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Gülay Yldirim Ay's solo exhibitions - "Emptiness"

25 / 05 / 2022

It's our pleasure to invite you to the opening of an exhibition organised by the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Tbilisi and the Turkish Businessmen Association in Georgia GÜRTİAD. The exhibition, that will be held on May 30, at 18:00, at the TSAA Big Exhibition Hall, represents Gülay Yldirim Ay's solo exhibitions - "Emptiness" and is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Turkey.
The notes important event, to be held by the cultural sector, will contribute in expanding the existing diplomatic and cultural relations between the two countries. Organizing an exhibition of the Turkish artist Gülay Yildirim Ay can be considered as launching the new creative perspectives. The exhibition aims to introduce the Art of Gülay Yildirim Ay to the Georgian public, as exhibition theme itself, speaks up for successful cultural dialogue between the two countries.
It is noteworthy that the exhibition will feature archival materials of the artist Gülay Yildirim's father, Kenan Yildirim (Pataridze). It is an introductory statement of the exhibition that highlights an importance of the historical layers of Georgia and Turkey.
Tbilisi State Academy of Art is the host of the noted event, being always ready to create and promote popularization of the rich propagandist cultural space of different scales.
Curated by Nino Gujabidze
Co-curated by Natalia Nickatsadze

Press conference, UNESCO project ‘Blue Table Cloth’

27 / 04 / 2021

On 15 April the TSAA hosted a press conference for media, and announced the start of the  project ‘Traditional Blue Cloth for Developing Creative Industries’, which gained full funding within the UNESCO   PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME for 2020-2021.
Project will be based and realized at the TSAA research laboratory 'Lurji Supra' (blue tablecloth) and aimed at developing an important area of textile design handcraft, historical Georgian textile ‘Blue  Table Cloth’ and the restoration techniques, preserving cultural heritage and supporting the creative industry development in Shida Kartli, Bolnisi, Marneuli, Pankisi, Dusheti,  facilitating an employment in the regions,  integrating the  women living in the regions and the representatives of ethnic minorities.
Project is  structured as the   multi-stage educational-training -seminar-workshops, conference and publication, involving  academics and scholars from  the LEPL National Museum of Georgia (textile direction), National Agency for cultural heritage preservation of Georgia, Azerbaijanian cultural museum of Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ministry of   Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs, field experts of the TSAA Faculty of Design