RASIT Culture 4 Peace Programs

ARTS scholarship/fellowship program:
To support and encourage outstanding students to pursue their Art studies .
This program seeks to ensure access to Arts education, even in the most difficult circumstances and
for the most vulnerable groups, refugees, women, orphans and children from poor families.
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Iraqi Artists Aid Program:
Prior to the period of the Gulf War and subsequent economic sanctions, Iraq had one of the best
performing Arts programs in the region. Iraq’s Art institutes are in a dramatic situation, some 24
years of conflict and unrest - first with Iran in the 1980s and then with the Gulf wars and the situation
that has followed - have seen hundreds of Iraqi artists killed, the exodus of many intellectuals and the
virtual isolation of those who remained. Iraqi artists who are unable to flee the country are now in a
queue waiting for their turn to die.
Most Iraqi artists whether refugees in the Middle East or within Iraq are in a very dreadful situation,
with no jobs and no financial support to secure their daily life needs.
This program support s Iraqi artist refugees residing in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan with their basic
needs of health care and daily life requirements. Further, under this program RASIT is working
closely with professionals and International Art Institutes to promote the Iraqi artists and their
remarkable work.

Women in Arts Program:
To support, encourage, and promote women in specialized in all aspects of arts particularly those
from developing countries to pursue their career and improve their skills. Further, This program
continues to encourage Arts education and training for female students in developing countries.

Documentation of Traditional Arts and Culture:
Globalization weakened and diluted traditional arts and cultures. Working with a wide range of
partners, RASIT venture and aims to preserve and document heritage arts and cultures through
seminars, exhibitions, concerts etc.

For further information on Programs, please contact Adam Moe at a dmin@rasit.org

Royal Academy of Science International Trust

Culture For Peace

Programs