DOHA: Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, yesterday awarded the winners of the plastic arts and photography contest, organised on the sidelines of fifth Katara Traditional Dhow Festival held last month.
The contests witnessed huge participation of artists and photographers from different nationalities and age categories. A total of 140 participants took part in the photography competition.
Ten winners were awarded prizes at the event held in the presence of Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. “We are really pleased to witness the progressive leap of the artistic movement that paves the way for boosting the number of Qatari, Arabic and international artists to display their creative works and best contributions through distinctive paintings and photographs,” said Dr Al Sulaiti.
He thanked all participating artists for their creative works.
In the photo contest, Shiras Abdullah bagged the top prize winning QR50,000, followed by Ahmad Fahad Al Khulaifi who won QR40,000 and Mohammad Najib Nasser bagging QR30,000.
In the plastic art contest, Hazim Hijazi Ismail won first prize bagging QR100,000; Sagher Thodo Kayel ranked second winning QR50,000 while Ahmad Noh Al Zahad placed third with QR30,000 prize.
The Peninsula
