Beautifying spaces.
Engaging the community.
What we do
Art Reach Bahrain is a non-profit group of artists and designers who volunteer their time and skills, to work with students and community members to produce creative art installations for public parks and streets in Bahrain. Our members and volunteers are Bahraini and non-Bahraini working together for the benefit of the community.
Creativity
Our aim is to add colour and interest to public roads, parks and coastal areas through the use of brightly coloured mosaic. In addition to beautifying areas of Bahrain, we believe that public art encourages conversation and a connection with the community we live in.
Our mission has been to inspire creativity, to teach new skills and to promote the value of working for the benefit of others. Our hope is that through this collaboration, students will learn that they can make a positive change to their environment.
Collaboration
Our public art projects are a collaborative effort in which the skills, talents and labor of all our volunteers come together with the aim of re-creating public spaces.
To date, contributions from people from different communities and professional backgrounds were made to implement our projects. Students, members of the public, governmental organizations and businesses have donated materials, services-in-kind or funding for the creation of our public art installations.
Community Service
Art Reach endeavours to engage students from high schools and universities in the creation of public art. Our workshops are designed to involve people in all stages of the mosaic process including the creative design and implementation of the project.
By participating in our community art initiatives, volunteers work to improve under-utilized or neglected public areas, thereby benefitting the wider community. Accordingly, students can fulfill community service requirements, such as, IB CAS, British Duke of Edinburgh awards, and more.
Project design & implementation
Creative workshops
Student Workshops
We rely on sponsors to fund our community art workshops. It is thanks to the support of individuals and corporate sponsors that student workshops can be offered free-of-charge.
In funding a student art workshop, businesses pledge to donate completed art works to a public space with equal access to all. If feasible, the sponsor may choose to temporarily display the artwork at its premises, until site preparation is completed.
Corporate Workshops
Workshops can also be tailored to businesses interested in:
Corporate team building events
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives
Public Art Projects
Art Reach has many ideas to beautify streets and parks in Bahrain. These projects can be small scale or large depending on the budget.
Volunteers work to improve under-utilized or neglected public areas, thereby benefitting the wider community.
Mosaic art is both colorful and durable. In Bahrain's hot climate, mosaics will last years without maintenance.
In past projects, our partners have contributed in different ways: sponsoring, buying materials, donating tiles, carrying out building works and offering other services free-of-charge. Without their support, our work would not be possible and for that we are extremely grateful.
Art commissions
When we are not busy with public art projects, we experiment with designs/materials and create art.
To help cover our running costs, we hold fundraising events, selling unique mosaic artworks created by our members. Proceeds from the sale of artworks go to supporting Art Reach's community art initiative.
To commission a work of art, you can reach out to us by email or view artwork currently available for purchase in our store.