FirstBorn Festival

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem invites you to the “FirstBorn Festival”, where dozens of first-born works by students and graduates of Bezalel and of academic institutions of the arts in Jerusalem will be presented for the first time in Jerusalem.

The festival, on behalf of the Jerusalem Municipality, the Jerusalem Foundation and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, offers a stage for young artists, the future generation of the world of art and design in Israel. This is an extraordinary opportunity to meet the best creators who will lead the world of culture and creativity in the coming years.

The first day of the festival will be hosted by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus in the heart of downtown Jerusalem. Presenting their work will be students and graduates from the Departments of Ceramic and Glass Design, Photography, Jewelry and Fashion, Screen-Based Arts and the Haredi branch of Bezalel, as well as from other academic institutions in Jerusalem, including Musrara, the Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society, the School of Visual Theater, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, The Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music, and Emunah Academic College of Arts and Design.

Wednesday | 25.12.24 | 18:00-23:00 - Full schedule below
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus, 1 Zmora St., Jerusalem City Center

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Exhibition Cabin – A Conversation with the Artists and Exhibition Curators
18:00
Department of Photography, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Department of Photography Gallery, 3rd Floor, Idan and Batia Ofer Arts Wing

Exhibition Transitions
18:00–23:00
Department of Jewelry and Fashion, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem
Department of Jewelry and Fashion, 1st Floor

Exhibition Second Look – Selected Final Projects
18:00–23:00
Department of Jewelry and Fashion, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Clore Arts and Design Gallery, Entrance Plaza

Exhibition Eye Level – Exhibition of Eyewear
18:00–23:00
Department of Jewelry and Fashion, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem
Clore Arts and Design Gallery, Entrance Plaza

Back to Nature – Life after Ruin and Destruction Live Screenings
18:00
Department of Screen-Based Arts at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Musrara, the Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society
Ralph Inbar Gallery, 2nd Floor, Idan and Batia Ofer Arts Wing

Screen Guards – Video Performance
18:00
Department of Screen-Based Arts at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, School of Visual Theater
Central Lobby, 1st Floor

Hybrid Exhibition – Rachel, and Lamb Lives with Lamb, The Road Home, Is There Really No Profit, A Story Inside of Me
18:00–23:00
Haredi Branch at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Russell Berrie Auditorium Plaza, Floor -2 / Room 2052, Floor -2

Concerts - The Beating Heart of the Rhambatiko
18:30 | 20:00 | 21:00
The Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music
Davidson Terrace, 1st Floor

Coffee and Personal Collaboration in Performance
18:00–22:00
Emunah Academic College of Arts and Design
Cafeteria, 2st Floor

Connections – Composers’ Panel and Musical Concert Inspired by Images
20:30–22:30
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Room 365, 3rd Floor, Nathan Drahi Center for Research and Innovation

New Forms – Dance Works
20:00
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Room 365, 3rd Floor, Nathan Drahi Center for Research and Innovation

Book of Creation – Launch of Book of Creation for Dance, Video-Dance and Poetry
19:00–20:00
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Nissan Nativ Acting Studio
Main Lobby Plaza, 1st Floor

The Audiovisual Experience – Launch of a Collection of Electronic Works
19:00 – Session A | 20:30 – Session B
Musrara, the Nagar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society
Russell Berrie Auditorium, Floor -2