About us

About us

 

Kooch Foundation is a non-political foundation, administered and managed by a Board of Trustees, all of whom provide their services on a voluntary basis.

Kooch Foundation is a support group for all Iranian artists who are based in the UK and across Europe.

Members and Board of Directors:

Dr Shohreh Beski

Founder: Dr Shohreh Beski

Board of Directors: ‌ Dr Shohreh Beski, Fariba Sahraei, Dr Siamack Bagheri, Azadeh Refaeian, & Farnoosh Behzad

Executive and specialised working groups: ‌

Kooch Foundation relies on the expertise, knowledge, and experience of its working groups in various artistic and literary fields.

Activities of Kooch Foundation

Attracting qualified Iranian artists in the UK and other European countries and providing direct and indirect financial support to them.
• Empower and support artists through a variety of means, including holding exhibitions, lectures and Q&A sessions, media interviews, helping to implement their projects, and launching an online marketplace for Iranian artists.
• Launching and strengthening the artists’ communication network in order to help establish communication between Iranian and non-Iranian artists.
• Helping to introduce artists and make provision for communication between them and their audience.
• Collaborate with other Iranian and international organisations and charities in order to empower and help artists.

Donation to the Kooch Foundation
We sincerely welcome any kind of financial or non-financial assistance from you in order to support the programmes and achieve the goals of the Foundation in order to help Iranian artists based in Europe.

Cooperation with Kooch Foundation: ‌
For volunteer work or any cooperation with Kooch Foundation, please contact us:
Email: ‌info@koochfoundation.com

How to receive financial aid:
All Iranian artists living in Europe can send their application to the Kooch Foundation if they need financial aid.
All applicants must: ‌
1- Email us a request with samples of works
2- Send a CV with two references
After reviewing the submitted documents and applications, the specialised working groups will select the eligible ones.