The Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts, University of Balamand, organized a workshop, a cultural bridge linking Japan and Lebanon. Japan is well known in Lebanon, obviously through the cliches of sushi, samurai and animation movies to the extension of film directors like Kurosawa and architects like Ando. Nihonten, academically, showed a deeper image of the Japanese culture.
Purpose of the workshop
The purpose of Nihonten is to promote Japan and Lebanon mutually.
In Lebanon, the promotion of Japan is through the introduction
and deepening of the Japanese culture, art and design. In Japan, the promotion
of Lebanon would be through the work of Lebanese students and their personal
vision of Japan.
Students who followed the workshop
41 students from the school of Decorative Arts, section of Advertising and
Graphic Arts followed the workshop. The students were from the following
majors: 16 students from the third year of Artistic Direction; 8 students
from the third year of Advertising Creation; 12 students from the fourth year
of Artistic Direction; 2 students from the fourth year of Advertising Creation;
and 3 students from the fourth year of Illustration/comics.
The names of the 41 students are: ABI DIB Terry, ABI WARDE Mona, ABOU
HAYDAR Jessica, AKL Talal, ASMAR Guy, BAAKLINI Isabelle, BOU CHAYA
Antoine, CHAMI Ralph, CHAMIE Maria, CHERFANE Yana, CHOUCHANI
Dominique, DOUMIT Ralph, FARRAN Stephanie, FEGHALI Karen, GEMAYEL
Paola, GHALI Gabriel, GHRAIEB Louis, IGHNIADES Mia Danielle, HALAL
Christelle, HAYEK Caline, KALLAS Rosa Maria, KASSAB Grace, KEYROUZ
Sarah, MAFTOUM Marc, MAZRAANI Wissam, MCHEILEH Andre, MECHREF
Carine, MOUSHATY Serge, NASSAR Karen, NASSIF Marc, NOUNEH Sabine,
RAAD Sandra, RIZK Krystel, RIZK Ramona, SALHAB Roger, SAMMAN Farah,
SASSINE Danielle, TAWIL Nayla, ZACHARIOU Souraya Coralie, ZAHR Anthony
and ZIADE Christine.
