Acces Art, Cede Aruba and AIB-BANK join forces in one project

Project encourages Cultural Develepment under the banner  “AIB-Pro Crea”

 

ORANJESTAD – “We are convinced that everything we do must have an effect on thh socio-cultural and enviromental well-being of our community.  It is for this reason that a project such as this one is a perfect with within the our goal of always being a good corporate citizen”, is what Frendsel Giel said, representing the management of AIB-BANK at the presentation of this project, which took place yesterday among special guests at Acces Art Gallery in  Caya Betico Croes.

 Partnership

This project is a partnership between AIB BANK, Cede Aruba and Acces Art Gallery to encourage cultural development among the youth of Aruba.  This project goes hand-in-hand with the need to help the youth develop themselves from a cultural stand-point in a long-lasting manner.  Although it has only been in existence for 2 years, Access Art has recognized this need.  They are conscious that there exists a void and Acces Art is ready, willing and able to offer the youth an opoprtunity to develop and foster their cultural knowledge.

 AIB-BANK Participation

Naturally, Access Art, in collaboration with its volunteers have the intellectual capacity to offer a cultural education to the community, however, the required financial resources have always been a stumbling block.  This is where AIB-BANK has stepped after an immediate showing of interest, and consequently, the Bank has adopted this project and will make monthly financial contributions to cover the expenses that will be incurred in order to execute and manage a project of this magnitude and importance. 

 History of Art

The project will be divided into three phases; “Art History”, “Poet Society” and “Out of the Box”. History of Art will be focused towards students at the “brug klas” level of education.  This phase entails a visit to the Access Art Gallery where students will be given a “power point presentation” about Art History. The students will also be given a your of the gallery in addition to information as to how an Gallery is operated/managed and how art is presented and sold through the Gallery.  At the same time, a workshop will be held during which the students will be “tested” on their knowledge of the concepts of visual arts that was presented to them earlier in the process.  The initial phase of this project entails a 3 hour visit to Access Art Gallery which will be held between 9:00am and 12 Noon.

 Poet Society

The second phase of “AIB-Pro Crea” is a year long workshop for young writers under the guidance and tutelage of writers and educators of local literature.  The workshop will aide aspiring writers to develop themselves and to guide them towards the goals of publishing and presenting their work in the near future.  This phase will be open to participants between 15 and 25 years of age. This is a forum and platform from which aspiring writers will receive the feedback they need in order to further develop their talent for writing.  Access Art believes that literary expression is an integral part of what “lives” inside the youth of Aruba and are convinced that a significant number of future writers and poets can be developed, especially when one sees the large pool of talent that is present in Aruba, but that are currently without guidance in general, from an artistic perspective.

 Out of the Box

The third and final phase of this project is another year long workshop that will encourage the development of contemporary art, experimenting with various techniques in order to help aspiring artists with artistic material which students will need in order to gain acceptance into international art academies.  These “student-artists” will be given guidance by experienced artists thereby providing the students with a significant dose and exposure to local art in addition to the development of relevant concepts regarding the world of contemporary art.  This workshop targets youngsters between the ages of 17 and 20.  

 The Responsibility of AIB-BANK

Noteworthy is that since its inception in 1987, AIB-BANK has always maintained its objectives, with few changes as to how it approaches the market place.  This has enabled AIB-BANK to grow during the pasy years and have proven that there is room for a local development bank.  The values of AIB-BANK include their commitment to excellence, their way of listening and understanding their clients, to being a Bank anchored by integrity, to be courageous and to be a model corporate citizen.  AIB-BANK wishes to place emphasis on the importance of being a model corporate citizen and the Bank has demonstrated this through their actions.

 During the past few weeks, the youth of Aruba have the been subject of many discussions.  Time and time again the factor “there-is-nothing-to-do” has been raised and as a serious and responsibile Bank, AIB-BANK is proud to asume its responsibility and to contrinbute towards a better future for our youth.  Frensdel Giel concluded his remarks by stating that “it is our duty to ensure that our future is in well looked after, today.  We are certain that Access Art Gallery and local artists will properly guide, develop and foster our youth to become the great artists of tomorrow”. 

 

FIN