36 Sherif Street, Downtown
Cairo
Egypt
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
Tamasi envisions a world of equality and diversity where free expression is the main pillar of social and economic justice, where societies share basic human values of respect for nature and life, and where co-motion is the constant that helps societies cope with and instigate change.
At the heart of this vision lies artistic expression as a vehicle and platform for social dialogue, instigator and trigger of social change, a means for resistance, and a most potent tool for forging a new social and political reality in MENA.
Tamasi perceives its role as:
A platform to voice opinions and ‘self reflect’.
An active agent in creating transformation, change and co-motion.
A main contributor to the world of social and economic development, human rights and freedom of expression whilst essentially continuing to be an artistic collective.
The availability of space for performing arts has been a long standing challenge in the MENA especially for independent groups.Tamasi therefore provides opportunities and ‘spaces’ as platforms for changing, challenging and dialoguing at the level of social discourse.
In doing this, we aim to increase and diversify access to performing arts with a particular focus on youth and the young generations and achieving gender balance through:
Reaching out to and engaging with underserved and marginalised communities.
Increasing the number and diversity of performances and productions in targeted countries.
Developing performances tackling current and taboo socio-economic and political issues.
Increasing access to performing arts spaces including non-traditional and public spaces.
Developing and holding training workshops for children and youth, especially in marginalised areas.
Engaging with policy makers to influence school curricula.
Holding and organising street festivals aimed at children and youth.The availability of space for performing arts has been a long standing challenge in the MENA especially for independent groups.Tamasi therefore provides opportunities and ‘spaces’ as platforms for changing, challenging and dialoguing at the level of social discourse.
In doing this, we aim to increase and diversify access to performing arts with a particular focus on youth and the young generations and achieving gender balance through:
Reaching out to and engaging with underserved and marginalised communities.
Increasing the number and diversity of performances and productions in targeted countries.
Developing performances tackling current and taboo socio-economic and political issues.
Increasing access to performing arts spaces including non-traditional and public spaces.
Developing and holding training workshops for children and youth, especially in marginalised areas.
Engaging with policy makers to influence school curricula.
Holding and organising street festivals aimed at children and youth.
Providing trainings, workshops, residencies and fellowships.
Providing targeted mentoring to burgeoning artists.
Organising, attending and hosting regional events and festivals providing opportunities for new artists to meet audience and develop their artistic skills.
Supporting joint artistic projects at the regional level.
Providing financial support to regional independent artistic organisations.
Providing artistic and managerial support to increase the capacity of independent artistic organizations at the regional level.
Tamasi program aims at creating a strong, viable regional body at the regional and international level. We also work to reach out, support and collaborate with other artists and groups at the local and regional level to share experiences, learning opportunities and knowledge. We believe that with our experience in the fields of arts and culture, fundraising and cultural entrepreneurship, Tamasi will contribute to the network by offering assistance, knowledge exchange, mentorship and guidance to youth and aspiring artists and entrpreneurs.
We believe that networking is an essential aspect of our vision and mission to reach out for people. For this reason, Tamasi requests joining ALF Network to strengthen its sustainability and increase interaction between its members and other networks.