Under the auspices of the President of the University of Basra, Prof. Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Prof. Dr. Ali Abdullah Al-Kinani.
The College of Fine Arts at the University of Basra held its art festival at the Museum of Natural History in the presidential palaces on the occasion of the founding of the university 59, as the festival included free drawing activities by students of the Department of Fine Arts and a group of musical activities, chants and traditional songs presented by the university choir group led by Professor Ali Hashim and Professor Muhammad Abd al-Ilah .
The festival was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Prof. Dr. Ali Abdullah Al-Kinani, the scientific assistant, Prof. Dr. Tahrir Ali, the administrative assistant, M. M. Jalal Abdel-Saheb, and a group of professors, employees and students of the college.