EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE

ON CITIZENSHIP THROUGH

ART

Since 2009, Attijariwafa bank

Foundation has been developing

its “Arts Academy” educational

program to raise awareness of

the arts and encourage artistic

production. The program benef its

middle and high school students.

This program allows these young

people to develop their creativity

and to learn values of openness

such as civism, citizenship, and

otherness. A true reference,

this program, carried out in

partnership with the Regional

Academy of Education and

Training (AREF) of Casablanca-

Settat, reaches nearly 150

students per cohort, and is

based on the 3 artistic disciplines

of plastic arts, multimedia

and writing, supervised by

professionals. Each program

culminates in an exhibition,

open to the public, of the works

produced by the students. The

goal is to embed students’ artistic

practice in a social and civic

dynamic, and to link the teaching

of art to living together in the

city. In 2022, the Arts & Culture

Division has renewed the 7th

cohort for 2021- 2023, with a 40%

increase in enrolment, around

a post-pandemic crisis theme:

“Public space and heritage”, with

a special focus on new media and

digital arts.

Supporting

art and culture