ART AT THE BORDER

Kilis , a border province between Syria and Turkey , has become a buffer zone due to the civil war that broke out in Syria in 2011. Currently , 93b in the recorded domestic nüfusund moment more, about 13 1 thousand near the Syrian mandatory immigrants are housed. In addition, the Syrian population in the city is a relatively young population. According to the data obtained from the Governor's Office, more than 60% of births in 2018 (n = 2.524) Belongs to Syrian parents. Almost half of the 50,054 school-age students are Syrians. National According to Education Ministry data, although Turkey in the 2017-18 academic year at 62% .In Syrian children enrollment rate of more children than half of school age in Kilis was determined by experts to go to school.

Moreover, the progressive time confronts us with this 8-year migration process, ranging from impermanence to permanence . At this point , Kilis which is a border province becomes a special province . It is necessary to overcome these problems and support social cohesion by following different approaches within all these statistical data and developments. There are more than 15 professional Syrian artists who are masters of fine arts. These areas of art, oil painting, charcoal , wood painting, copper craftsmanship, fine writing, art with recycling , philography … etc. Many of them turned to different fields of business because they could not perform their arts and could not make a living. To enable these artists to do their art and transfer them to future generations came to us as a different approach to supporting social cohesion.

In this way , both the Syrians in Kilis locals and refugees from social exclusion to and prevent discrimination , as well as these two cultures merging and unity inside in order to support them to live on in both communities, was born the idea of establishing an art workshop will include also. The basic principle of this project in " Universal Art " .
In March 2019, a workplace was rented and turned into an art workshop. Permits and protocols were made with the Ministry of National Education and the conditions to be given courses and certificates were provided.
10 volunteer Turkish and Syrian artists were brought together and art workshops were held in different fields in order . Volunteer artists gave trainings to Turkish and Syrian children, young people and people of all ages . The center was active in 7. In addition , social education was supported by public education teachers for children , with robotic coding, intelligence games courses and Turkish courses for Syrian women. The rent and other expenses of these activities were met with the volunteers . Fund and grant support was not received.
The Sanat Art at the Border ” project attracted much attention. We managed to combine social harmony and fine arts. Now, being a professional, their employees huge with a place and adequate equipment that d aha larger, reaching as many people in the workshops we want to get to a stage serving. We also want to support our volunteer Syrian artists financially, set up special workshops and encourage them to produce. In this way, we will reach more people and avoid many regional problems such as social cohesion, economic, education… etc. Our request and project on this subject is presented below and we are always ready for revisions and suggestions.