The Media Arts Department at PUA’s Faculty of Arts and Design celebrated the International Animation Day. As part of that celebration, the Faculty hosted a group of animation artists and directors over two days of workshops, seminars, and film screenings.

The first day began with hosting Major General Muhammad Naguib School, Isis School, Taha Hussein School, Taksim Al-Zohour School, Mostafa Al-Najjar School, Nabawiya Musa School, and Al-Iqbal School.

During such visit, the students were familiarized with the Faculty and its various departments and took introductory tours. This visit ended with animated film screenings and a round of discussions with students of the Media Arts Department about the art of caricature.

However, the second day included holding a cartoon character design workshop, and a brainstorming workshop. The second day also ended with a round of discussions with film critic Nahid Salah about the graduation projects of Department’s students.