Melody Blooming in Nature
September 2025 - April 2026
HATAY
The ‘Melody Blooming in Nature’ project is an artistic initiative that aims to contribute to Hatay's post-earthquake cultural and social recovery process. As part of the project, children's and teachers' choirs within the Kırıkhan Gazella Gazella Culture and Arts Association will continue their musical work with regular weekly rehearsals; creative encounters where nature and art intersect will take place through monthly art workshops held in nature.
The children's choir aims to develop the artistic expression skills of children, one of the groups most affected by the earthquake, and to provide them with a safe space, while the teachers' choir will support the psychosocial recovery of teachers and serve as an inspiration to their students. At the end of the project, both choirs will hold a large concert with the people of Hatay, thus providing thousands of people with access to culture and art.
This project brings together the fields of ecology, children, cultural heritage and socio-cultural studies, and will be carried out on a platform where nature meets art, cultural memory is re-woven and social solidarity is strengthened. In the long term, ‘Melody Blooming in Nature’ aims to contribute to a community structure in Hatay that is in harmony with nature and strengthened by art.
