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Press clipping: Cyprus Heritage Classes for Children

Charlie Root

BE OPEN CHAMPIONS CYPRIOT HANDICRAFTS THROUGH WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN
Philenews
April 2024

BE OPEN FOUNDATION LAUNCHES INITIATIVE IN CYPRUS TO REINVIGORATE TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
Cyprus Business News
April 2024

ELENA BATURINA’S BE OPEN FOUNDATION LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE IN CYPRUS FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
Cyprus Times
April 2024

TΟ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ BE OPEN ΤΗΣ ELENA BATURINA ΕΓΚΑΙΝΙΑΖΕΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΟΒΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΖΩΟΓΟΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΧΕΙΡΟΤΕΧΝΙΩΝ
Cyprus News EU
April 2024

CYPRUS HANDCRAFTED HERITAGE – ΜΑΘΉΜΑΤΑ ΜΕ BE OPEN ΚΑΙ CVAR ΠΟΥ ΠΑΡΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΎΝ 160 ΠΑΙΔΙΆ
Cyprus Times
April 2024

ΜΑΘΉΜΑΤΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΉ ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΊΗΤΗ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΆ ΣΕ ΜΑΘΗΤΈΣ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟΎ
Philenews
April 2024

BE OPEN FOUNDATION LAUNCHES INITIATIVE IN CYPRUS TO REINVIGORATE TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
Cyprus Business News
April 2024

CYPRUS HANDCRAFTED HERITAGE ΜΑΘΉΜΑΤΑ ΜΕ BE OPEN ΚΑΙ CVAR ΠΟΥ ΠΑΡΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΎΝ 160 ΠΑΙΔΙΆ
Cyprus News EU
April 2024

ΤΟ ΊΔΡΥΜΑ BE OPEN ΤΗΣ ELENA BATURINA ΕΓΚΑΙΝΙΑΖΕΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΟΒΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΖΩΟΓΟΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΧΕΙΡΟΤΕΧΝΙΩΝ
Showbusiness Cyprus
April 2024

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

Lilia 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.

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

Lilia Valieva

Every month of the first quarter of 2024, works by 20 emerging artists from the countries of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan were posted at the online gallery for the public to select the Regional Artist of the Month.

In March, Yigitali Sattarov, Uzbek artist concerned about global issues, humanity and its future, has become the last of the three candidates for the Artist of the Region and the 500 euros prize, alongside Guzel Zakirova (Kazakhstan) in January and Zhyldyz Bekova (Kyrgyzstan) in February.

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BE OPEN Art announces the Artist of the Year 2023

Lilia 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.

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Press-clipping: SDG Competition Programme

Press-clipping: SDG Competition Programme

Charlie 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