Program Highlights

Your Guide to Empowerment

Time

Day

Activities on The Day

16

May, 2025

VIP Opening Reception (By invitation only)

17

May, 2025

Panel 1

  • Theme: Art and Diplomacy

  • Title: Framing Nations: Women Shaping Identity Through Art & Culture

  • Time: 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM

  • Moderator: Dina Fahmy

  • Speakers:

    • H.E. Soha El Gendy

    • Olivia Toderean – Ambassador of Romania

    • Representative from Embassy of Spain (TBA)

Panel 2

  • Theme: Women Leading Change

  • Title: Art as a Catalyst for Change: Voices of Women Leading Transformation

  • Time: 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM

  • Moderator: Soraya Bahgat

  • Speakers:

    • Irena Isabella Kleut – Filmmaker

    • UNESCO Representatives

    • Salma ElFawal – UNICEF

    • Sonia Kraemer – Art Historian, Ph.D., Specialist in Asian Philosophy

Signing Ceremony

  • Event: Memorandum of Understanding between Artoday Egypt and Women’s Museum Bonn, Germany

  • Time: 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM

Panel 3

  • Theme: Art and Business

  • Title: The Business of Art: Women Disrupting the Creative Economy

  • Time: 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM

  • Moderator: Venus ElRayes

  • Speakers:

    • Maria Turneau – Romanian Artist and Entrepreneur

    • Heba ElZein – Director of Education, British Council

    • Mays AbouHegab – Deputy Executive Director, Sawiris Foundation

    • Mary Adib – CTO, Gemini Africa

Workshops (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM)

  • Mother Earth Parachutes for the Planet
    By: Consuelo Méndez & Daniela Flörsheim (Germany)
    Everything remains in motion; we rotate and take turns frequently to create a team effect.

  • Action Painting – Improvisation on Paper
    By: Consuelo Méndez & Daniela Flörsheim (Germany)

  • Creativity Through Printmaking
    By: Bethel Getu (Ethiopia)

  • Environmental Protection and the Female Perspective on Creation
    By: Karola Teschler & Andrea Isa (Germany)


 

18

May, 2025

Workshops (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM)

  • The Power of Image: Elevate, Empower, Express
    By: Marwa Naguib (Egypt)

  • Creativity, Resilience & Sorority
    By: Inma Fierro (Spain)

  • Creativity Through Printmaking
    By: Bethel Getu (Ethiopia)

  • Expressive Portrait Workshop for Women
    By: Hafsa Al Tamimi (Oman)

19

May, 2025

Workshops (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM)

  • Creativity Through Printmaking
    By: Bethel Getu (Ethiopia)

  • Joy of Colors and Patterns from Anatolia – Marbling Art
    By: Hanan Rifai (Türkiye)

20

May, 2025

Workshops (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM)

  • Unlocking Hidden Desires: A Journey into the Subconscious Mind
    By: Tania Shah (Egypt-Greek)

  • Creativity Through Printmaking
    By: Bethel Getu (Ethiopia)


 

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