I paint for the origin of Palestine with my feelings,

Naji Al-Ali.

Tamer Institute for Community Education has released the second part of the Palestinian Art Series, which includes four books: "A Visual Journey in Palestinian Fine Art", "Sawdust", "A Tale Hiding in an Attic Room", and "Do You Feel Warmth in Your Eyes?" The books are Soft copies for children and adolescents, reflecting a wide artistic area of the Palestinian experience. These publications come after several stories published by the Foundation, which deal with the lives of Palestinian artists and artists. Over the past years, the Foundation has produced various creative texts that bring the lives of these artists closer to young readers.

These publications intersect with the Foundation's belief that art is a fundamental pillar of expression of life, as well as with its continuous quest to chronicle the Palestinian art scene, and to guide girls and boys. It is issued in partnership with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.

One of the recent publications is the book A Visual Journey in Palestinian Plastic Art. The book provides information and pictures about the work of thirty artists who contributed to the Palestinian art scene, through plastic art, sculpture, installation, caricature, pottery and murals. Writers do not stop linking their work to the causes they adopted, specifically their larger cause represented by the path of liberation and emancipation from occupation and colonialism. In addition to the artists' works, the book includes paintings produced by children after artists were presented to them through a series of workshops organized and implemented by the Foundation, in the belief that children are an integral part of shaping meaning and knowledge.

As for the story “Sawdust”, it is a journey and journey in the life of the artist Abdel Hayy Muslim and his artwork using sawdust and clay, how he began as a child and was abandoned in distant capitals, and deposited his memory in his artistic works of clay, wood and mud. “A Tale Hiding in an Attic Room” tells the story Jerusalemite artist Sophie Halabi, how she paints and feels colors and how to navigate them, and about her cat who taught her to eat with a fork and her attic in which she paints and no one is allowed to enter.As for “Do You Feel Warmth in Your Eyes?”, it is a story about the paintings and houses of Jerusalemite artist Jumana Al-Husseini, and her drawings The warmth of the details present and the questions the paintings pose.

Through this series, and its other art books, the Foundation hopes to provide an introduction to Palestinian art for children and adolescents, and to bring the experience of Palestinian art to the shelf of every library. Likewise, to stimulate desires for knowledge, learning, and dialogue, and to open new experiences that carry the spirit of Palestine to every place in the world.

A copy of the book can be obtained by visiting the Foundation's office in Ramallah or in Gaza, or by requesting it from the Foundation's website www.Tamerinst.org