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Cyprus Handcrafted Heritage – Classes with BE OPEN and CVAR attended by 160 children from the Southern and Northern Cyprus

23 April 202422 April 2024Lilia Valieva

Over two days of April 22 and 23, the Centre of Visual Arts and Research in Nicosia welcomed 160 schoolchildren from the public schools of both the Southern and Northern parts of the island who took part in the educational sessions organized by BE OPEN Foundation dedicated to Cyprus Handcrafted Heritage.

This initiative was devised with the aim of popularization and preservation of traditional Cyprus fabric production techniques. Each session consisted of a lecture on craft-related entrepreneurship and a master-class of traditional Cypriot weaving.

BE OPEN Art announces the Artist of the Year 2023

7 February 20247 February 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN Art, an online gallery designed by Elena Baturina’s BE OPEN think tank, is happy to announce the Artist of the Year 2023, selected by the majority of votes among the monthly ratings.

BE OPEN congratulates the talented Jean D’amour Imanishimwe, a Rwandan visual artist. A graduate of the Nyundo School of Arts. Since 2017, he is the co-founder of HUZA ARTS RWANDA gallery whose objective is to give a platform to young local artists to exhibit and sell their artworks.

BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Regional Art Competition in Central Africa

11 January 20241 February 2024Lilia Valieva

Throughout 2023, the BE OPEN expert community selected those artists who best represent the artistic tradition of a certain region to feature in the BE OPEN Art gallery and offer them greater visibility. In October, the focus of the competition moved to Central Africa.

BE OPEN Art launches the first regional competition of 2024 to support emerging artists of Central Asia

1 January 20241 February 2024Lilia Valieva

In 2024, BE OPEN Art, an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina’s humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities.

Press-clipping: SDG Competition Programme

31 December 20239 January 2024Charlie Root

BE OPEN CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS OF ‘BETTER ENERGY BY DESIGN’: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOCUSED ON THE UNITED NATIONS SDG#7
Bloomberg
July 2023

FROM VISUAL ARTS TO ARTISTIC VISIONARY: BE OPEN ART ON CREATIVITY AS A FORCE
Hindustan Times
September 2023

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR BE OPEN’S DESIGN YOUR CLIMATE ACTION: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CREATIVES FOCUSED ON THE UNITED NATIONS’ SDG13
Cyprus Mail
October 2023

BE OPEN ABRE CONVOCATORIA PARA EL PROYECTO “DISEÑA TU ACCIÓN CLIMÁTICA”
LatAm Green
October 2023

BE OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CREATIVES DESIGN YOUR CLIMATE ACTION OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS FOCUSED ON SDG13
BBC 24×7
October 2023

DESIGN YOUR CLIMATE ACTION STARTS IN FULL SWING
The Organic Magazine
October 2023

BE OPEN THINK-TANK BELIEVES THE CREATIVITY OF YOUNGER PEOPLE CAN SOLVE THE PLANET’S ISSUES
Emerging Europe
November 2023

BILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST ELENA BATURINA ON HOW CREATIVITY SHOULD BE EMPLOYED TO SOLVE CLIMATE ISSUES IN THE WAKE OF COP28
Khaleej Times
November 2023

EL GRUPO DE PENSAMIENTO BE OPEN DE ELENA BATURINA APOYA EL EMPODERAMIENTO DE LOS JÓVENES EN EL SECTOR ENERGÉTICO EN SES28
FORBES Spain
December 2023

Happy Winter Holidays!

25 December 202325 December 2023Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN shares insights into sustainability in education at COP28 panel session

14 December 202314 December 2023Lilia Valieva

December 5 2023, BE OPEN Foundation joined the programme of COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, by far the largest and most influential climate, energy and sustainability-related event in the world.

BE OPEN think tank supports youth empowerment in the energy sector at SES2023 and COP 28

1 December 202314 December 2023Lilia Valieva

As a partner of the Student Energy Summit (SES 2023), BE OPEN had the honour of addressing 650 young people from over 100 countries who gathered at the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). They participated in the international and interdisciplinary programme that strives to prepare young people for a career in the energy transition, showcasing underrepresented voices in the energy space and empowering youth to build important relationships with peers and industry professionals.

BE OPEN to present SDG-focused student competition programme at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference and SES 2023 in the UAE

26 November 202314 December 2023Lilia Valieva

In December 2023, BE OPEN Foundation will join the speakers in the Green Zone of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, by far the largest and most influential climate, energy and sustainability-related event in the world.

BE OPEN congratulates the winner of #BEOPENEverydayArt open call that celebrates everyday creativity and artistic vision

1 November 202321 December 2023Lilia Valieva

#BEOPENEverydayArt was dedicated to celebrating people’s innate creativity that manifests itself in little things that make the reality around us more beautiful, personalized and unique in our own ways. The way we serve our breakfast, style our clothes, decorate our rooms, adjust our workplaces, make pictures of what catches our eye in the streets – all that shows our unique vision of the world.