher in the fields of arts as well as cultural management.

    Ahmed Abou Elnasr Eldeeb
    Co-Founder - Institution’s Director
  • A cultural activist, and a researcher. She has previously worked as an actress and her research and field work focuses on the role of arts in comprehensive and sustainable development.

    Iman Zaki
    Co-Founder – Arts Projects & Development Manager
  • Visual artist, art researcher, and cultural director. His research in the field of visual arts and philosophy of art criticism.

    Ashraf Elsweeny
    Head of visual art programs
  • He worked as an accountant for many corporations. His excellent experience has been gained through his work in Egypt and abroad. Also, he likes theatre and practices acting.

    Mohamed Abdelqader
    Financial Manager
  • Theatrical actor, director, and stage manager. Studied acting and directing at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts.

    Hassan Khaled
    Reflection Studio Coordinator
Get in Touch

We are always looking for new exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.

 
OFFICE

Garden City Smouha, Masjid Elasdeqaa St. 
Building No. 84, Flat No. 2
P.O. 21641 , Alexandria Egypt
CONTACT

+20 (0) 3 425 2976
info@reflectionart.org