Reflection for Arts, Training and Development

National Network
Egypt
Address

Elasdeqaa Mosque St. Building No, 84, Flat No. 2
Garden City Smouha, Sidi Gaber
Alexandria
Egypt

Telephone
+20 (0)3 425 2976
Telephone (other)
+20 (0)111 4788346
E-Mail
info@reflectionart.org
E-Mail (2)
abuelnasr.ahmed@reflectionart.org
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Research
General Information
Reflection is based in Alexandria, and registered with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity. Size Reflection’s headquarter in Alexandria and recently it has a public cultural events space in Alexandria city center and a store for cultural products in Garden City Smouha neighborhood. Number of staff is 3 full time and 4 part-time employees beside 4 to 6 volunteers. Resources Mainly grants from some international foundation. Also, Reflection’s spaces and some projects' income contributes within its financial needs. Projects PerForm Office
 A project works at building capacity and provide support for performin arts groups in Alexandria. Raseef (Platform) A project for more familiar convergence between creations that do not find an outlet, and the street audience. Cultural Store (Reflection Gallery) A store that is working as a selling point for cultural and artistic work. Some other upcoming projectsThe Tellers (الحكواتية) - EuroMed Creative Economy Conference - Embodying Fear; An Intangible Heritage 
Mission and Objectives

Mission:
Generating opportunities to create various artistic contemporary practices for people to experience the creativity of individuals / groups.
Aims:

Creating a sustainable platform for artistic experiences and knowledge exchange, locally and internationally.

Providing means of support for artists to enhance their career and facilitate their practices.

Managing a multi cultural purpose space in order to provide it to creative individuals for their trainings, rehearsals, performances, shows and exhibitions.

Cooperate and/or coordinate with other organizations, initiatives and/or projects within presenting artistic practices and/ or productions.

Providing arts managerial consultancy for other initiatives, projects, or organizations.

Contributing in building knowledge capabilities of arts management, arts market and the creative economy.

Main Projects / Activities

Reflection works in parallel on three overlapped axes that are;

Conducting researches and translations within two main fields in parallel; developing artistic training methods for performing arts, and arts management practices, especially in arts market and economics.

Exchange experience and knowledge in the fields of visual art and performing arts,

Establishing and managing a multi-cultural purpose space,
Therefore, Reflection works as services provider and producer. Where the services mainly are:

Experiences exchange platform within local and/or international scale via productive workshops.

Training courses for both; arts professionals to enhance their career and capabilities, and creative beginners to discover their artistic or managerial potentials.

A multi artistic purpose space for rehearsals as well as performances, shows and exhibitions.

Presenting a wide range of knowledge throw its publications of researches and translations.
And what Reflection mainly produces are:

Publications of its researches and translations.

Audio and audio/video tracks for productions that Reflection is producing.

Information and data analysis about arts market and economics which would be provided upon request and tailored for other organisation, initiative or specific purpose.
All of Reflection’s services and products are provided for a wide range of diverse target groups according to each service and/or products.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Most of Reflection's projects are seeking for creating opprotunities for artistic collaborations, which will contribute in developing a long term mutual understanding and trust within our Euro-Mediterranean society. We - Reflection - can provide a sustainable platform for cultural and artistic expression from all ALF's international and national network.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

ALF has a great directory of international and national members and thus we would be given a wider chances to establish good connections and building bridges of trust with many potential partners and collaborators. Although we already have few good connections with other Euro-Mediterranean organizations, but we needed to put these connections in an official network framework, so ALF is an excellent solution for us to find our purpose, as well as getting access to ALF's grants that might benefit us and our potential collaborators.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ahmed Eldeeb
Job Title
Co-founder & CEO
Head of the organisation
Ahmed Eldeeb