JOB VACANCY AT MEDRAR – ACCOUNTANCY OFFICER

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Job Vacancy: Accountancy Officer

Deadline: 31 October 2018

Part-time, 5 days per week, 10 am to 2 pm

Contract one year, renewable, to start immediately

Medrar for Contemporary Art is looking for an attentive, highly organized and careful accountant to join its team. We appreciate applicants with previous experience in the field of culture and development, not for profit initiatives.

Job Brief:

Administer financial services for projects organized by or hosted in Medrar for Contemporary Art, as well as external collaborations. The position is primarily targeted to maintaining the internal financial system and liaising with the core team. The Accountant is fully responsible for all communications and procedures related to the bank, tax authorities, monthly documentation, and other legal/official tasks.

Main responsibilities

Structural workflow

  • Carry on all withdrawal and payment actions.
  • Main responsible of office safe box and internal cash balance.
  • Manage all operational payrolls, utility bills and electronic payments.
  • Execute salary and fee payments to staff and freelancers.
  • Collecting and issuing invoices and receipts.
  • Keep track of incoming transactions, reporting deadlines and exchange rates.
  • Review contracts and schedule of installments.  
  • Review purchase or rental of supplies, and repair of equipment.
  • Regular review of assets and inventory lists.
  • Keep up with financial policies, regulation and legislation of Egyptian LLC status.

Budgeting

  • Create and maintain monthly and annual budget of operational costs.
  • Follow up budgeting of projects and HR, with project managers.
  • Create templates and review outgoing budget proposals.

Reporting

  • Internal monthly overall reports.
  • Day to day project expenditure reports.
  • Annual evaluation reports.
  • External finance reports per project closure.
  • Report to legal accountant and taxation authorities.  
  • Auditing all reports and comparing budget plans.
  • Attend to weekly meetings for evaluation and updates.

Documentation and archiving

  • Registering all financial data.
  • Create budget templates and archive all hard financial documents.
  • Keep regular digital scanning of all legal and transaction files.
  • Maintain filing system and access to database.

Requirements:

  • Experience with accounting, not less than two years.
  • Experience with Legal finance systems and taxing authorities.
  • Knowledge of accountancy for non-profit organizations.
  • Strong attention to detail and time bounds.
  • Organized and skilled with budgeting in different structures.
  • Ready to release reports upon urgent demands.
  • Excellent user of spreadsheets and familiar with common table formats.
  • Must have strong command of Arabic, spoken and written.
  • Excellent command of written communications in English.  

For application, please fill this form

Only applications received through this form will be considered.

We highly appreciate your time and interest invested in applying for this position.  

We will inform you of the selection results within three days after the deadline, and expect us to call you personally if you are shortlisted.

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank  all applicants)

Open call for Participation in Roznama 6 

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(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank  all applicants, and we will announce participating works during the month of October 2017)

 Open call for Participation in Roznama 6 

 Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition from Egypt 

 November 2017 

 Deadline for application 15 September 2017 

A call for all Egyptian youth under the age of 30 to participate in the sixth round of Roznama competition and exhibition for contemporary visual art to be held in November 2017.

Roznama is an annual competition and exhibition for contemporary visual art for Egyptian youth, organized by Medrar for Contemporary Art in collaboration with Peacock for Art. In addition to coordination by CIC – Contemporary Image Collective for Roznama’s Mentorship program, the exhibition will be held at Medrar for Contemporary Art in Garden City and Mashrabiya Gallery’s new premise in Downtown, Cairo. And is supported by Yunus Emre Institute (Turkish Cultural center in Cairo)

Roznama 6 welcomes applicants to submit finished work, work in progress, and or abstract concepts. Roznama’s Mentorship Program will consist of meetings with experienced artists for discussion, development and exhibition of the artwork in its best form.

The competition aims to encourage creative contemporary practices of young artists under the age of 30, through highlighting and awarding the outstanding genuine works, beyond their discipline or medium.

Through the competition Medrar aspires to monitor and follow up on the outstanding artworks of young creative artists, to include them in its network of services and beneficiaries, while supporting them by all available means.

Prizes

  • Artist in Residency for 3 months at Cite Internationale des Arts, provided by the French Institute.
  • Artist in Residency at Pro Helvetia, provided by the Swiss Arts Council.
  • 15,000 EGP cash prize donated by: Ahmed AlAttar, Osama Daoud, Shady El Noshokaty, Sabah Naim, Amr Al Kafrawy, Mohamed Abla, Hala Al Koussy, Hany Rashed, Hoda Lutfi, Haitham Nawar.
  • 10,000 EGP cash prize donated by Al-Ismailia for Real Estate Investment.
  • 5,000 EGP cash prize donated by Gypsum Gallery.
  • 5,000 EGP cash prize donated by Mashrabeya Gallery.
  • Two artist exhibition at Soma Art Gallery.
  • Photography award provided by Contemporary Image Collective.
  • 2,000 EGP coupon donated by Alwan Stationary.

*Residency award will include all logistical expenses, including, flight tickets, accommodation and studio facilities in addition to per-diem.

*CIC photography prize: Using CIC darkroom for one day offering the chemicals free of charge, Scanning one film free of charge, Printing at CIC Digital lab free of charge with the equivalent of 600 EGP.

 Guidelines and Conditions of Participation 

  • The applicant is allowed to apply with only one project/ one application form at most. In case an applicant sent more than one form; all submitted projects will be excluded.
  • The submitted art work projects should be produced during 2016-2017.
  • The age of the participant should not exceed 30 years of age at the opening of Roznama in November 2017.
  • The participant must be an Egyptian national.
  • Roznama does not accept any artwork previously exhibited in any Egyptian competitions, contests, nor part of a graduation project.   
  • The competition organizers have the right to select the works and projects in accordance with the presentation area and available potentialities.
  • This editions (Roznama 6) will accept a maximum of 25 artworks.
  • All participating artworks in all its forms should not exceed an area of 2 meters.
  • Any form submitted without the subscription fees of 50 L.E will not be considered. The subscription fees will not be reimbursed, regardless of selection outcome.  
  • The competition organizers select the jury committee, who in turn selects the participating and winning works without any intervention from the contest organizers, the institutions or the partners supporting the contest.
  • Announcement of jury committee will be announced after the opening of the exhibition in November.
  • Only applicants whose artworks were selected to participate in the exhibition will be notified, no later than 15th September 2017, via e-mail.
  • CIC – Contemporary Image Collective will participate with coordinating Roznama’s mentorship program, consisting of meetings between selected participants and mentoring artists.
  • Medrar is entitled to use of documentation of participating artworks (photos or videos) or part of the artworks in promotional material, while the artist retains the property rights.
  • The exhibition will be inaugurated on Sunday 12th of November 2017 and it will last till 10th of December 2017. All participants shall receive their works immediately after the show not later than 10 December 2017. The organizers are entitled to dispose of their artworks after that date.
  • Roznama accepts various mediums as: photography- paintings – sculpture – installations- digital art- video art – performance art- sound art and others.
  • Roznama management team does not assume any breach of intellectual property rights in any participant work. Participants must take into account to obtain permission in case of presenting any art work borrowed from third parties.
  • After notifying the participant artists, artworks must be delivered in conformity with the work sent in the subscription form. In case of non-compliance with the deadlines of delivery, the participation is void. The artist also bears all details of the implementation of the artistic work in coordination with the exhibition coordinator.
  • A participation request must comply with the guidelines and conditions of participation above.

 How to participate via internet 

  • Prepare all the required materials of the works which you would like to subscribe and copy of your National ID.
  • Upload the video files, enclosed photos and copy of your National ID via https://www.wetransfer.com. The site will send a link to download the file immediately after finishing the upload. Please copy this link within the allocated space within the subscription form (we recommend the completion of the uploading process before start filling in the form data).
  • Please keep in mind that the uploaded files remain available on the site for one-week maximum, so you must consider sending the form immediately upon getting the download link.
  • In case of sending video works, the file should be of high quality (screening copy).
  • Attach 3 different high quality photos of the artwork.
  • Attach a photo of your National ID and send it with the subscription form.
  • Subscription fees of 50 EGP should be paid via Vodafone cash. 1 L.E will be deducted as fee for transferring the money. The fees shall be sent on the cell 01064691695 (please keep this number for future use). In order to know the steps of subscription in Vodafone cash, please visit this link: http://www.vodafone.com.eg/vodafoneportalWeb/en/P20400385021371153904402
  • You can pay the subscription fees directly at the Medrar Headquarters. The fees can be paid prior to the completion of the online application.  
  • In application form, please state the form of payment you have completed. For Vodafone Cash users, please write the download link and phone number from which you sent the fees. If you paid the fees at Medrar, please state that instead.
  • Artworks sent without filling in the subscription form will not be considered
  • It is strictly prohibited to deliver the subscription form via delivery (Post mail or in person) or in CD form.

Should you have further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us  roznama@medrar.org

Workshop – Video Dystopia

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Video Dystopia
Image as a language in video art  A workshop led by Artist Ahmed El Shaer 

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank  all applicants)

Dystopia is an imagined environment; its components are illogical, bad and unpleasant, and often tyrannical and unfamiliar. The same is applicable on animation practices, be it real or virtual, which do not fall under any fixed rules and are considered non-tamable.

Technology hybridization is when a video is collected and recollected, often in interactive constructions, alongside a huge variety of other media, such as: digital video, films, DVD, computer art, CD-ROMs, graphics, animation, and virtual reality that are used to form new artistic expressions and languages. Thus, it is not a pure film or a pure video.

We will pose the questions of ‘what is video art?’ and ‘what is the language of image?’ throughout this workshop. It also covers practical discoveries in the history of animation artists from the abstract methodologies of film since the 1920s, the avant-garde cinema of 1960, to this day and the evolution of video art and animation as an art medium.

The workshop tackles the techniques of using camera, texts, animation, virtual reality, video games and graphics for producing artworks through the linguistic characteristics of the image within a video. We will discuss means of producing a video image and its process in a way that allows adding new poetics of image and construction. During the course of the workshop, we will produce a series of new works using methodologies that you can apply to your artistic practices.

The workshop targets the students of arts and emerging new media artists and filmmakers.

The workshop will be held daily in Medrar Sunday 30 July 2017 to Thursday 17 August 2017 from 5 to 8 pm.

A two-week group exhibition will be held by the end of the workshop to exhibit the output artworks.

Workshop guests: Shady el Noshokaty, Mohamed Abdel Kerim, and Hany Rshed.

Conditions for participation:

  • Filling in the application form (the application at the bottom of the page).
  • No specific age or experience is required, but it is preferable for the participant to have a minimal expertise in drawing and painting.
  • Participants shall bring their own laptops.
  • Availability on workshop days for two weeks and committing to attending all daily sessions, except on Friday and Saturday from 5 to 8 pm.
  • Paying workshop fees at Medrar after receiving the acceptance email, maximum on Thursday 27 July 2017 (500 EGP).
  • Workshop fees are non-refundable after the commencing of the workshop.
  • The selection of works to be exhibited will be made by the organizers.

For submission, please fill the below application.

Deadline for submitting applications: Tuesday 25 July 2017. Selected participants will be notified on Wednesday 26 July 2017 maximum.

Address: 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, 1st Floor, Apt.4, Cairo, Egypt, 11519

Tel: (+2) 02 27957714

Email: info@medrar.org

Open Call: Naema’s office is bleeding 3 

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 Naema’s office is bleeding 3  (Painting & Collage workshop) 
 led by Artist Hany Rashed 

For the third year in a row, Medrar for contemporary art organizes with the artist Hany Rashed the workshop of Naema’s office is bleeding, which has become one of the ambitious programs in Medrar because that it’s able to impose its own character and involve a community of creative young artists by giving them the opportunity to learn and experiment and practice the visual vocabulary of collage. The workshop offers a unique experience to get to know traditional collage techniques and experiment and explore new and contemporary techniques through the using colors, newspaper clippings, magazines, glue and cardboard to create different creative compositions.

The workshop discussed several topics such as the impact of media and the Internet on the arts. This year, we will address a range of topics that are more relevant to human and his daily life. The workshop’s content is co-facilitated by Mona Essam.

The workshop starts from the beginning of August and lasts for three weeks. A two-week group exhibition will be held for the artists participating at the end of the program to present the workshop’s output.

 Conditions for participation 

  • Fill out the application form (the application at the bottom of the page).
  • No age or experience is required, but it is preferable for the participant to have minimal expertise in drawing and painting.
  • Availability on workshop days: Saturday, Monday and Wednesday from 5 to 9 pm during August (workshop duration).
  • Pay workshop fees at Medrar, after receiving acceptance email maximum Sunday 30 July 2017 (600 EGP).
  • Workshop fees are non refundable after the beginning of the workshop.
  • Selection of works to be exhibited will be made by the organizers.

Deadline to submit application: Tuesday 25 July 2017, selected participants will be notified on Wednesday 26 July 2017
Address: 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, 1st Floor, Apt.4, Cairo, Egypt, 11519
Tel: (+2) 02 27957714
Email: info@medrar.org

CALL FOR SUBMISSION  – TECH-MYTH PRODUCTION WORKSHOP

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TECH-MYTH PRODUCTION WORKSHOP 
 for Video Art and Experimental Film

Deadline for application submission: 1 April 2017
Workshop dates: 3 April – 7 May 2017

‘Myth’ is a word often used to describe cultural accounts that diverge from the prevailing logic of those societies that consider themselves founded on the rational and scientific. Technology is understood as aiding the idea of the progressive society, informing and enlightening its citizens and affording prosperity through efficiency.

Technology’s ability to remix reality, through the editing and the circulation of images, for instance, seems to have evolved from providing magical make-believe to challenging the very concept of truth. Who would’ve guessed that the renewed legitimisation of non-scientific accounts of reality would emerge from the stronghold of science itself!

For artists working with the moving image today, the context of their practice expanded fundamentally. Within this landscape of New Age Mythical production of meaning detached from any kind of historical relationship to facts, and from the expectations of authenticity and authority, what kind of possibilities may arise for the artist?

It may be that our sense of overview and control is potentially disappearing – but this sense might have been fictional in the first place. Lived myth is indistinguishable from facts. Only the myths of The Other appear fantastical and surreal.

The workshop will invite 5-8 Egyptian participants to develop their proposed concepts and Medrar will offer a budget to produce a video art/ experimental film.

Part of the workshop’s seminars and screenings are open for the public and will be announced here and on our social media networks.

We encourage applicants from outside Cairo to apply; Medrar is able to provide accommodation for one participant from outside Cairo during the month of the workshop.

Applicants must be willing to fully commit to the workshop four days per week between April 3 – May 7, and are required to attend lectures and sign up for one-on-one meetings with the workshop conductors, Mohamed Abdelkarim from Egypt and Anne Haaning from Denmark.

To apply, please fill in the form below and submit it before 1 April 2017. Only selected applicants will be notified.

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank all applicants)

For further inquiries contact cvf@medrar.org

Curating Workshop with Didem Yazıcı 

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Application form has been closed

Exhibitions and broader curatorial projects have become the primary medium and spaces to experience art. In its most basic form, curating is making art public, but the definition of the curatorial has expanded in the last two decades. In a one-day workshop, we will look at different exhibition typologies and curatorial methodologies. What is the Curatorial? What can be a starting point of an exhibition and a curatorial idea? Participants will need to contribute to the workshop by discussing their current interest in curating or a project on which they are working. The session will begin with five minute introductions from participants.

*The language of the workshop will be English.

The workshop will be held in Medrar in Monday 12 December 2016, from 1pm to 4pm

Address: 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen, 1st floor, Apt 4, Garden City

Please fill the workshop application form (in English) on:

Contact us:

Phone: 01008615574

Email: info@medrar.org

Open Call – Rethinking poor images workshop

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 Video art and experimental film production workshop 
 led by Louis Henderson & Marouan Omara 

The workshop will take place from 25 July to 15 August 2016 at Medrar.

The workshop targets young filmmakers, video artists, and prior experience in video art making and previous works are not a prerequisite.

Five projects will be selected to be produced during the workshop

The workshop includes sessions, jointly led by Louis Hendersom and Marouan Omara, during which concepts will be discussed, developed and produced. And some of which will be technical on editing, cinematography, animation and production.

The poor image in a confrontation with canned image

In this current moment, where the internet is a massive part of our existence, and social media has influenced how we consume images and media. We see quick reactions to current events, with memes, short video snippets and quickly edited materials filling our timelines which are consumed and shared widely.


“Rethinking poor images” organised by Medrar for Contemporary Art will take on a practical and theoretical approach to examine images without intention. Personal archives, found footage, internet images no matter their quality come into play. Our time together will not fetishise the poor image but rather experiment with unintentional footage and consider what it is and what it can become. Due to the apparent impossibility of making images in public in Egypt, what strategies are there for artistic creation that can work with only images that are available? we will strive to collectively discover a language for these produced images from the workshop that can also go beyond the galleries and into the public sphere.

These thoughts are but some of the workshop’s concerns, and more will develop through the process as the methodology will be one of participation and openness – allowing for the conversation to develop according to the users’ inputs, aims and engagements.

Moderated by award winning filmmaker and author Marwan Oumara and London based filmmaker Louis Henderson, the four week workshop will start with focusing on reading Hito Steyerl’s text on the notion of the “poor image” and looking into archival and original material by the participants themselves. The second week will explore how collectives – such as The Black Audio Film Collective, Video for Example, Ceddo Film and Sankofa- used archival footage in documentary filmmaking. The third and fourth week of the workshop will focus on exploring mobile phone imagery and final production.

Participation 
Participant must commit to attending all the sessions daily from 5 to 9pm.
Participation fee: 100LE
To apply, please fill in the form below and submit it before 20 July 2016. Only selected applicants will be notified by 21 July 2016.

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank all applicants, and we will notify you by email soon)

 A call for Participation in Roznama 5 

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7- 29 September 2016

A call for all Egyptian youths under the age of 30 to participate in the fifth round of Roznama competition and exhibition for contemporary visual arts to be held in September 2016.

Roznama is an annual competition and exhibition for contemporary visual arts for Egyptian youths, organized by Medrar for Contemporary Art and the exhibitions will take place at Medrar venue in Garden City, Mashrabiya Gallery- downtown, SOMA in Zamalek in September 2016

The competition aims to encourage creative contemporary experiences for youths under the age of 30 through highlighting the outstanding creative works using all art Medias, traditional and experimental ones.

Medrar aspires through the competition to monitor and follow up on the outstanding artworks of the creative young artists to include them in network of service beneficiaries and to support them by all available means.

 Awards 

  • Solo exhibition presented by Medrar
  • Three months residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris- France. Presented by Institute Francais.*
  • Photography prize presented by CIC, Contemporary Image Collective, (access to photography lab)* 
  • 5000 EGP presented by Gypsum gallery
  • 5000 EGP presented by Mashrabia Gallery
  • 5000 EGP collective prize presented by the artists: Mohamed Abla, Shady El Noshokaty, Hany Rashed, Hala Elkoussy, Huda Lotfy
  • 5000 EGP presented by Al-Ismaelia for Real Estate Investment.
  • 1000 EGP coupon for art purchases presented by Alwan stationary

*Residency award will include all logistical expenses, including, flight tickets, accommodation and studio facilities in addition to per-diem.

*CIC photography prize: Using CIC darkroom for one day offering the chemicals free of charge, Scanning one film free of charge, Printing at CIC Digital lab free of charge with the equivalent of 600 EGP.

Application Deadline: 15 June 2016

 Guidelines and Conditions of Participation 

  • The applicant is allowed to apply for one project/ one application form at most. In case, applicant sent more than one form; all submitted projects will be excluded.
  • The submitted art work projects should be produced during 2015-2016
  • The age of the participant should not exceed 30 years at the opening of Roznama in September 2016.
  • The participant should be Egyptian
  • Roznama neither accepts any art work participated in previous Egyptian competitions or contests, nor graduation projects  
  • The competition organizers have the right to select the works and projects in accordance with the presentation area and available potentialities.
  • All participating works in all its types should not exceed an area of 2 meters.
  • Any form submitted without the payment of the subscription fees of 25 L.E will not be considered. The subscription fees will not be reimbursed by any means.  
  • The competition organizers select the jury committee, who in turn selects the participating and winning works without any intervention from the contest organizers, the institutions or the persons supporting the contest.
  • Announcement of jury committee will be announced after the opening of the exhibition in September.
  • Only applicants whose works were selected to participate in the exhibition will be notified not later than15th July 2016 via e-mail.
  • Medrar is entitled to use some of the participating works in the competition (photos or videos) or part of them in the promotional material along with retaining the property rights.
  • The exhibition will be inaugurated on Wednesday 7th September and it will last till 29th September 2016. All participants shall receive their works immediately after the show not later than 4th October 2016. The organizers are entitled to dispose of their artworks after that date.
  • Roznama accepts various mediums as: photography- paintings – sculpture – installations- digital art- video art – performance art- sound art and others.
  • The competition department does not assume any breach of intellectual property rights in any participant work. Participants must take into account to obtain permission in case of presenting any art work borrowed from third parties.

 How to participate via internet 

  • Fill in the e-application below the page
  • Upload the video files, enclosed photos and copy of ID via https://www.wetransfer.com. The site will send a link to download the file immediately after finishing the upload. Please copy this link within the allocated space within the subscription form (we recommend the completion of the uploading process before start filling in the form data).
  • Please keep in mind that the uploaded files remain available on the site for two weeks maximum, so you must consider sending the form immediately upon getting the download link.
  • In case of sending video works, the file should be of high quality ( copy for screening)
  • You should attach 3 different high quality photos of the artistic work
  • You should attach copy of ID and send it with the subscription form
  • Artworks sent without filling in the subscription form will not be considered
  • It is strictly prohibited to deliver the subscription form via hand deliver or CDs
  • After notifying the participant artists, artworks will be delivered in conformity with the work sent in the subscription form. In case of non compliance with the deadlines of delivery, the participation is void. The artist also bears all details of the implementation of the artistic work in coordination with the exhibition coordinator.
  • Sending a request of participation is an the approval of the terms and conditions of participation in the Roznama competition

Medrar organizes open meetings with artists and cultural managers on how to present the projects; it will be announced later through website and social media channels.

 Steps of Participation 

  • Prepare all the required materials of the works which you would like to subscribe and copy of the ID
  • Download all materials on the site www.wetransfer.com, the site will ask you to put two e-mails , one is your personal e-mail and the other of the recipient, so you can use projects@medrar.org
  • After the completion of the download, the site will send you on your e-mail , the link of the download ( please retain it for future use)
  • Subscription fees of 25 L.E will be paid via Vodafone cash, one pound will be deducted as fee for transferring the money. The fees shall be sent on the cell 01008615574 (please keep this number for future use). In order to know the steps of subscription in Vodafone cash, please visit this link: http://www.vodafone.com.eg/vodafoneportalWeb/ar/P20400385021371153904402
  • You can pay the subscription fees directly at the Medrar Headquarters and fill in the e-from later.
  • You can now fill in the e-from below , you will be asked to put the download link and the phone number from which you sent the fees or if you have paid the fees in Medrar
  • Should you have further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us : projects@medrar.org

Deadline for applications submission June 15th 2016

(Deadline has been extended to 30 June 2 016)

 Open Day 

Medrar is organizing an open day session for all those who are applying to Roznama 5 with participation of artists and culture managers. This session is for applicants to discuss their projects developing and implementation. Also, if you are looking to develop a project concept or a personal bio. In addition, if you need any clarification on application format.

Date: Sunday 19th of June from 5pm to 10pm. (Iftar will be organized by medrar)

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank  all applicants, and we will announce participating works by 1 august 2016)

Open Call – Social media volunteers

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Would you like to join Medrar’s staff? We are looking for volunteers to work with us as social media editor, we prefer if you have an experience with facebook, twitter, instagram and photos/media, Arabic and English writing skills.

Workshop – Origami (paper folding)

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Workshop run by ORWA team

This workshop provides an introduction to the art of origami and how to use it as a medium in other arts practices or media. The trainers work with the artists to explore the language of origami through simple and practical exercises. The team will also work on implementing the artists’ project proposals, which could be sculptural works or installations, photography, animated films, fashion, architectural designs, and interactive artworks. etc.

This workshop targets visual artists, including photographers and sculptors, as well as designers, directors, animation filmmakers, architects, fashion designers, etc.

Origami: It is a Japanese art that relies on folding paper to create creative designs and ideas and contribute to providing innovative solutions in all aspects of life.

The workshop will be held in Medrar from Saturday, April 30, 2016 to Tuesday, May 24, 2016

8 lectures, Saturday and Tuesday every week from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Followed by a three-day exhibition of the workshop’s products.

the program:

The first three lectures to learn the principles, basics and rules of origami.
The next five lectures are divided equally to work on trainees’ projects.
Workshop fees: 700 pounds, including materials, to be paid at the Medrar headquarters before the start of the workshop.

To apply to participate, please fill out the subscription form below and submit it before Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Only selected participants will be notified no later than Thursday, April 28, 2016.

Open Call- The Mesh – Video art & Experimental films workshop

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Video Art and Experimental Film Production workshop 
Led by artists Peter Aerschmann & Mark Lotfy

We are thrilled to resume the activities of Cairo Video Festival 7 by announcing a call for applications for a production workshop for video art and experimental films.

The workshop will take place from 16 March until 16 April at Medrar.

The workshop targets visual artists; and prior experience in video art making and previous works are not a prerequisite.

Five projects will be selected to be produced during the workshop, with up to 1,000 USD as production budget per piece, to be produced under the supervision of both trainers.

The workshop includes 12 sessions, jointly led by Peter Aerschmann and Mark Lotfy, during which concepts will be discussed, developed, and produced. And some of which will be technical on editing, cinematography, animation, and production.

We encourage applicants from outside Cairo to apply; Medrar is able to provide accommodation for one participant from outside Cairo during the month of the workshop.

Terms & Conditions:
Participant must commit to attending all the sessions on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays, from 6pm until 9pm.
Participant must bring a laptop during the sessions. It is preferable to have a DSLR camera too.
Pay workshop fees: 200LE

To apply, please fill in the form below and submit it before 10 March 2016. Only selected applicants will be notified by 14 March 2016.

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank all applicants, and we will notify you by email soon)

JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

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The deadline to apply is February 15, 2016

Position: Financial accountant

Half-time daily from 10am to 2pm, five  days a week

Contract period: for one year – renewable

Basic tasks:

– Recording all transactions and financial information in an organized and accurate manner consistent with generally accepted accounting standards, and in a manner that facilitates the extraction of clear and comprehensive reports for management.

– Save bank account statements, review them, and record them in the accounting program

– Direct supervision of the fund and cash movement, including deposits and disbursements.

– Preparing, preserving and reviewing all accounting and financial files, both paper and digital, such as the originals of all orders, exchange permits, contracts, receipts, invoices, etc., and periodically copying scanned copies of invoices and securities.

– Register all devices, machinery and furniture of the institution’s office in the asset booklet on an up-to-date basis

– Analyzing and examining the recorded financial information and ensuring its integrity and accuracy, analyzing revenues and expenses periodically and alerting management in the event of deviation from the rates estimated in the budget.

– Preparing and issuing various budgets and periodic reports to the site management, the chartered accountant, partners, or other parties.

– Follow up on the payment of all the company’s obligations, including payments, invoices, wages, claims, taxes, contracts, etc., accurately and within the agreed upon time frame.

– Dealing with the chartered accountant, understanding his recommendations and adhering to them, and providing him with the necessary files on a regular basis, especially annually to prepare the tax return.

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Functional requirements:

– Proficiency in Arabic and experience working in English

– At least two years of experience in accounting work

– The ability to manage budgets, supervise purchases, and follow up on expenses

– Experience in issuing financial reports for various entities

– High ability to work under pressure and according to a tight schedule

– It is preferable to have a high degree in accounting

– Knowledge of Quickbooks accounting software is preferred

Note:
Application is through the electronic form only and we do not receive any applications by email

To apply, please fill out the following form:

The deadline to apply is February 15, 2016

You will be notified of acceptance and interview date no later than February 29