Kick-off of Asilah 43rd international summer cultural festival was inaugurated last Thursday evening, July 7, 2022 by Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mr. Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid.
This session was organized under the High patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI by the Asilah Forum Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication (Department of Culture) and Asilah Commune, and will last from June 30 till July 24, 2022 and it will dedicated to plastic arts.
Minister Bensaid was accompanied, during the event, by Secretary General of Asilah Forum Foundation, Mr. Mohamed Benaissa, Secretary General of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Wilaya and a group of intellectuals, artists and cultural and associations actors.
The delegation has made a visit to wall frescos done by 11 Moroccan artists under the supervision of Moroccan artist-painter Mouad Jebari, within the framework of wall painting workshop, organized since 1978.
In a statement to the press, Minister Bensaid has expressed his pleasure to inaugurate a series of exhibits by artists originally from Asilah and by artists from other cities of the Kingdom as well; inviting visitors to discover unprecedented works of arts, achieved with much creativity and care.
“These arts exhibits done by renowned artists nationally and internationally are a source of pride for us as well as for local community and visitors of Asilah, a town that breathes arts and culture”, has indicated Mr. Bensaid, stating that his department will work to reinforce the presence of Moroccan artists at both national and international levels and to promote the influence of Moroccan art at the international level.