Tiles of Heritage

About this project

This October marks the 25^th anniversary of the House of Lebanon (HOL), a premier cultural center in Los Angeles dedicated to promoting Lebanese culture, heritage, and community engagement.

To celebrate this milestone, the HOL 25^th Anniversary Committee is organizing a series of events showcasing Lebanese visual art, music, and film. We are thrilled to feature the creativity of our young community members through a special tile-making project, allowing them to make a lasting artistic contribution at HOL. We encourage all eligible participants to express their unique artistic talents.

Guidelines

Colors

Only use bright colors, keeping in mind that your design will ultimately be transferred to a white tile.

Medium

You may use a medium of your choosing as long as colors are bright.

Dimension

6-inch square.

Submission

Submit a clear high resolution scan or clear picture of your art using the form below.

All art needs to be submitted by September 5th, 2024.

Selection process

The artists with the 40 best designs will be invited to the HOL to paint their submitted art onto a tile.

24 tiles will be selected from the 40 tiles and installed by each of the artists on a commemorative bench at the HOL.

The remaining 16 tiles will be given to their respective artists.

Suggested themes

The Lebanese culture goes back 9000+ years, influencing Eastern and Western cultures through art, music, industry, commerce, architecture, and more.

Here are suggested themes from our culture:

• Traditional Lebanese house,
• The Lebanese flag,
• A map of Lebanon,
• The Mediterranean pine tree,
• Lebanese cedar Tree,
• Olive branches, olives,
• Phoenician boat,
• Traditional Lebanese clothing or headdress,
• Tantour (cone-shaped women's headdress),
• Labbadeh (traditional men's felt cap),
• Murex shells, purple dye,
• Phoenician characters,
• Baalbek temple of Jupiter,
• Beirut's Pigeon Rock (Raouche),
• Jeita grotto,
• Lebanese food, mezze,
• Grapes, grape leaves, wine, arak,
• Traditional coffee set,
• Traditional Lebanese water jug (breek),
• Lebanese pottery (jarra),
• Traditional grinding pot (jorn),
• Lebanese expressions: "يَا هَلَا", "مرحبا", "يؤبرني", "يلا "كيفك", "شو في ما في", "خوش بوش,
• Symbols from the national anthem (sword and pen, mountain and valley...),
• Scale (symbol of justice and the world's first law school ever built in Beirut),
• Phoenix (symbol of rebirth),
• Traditional dance (dabke),
• Traditional musical instruments (qanun, oud),