Kamel Lazaar Foundation
The Kamel Lazaar Foundation for Art and Culture is dedicated to promoting cultural vitality and diversity in the MENA region. Through research, publications, exhibitions, and educational programs, the foundation supports artists and fosters artistic dialogue. It maintains an extensive contemporary art collection, hosts online platforms for art exchange, and organises events like Jaou and Future Lab Tunisia. Additionally, it operates B7L9, an independent art station, and produces specialised publications to document and showcase contemporary art from the region.
- Organisation type Nonprofit
- Year founded 2005
- Headquartered Tunis
- Registration Switzerland · Tunisia
- Website https://www.kamellazaarfoundation.org/
Related sustainable development goals
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Arts
- Arts & Culture
- Arts exchange
- Arts education
Focus geographies
- Middle East
North Africa
- Tunisia
Partners
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
- Cérès Editions
- Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
- European Union
- German Federal Foreign Office
- Goethe Institut
- Institut Français de Tunisie
- Manouba Youth Center
- Mille
- Office Nationale du Tourisme Tunisien
- Pro Helvetia
- Tunisair
- Tunisian Ministry of Education
- Tunisian National Orchestra
- Tunisie.co
- University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Uteek Digital
- Zukunftslabor
Programmes
Contemporary Arab art and culture projects
The foundation initiates, curates, and collaborates on projects across contemporary Arab art and culture, as well as Tunisian heritage preservation.
Fellowship Programme
Through fellowship, the foundation seeks to commission works, on an invite-only basis, which may or may not result in an actual object or installation.
Grants Programme
The grants programme supports cultural and artistic initiatives across the MENA region, with a particular focus on Tunisia. The foundation selects projects within the following categories: visual arts, heritage (Tunisia), music and performing arts, and cultural and civic education - supporting up to two projects per category each year.
Knowledge Production
The foundation contributes to knowledge production by publishing educational resources on art, culture, and heritage for both children and adults. Its initiatives include the online platform Ibraaz, which features critical and academic texts on the arts in the MENA region.
Visual Art
The foundation maintains a growing collection of over 1,300 visual modern and contemporary artworks from the MENA region, spanning various mediums.
Financials
Funding model
- Grants to Individuals
- Grants to organisations
Primary funders
- Kamel Lazaar
Funding source
- Philanthropic
Operations
Key staff
- Kamel Lazaar, Founder
- Lina Lazaar, Director
Contact details
- 00 216 70 147 165 / 70 147 160
- contact-tunis@kamellazaarfoundation.org
- https://www.kamellazaarfoundation.org/
- Lira Building, Rue de L’île de Malte, Les Jardins du Lac, Les Berges du Lac 2, 1053, Tunis, Tunisia