Partnership with A.M. Qattan Foundation | 2002 - 2023

Cittadellarte's partnership with A. M. Qattan Foundation is a long-lasting collaboration that since 2002, in the context of UNIDEE's research residency programme, with its scholarship allows a young talented Palestinian artist to enhance his or her practice in relation to Cittadellarte's artistic ethos and the Italian cultural context.

The A.M. Qattan Foundation (AMQF), Ramallah (PS), is an independent, not-for-profit developmental organization working in the fields of culture and education, since 1998, with a particular focus on children, teachers and young artists. The Foundation’s operations are mainly in Palestine, with additional activity in the United Kingdom through The Mosaic Rooms.

This residency grant is expected to contribute to the possibility of enriching the practice of the selected artist who, during the stay at Cittadellarte, followed by the UNIDEE team, is guided along a path based on an in-depth study of specific aspects linked to responsible social transformation, through debates and meetings with curators, artists and civil society operators, and organised study and research trips to visit institutional spaces, exhibitions and events (particularly in Turin, Milan and Venice).

Recipients:
2023: open call will be launched soon
2022: Shaima Hamad - www.instagram.com/foodinlaw.pal
2021: Abdel-Rahman Shabaneh
2020: Zina Zarour - www.instagram.com/zinazarour
2019: Majd Nasrallah
2018: Shayma Nader - www.instagram.com/labess._
2017: Noor Abed - www.instagram.com/noor_abed
2016: Raneem Turjman - www.behance.net/raneemturjman
2015: Aya Kirresh
2013: Ayed Arafah - www.palestinemuseum.us/ayed-arafah
2012: Ayman Alazraq - www.aymanalazraq.com
2011: Ibrahim Jawabreh
2010: Inass Yassin - www.inassyassin.com
2009: Hani Amra - www.haniamra.com
2008: Ahmed Malki - www.idiomsfilm.com
2007: Wafaa Yasin
2006: Raouf Hajj Yihya
2005: Shadi Habib Allah
2004: Walid Maw’ed
2003: Iman Abou Hmeid
2002: Anas Al-Aili


A special mentorship programme was set up for The Young Artist of the Year Award (YAYA) in 2018 by curator Emily Jacir. YAYA is a biennial programme organized by the A.M. Qattan Foundation to encourage, support and promote young Palestinian artists in the visual arts field.
The 2018 YAYA participants were: Alaa Abu Asad (www.alaaabuasad.com), Yousef Odeh, Dina Mimi, Walid Al Wawi (walidalwawi.com), Dima Srouji (www.dimasrouji.com), Leila Abdul Razzaq, Firas Shehadeh (www.firasshehadeh.com), Safaa Khatib, Haitham Haddad (mnjnk.com), Ula Zeitoun.
More info: qattanfoundation.org/en/qattan/media/news/amqf-announces-winners-10th-edition-young-artist-year-award-201