In celebration of its 13
th
anniversary, İş Sanat hosted 39 concerts,
8 children’s events and 5 poetry readings in the last season.
İş Sanat launched the season on 2
nd
November, 2013 with
a concert provided by the young artist, Özgür Aydın, one of
Turkey’s rising stars, and the Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic
Orchestra, a leading symphony group in Turkey.
Türkiye İş Bankası Müzesi (İşbank Museum)
With its inauguration in 2007, the İşbank Museum offers a
narrative of the Bank’s own history and Turkey’s economic
development with documents, banking equipment,
communication devices, photographs, pictures, advertisements
and promotional materials and films.
The initial establishment of the museum’s collection was marked
by painstaking efforts to collect documents, photographs, films,
objects and even the cherished memories of those who had
been involved in events across the country, and was followed by
their documentation, restoration, and preservation to ensure
that these assets are passed on to future generations.
Workshops are organized in the museum to teach financial
literacy to children. Furthermore, similar workshops are also
organized for university students studying particularly in the
economics and business administration faculties. Total of more
than 3,000 students attended the workshops in 2013.
İşbank Museum received almost 65,000 visitors in 2013, with a
total of 350,000 visitors having visited since the opening.
İş Sanat Art Galleries
İş Sanat Kibele (İstanbul) and İzmir Art Galleries display paintings,
sculptures and ceramics created by both established masters
and promising newcomers on the art scene.
The collection is expanded by the works of artists which was
exhibited in İş Sanat Art Galleries, artists who have a place in the
history of Turkish plastic arts.
Kibele Art Gallery hosted retrospective exhibitions of works by
Neşet Günal, Zahit Büyükişliyen, Hüsamettin Koçan and Naile
Akıncı in the 2012-2013 season.
Over the 2012-2013 season, the İzmir Art Gallery hosted seven
exhibitions displaying large collections of paintings, prints and
ceramics. Attracting tremendous interest, the gallery’s shows
included the Zahit Büyükişliyen exhibition, brought to İzmir after
its presentation at the Kibele Art Gallery.
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Laboratory and Art Works
Project
With the opening of Artwork Conservation and Restoration
Laboratory, restoration work for the İşbank Art Collection
was initiated. Additionally, the undergraduate program of the
Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, set up in the
university, opened its doors this year with 10 students.
Sponsoring the excavationwork for the Zeugma Ancient
City “House of Muses”
Initiated in 1987, excavation work in the Zeugma Ancient City
is close to be finished. The City is located on the shores of the
Birecik Reservoir in Nizip, Gaziantep, one of our country’s most
important historical and cultural landmarks. Items obtained
from the excavation work are exhibited in the Zeugma Open Air
Museum.
The “House of Muses”, which was found in 2007, is one of the
excavation areas in the Zeugma Ancient City. It was decided
that the excavations to be performed in the Ancient city would
significantly contribute to the protection of our national cultural
heritage and the İşbank undertook the sponsorship of “House of
Muses” for a period of five years starting from 2012.
International İstanbul Music Festival organized by the
İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
As a trustee member, İşbank supports the projects of İstanbul
Foundation for Culture and Arts which conducts international
film, theatre, jazz and classical music festivals, along with the
International İstanbul Biennial.
The 41
st
International İstanbul Music Festival was held between
4
th
and 29
th
June, 2013. İşbank contributed the “Amsterdam
Sinfonietta & Sol Gabetta” concert which was staged at the
Hagia Irene Museum.
İşbank invests in the future to support social
development and ensure that the improvements
are long-lasting.
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İşbank
Annual Report 2013
