About
History Of ALF
Founded in 2008 by the Concept Schools Department of Foreign Language, the Art and Language Festival began as a Turkish-focused cultural event and expanded in 2013 to include Spanish, English, and a broader celebration of global cultures. Since then, students have performed songs, poems, folk dances, and instrumental pieces in multiple languages, with support from language and music teachers, while guest performers representing diverse cultural backgrounds have also taken the stage. Student performers qualify through submitted video auditions reviewed by CS judges, and in addition to live performances, the Festival features a lobby exhibition showcasing award-winning student artwork from the Concept Schools Art Contest, including paintings, photographs, handicrafts, and sculptures.
Qualification for ALF
In order to qualify to perform at the Festival, the participants from our schools need to submit their performance videos, and after a voting period by CS Judges, those who qualified are invited to perform at the Festival day. Spanish teachers are helping their students with Spanish songs, poems and Hispanic folk dances, Turkish teachers are helping with Turkish songs, poems and Turkic folk dances. Music teachers are helping with English songs and musical instruments playing.
Format Of ALF
Aside from seeing the stage performances, you can see the exhibition of the pieces of art such as pictures, photographs, paintings, handicraft and sculptures at the lobby of the Festival venue. These pieces are the ones created by CS students and awarded at Concept Schools Art Contest, which is a separate event happening before Art and Language Festival.
