By Iona Fournier
The idea behind Amman in Color is to promote mural painting in Amman, Jordan, and to produce really nice quality art while involving the community where
the art is painted. By conducting these collective projects, we hope to inspire people to take brushes into their own hands and color their own city. We also teach skills related to wall painting - from stenciling, to design and color mixing. Our projects are volunteer-based, and the paint is bought by donations. We try to focus on neighborhoods that need a "facelift". Our mural projects are a great way to discover communities of Amman, to meet others who are interested in art, and to try something new!
One of our latest projects is a colorful new mural painting up in Jebel Qalaa, you should go check it out! We painted the whole 20 meter wall in about 4 hours a couple of weekends ago, with the help of numerous volunteers and dozens of kids from the neighborhood. These kids were amazing. They were ready to keep painting until sundown, and then asked us if we were coming back the next day (we said give us two weeks to collect more paint).
Due to its central, strategic, geographical location: very close to Jerusalem and in between the main centers of Islam - Makkah, Damascus, Egypt and Iraq, few places are as blessed with as many holly, Muslim sites, shrines and tombs as the Kingdom of Jordan. Many of God's Messengers, including The Founder of Islam, passed through Jordan. In the Kingdom too, many old, venerated holly Muslim men lived or passed through. With most of the Kingdom's citizens being Muslims, there are many mosques in the country. Some very old. Many new. No where else in the Kingdom are there as many mosques as in its vibrant capital: Amman.
