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SUMMARY:Contemporary Art from Qatar: The Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani Collection
DESCRIPTION:This journey has not merely been about accumulating works but rather about experiencing and understanding the dynamic pulse of Qatari culture through its creative expressions.\n– H.E. Dr. Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani \n  \nVCUarts Qatar is proud to host the official book launch of Contemporary Art from Qatar: The Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani Collection (Skira Arte\, 2026) as part of Art Basel Qatar’s program.  \nSpanning three decades of collecting\, the book traces the evolution of Qatari art from traditional motifs rooted in heritage to contemporary practices shaped by global dialogue and rapid transformation. \nAccompanying the launch is VCUarts Qatar’s latest exhibition: نبض المكان | Pulse of Place: Selected Works from the Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani Collection\, featuring works by 11 Qatari artists and designers—all VCUarts Qatar alumni—included in the book as key voices shaping Qatar’s contemporary visual culture. \nWe look forward to welcoming you as we mark the enduring legacy of H.E. Dr. Abdulla — a pioneering champion of Qatar’s creative ambitions and cultural life. \n  \nThe exhibition curated by Dina Alkhateeb and Chase Westfall\, \nSpecial thanks to H.E. Sheikh Dr. Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani for sharing part of his collection and launching his book at VCUarts Qatar\, Sheikh Fahad bin Jabor Al Thani\, Anas Kutit and al markhiya gallery. \n  \nExhibition \nDate: Jan. 25–Mar. 7\, 2026\nDaily Timings: Sunday to Thursday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nLocation: The Gallery\, VCUarts Qatar \n  \n\n  \nArtist Bios\nAISHA AL-SOWAIDI\n B. 1983\nAisha Al-Sowaidi is a multidisciplinary designer based in Doha\, Qatar\, whose work reflects the intersection of tradition and modernity in Qatar’s evolving landscape. Drawing inspiration from cultural shifts\, her designs fuse past experiences with contemporary aesthetics\, creating objects that evoke nostalgia and familiarity. She earned her bachelor’s in graphic design and her master’s in design studies from VCUarts Qatar. Her work invites viewers to reflect on the connection between personal spaces and the changing world around them. \nAMEENA AL-BUAINAIN\n B. 1996\nAmeena Al-Buainain is a Qatari artist based in Doha\, known for painting and printmaking. Her work has been featured at Alhosh Gallery and The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar in 2020. Al-Buainain holds a bachelor’s degree in painting and printmaking (minor in art history) from VCUarts Qatar. Her practice reflects her commitment to exploring and expanding her artistic voice. \nBOUTHAYNA AL-MUFTAH\n B. 1987\nBouthayna Al-Muftah\, a Qatari multidisciplinary artist\, navigates painting\, printmaking\, and documentation. Her evolving practice has created immersive installations and dynamic performance pieces anchored in Qatar’s cultural heritage. Al-Muftah received her bachelor’s degree from VCUarts Qatar in 2009. She has designed the official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 poster and exhibited internationally\, including M7\, Palais de Tokyo\, and Cosmoscow. \nFATMA AL-REMAIHI\n B. 1986\nFatma Al-Remaihi is a Qatari artist working in sketchbooking\, drawing\, and painting. She holds a master’s in studio art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016) and a bachelor’s in graphic design from VCUarts Qatar (2010). Her work explores identity\, agency\, and the multiple roles she navigates in life. \nFATIMA MOHAMMED\n B. 1993\nFatima Mohammed is a contemporary Qatari artist working in mixed media\, printmaking\, and installation art. She graduated from VCUarts Qatar with a bachelor’s in painting and printmaking with a minor in art history (2016). Mohammed has participated in residencies at Fire Station Doha and ISCP New York\, with exhibitions locally and internationally. \nGHADA AL-KHATER\n B. 1989\nGhada Al-Khater is a Qatari multidisciplinary artist whose work blends art\, politics\, and social issues through cartoons\, illustrations\, and sculptures. She has exhibited at Ajyal Film Festival\, Doha Fire Station\, QM Gallery – Al Riwaq\, Art 29\, and internationally. She was an artist in residence at Cité Internationale des Arts\, Paris (2018)\, and received the Artist of the Year Award at the 2018 Grazia Editors’ Choice Awards. \nMANAR AL-MUFTAH\n B. 1985\nManar Al-Muftah is a Qatari visual artist and graphic designer whose work explores identity\, memory\, and Qatar’s cultural landscape. She earned a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from VCUarts Qatar (2007). Her work incorporates Arabic calligraphy through printmaking\, collage\, and mixed media\, with exhibitions locally and internationally. \nMARYAM AL-HOMAID\n B. 1988\nMaryam Al-Homaid is a Qatari interdisciplinary artist and Assistant Professor in the Graphic Design Department at VCUarts Qatar. She holds a bachelor’s in graphic design and a master’s in design studies from VCUarts Qatar. Her work examines Qatar’s social and economic transformation and has been exhibited internationally\, merging digital design with handcrafted textiles. \nRODA AL THANI\n B. 1991\nRoda Al Thani is a visual artist based in Doha\, Qatar\, and a producer at Qatar Museums\, leading the animated series Hazawy. She is a graphic design graduate from VCUarts Qatar and holds a master’s in visual narrative from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work engages audiences locally and globally. \nSHOUQ AL-MANA\n B. 1996\nShouq Al-Mana is a contemporary Qatari artist who holds a bachelor’s degree in painting and printmaking from VCUarts Qatar. Her work spans painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, exploring culture\, unity\, and identity. She has represented Qatar internationally with Generation Amazing Foundation projects\, public sculptures\, sustainability campaigns\, and conferences. \nAMNA AL-DARWISH\nAmna Al-Darwish is a Fine Art graduate from VCUarts Qatar\, specializing in Interior Design. She explores painting and contemporary art through various mediums\, capturing her personal connections to her surroundings\, and aims to inspire appreciation for the world. 
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/contemporary-art-from-qatar/
LOCATION:Atrium\, VCUarts Qatar
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Exhibition,The Gallery
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SUMMARY:ARTWEEK 2026: Community as Practice
DESCRIPTION:VCUarts Qatar presents the second edition of ARTWEEK 2026: Community as Practice\, hosted by the Painting and Printmaking (PAPR) Department on campus in Doha. \nRooted in collaboration\, care\, and openness\, ARTWEEK 2026 brings together students\, artists\, educators\, and cultural practitioners to explore how communities form through artistic practice\, and how learning unfolds within and beyond the studio. \nAcross three days\, the program features workshops\, lecture-performances\, panel discussions\, open studios\, and informal gatherings. Emphasizing the studio as both a site of making and exchange\, ARTWEEK foregrounds shared experience\, dialogue\, and collective rhythms of working together as central to contemporary art education. \nBuilding on collaborations between VCUarts Qatar and VCUarts Richmond\, and conversations sparked by Living to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good\, ARTWEEK 2026 positions Qatar as a key site for rethinking the future of art education\, pedagogy\, and community-driven practice\, with particular attention to regional networks and alternative spaces emerging from the Gulf. \nSpeakers & Guest Artists\nSara Niroobakhsh · Mohammed Somji · Keng Sen Ong · Rose Lejeune · Habeeb Abu Futtaim · Naiza Khan · Sarah Rifkey · Walid Sadek · Aissa Deebi · Zeina Al Arida · Rola Khayyat · Noah Simblist · Dean Amir Berbić \n  \n\nSunday\, February 1\, 2026\nDifferent Modalities of Community Practice\nJoin us for the opening keynote of ARTWEEK 2026\, Different Modalities of Community Practice\, featuring theatre and artistic director\, Keng Sen Ong. A lunch reception will follow the keynote address.  \nPlease register your attendance via this link. \nKeynote: 12–1:30 p.m.\nLunch reception: 1:30–2:30 p.m.\nAtrium\, VCUarts Qatar \n  \nLiving to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good\nThis panel discussion centered around Noah Simblist’s book\, Living to Learn: Art & Education for the Common Good\, will be moderated by Simblist and include panelists Sarah Rifkey\, Walid Sadek\, Dr. Aissa Deebi and Zeina Arida. \nPlease register your attendance via this link. \n2:30–4 p.m.\nAtrium\, VCUarts Qatar \n  \n\nMonday\, February 2\, 2026\nStudio Visits by Sara Niroobakhsh\nPAPR students are invited to attend a session with Sara Niroobakhsh\, a multidisciplinary artist and educator with over two decades of experience working across Canada\, the U.S.\, Iran\, and the UAE. Niroobakhsh is currently a Visiting Assistant Art Professor in the Interactive Media program at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). \n10 a.m.–12:20 p.m. \nClosed event for invited PAPR students only. \n  \nArtistic Communities & Shared Practices\nThis panel discussion\, moderated by Rola Khayyat\, will be a conversation on how artists collaborate\, share knowledge\, support one another\, and explore collective making. Panelists in this discussion include Rose Lejeune\, Mohamed Somji\, Habeeb Abu Futtaim and Naiza Khan. \nPlease register your attendance via this link. \n1:30–3 p.m.\nAtrium\, VCUarts Qatar \n  \nPainting + Printmaking Open Studios\nExplore the Department of Painting + Printmaking at our Open Studios event!  \nStep into our studios. Immerse yourself in our inspiring environment. Whether you’re an aspiring artist or simply curious\, this is a great chance to discover the art – and heart – of our community! \nObserve our students working on their creative projects. Engage with them and learn more about their artistic practices and research. Chat with our friendly faculty who will be on hand to provide information on our curriculum\, projects\, and future opportunities.  \nPlease register your attendance via this link. \n3:30–5:30 p.m.\nPAPR Studios\, VCUarts Qatar \n  \n\nTuesday\, February 3\, 2026\nWhen the System Fails Us: Community as Practice\nAcross the SWANA region\, artists are increasingly questioning dominant cultural frameworks shaped by power\, capital\, and ideology — including Western institutional models long complicit in silencing\, extraction\, and erasure. In the context of the genocide in Gaza and widening repression\, many artists are choosing not to wait for permission or inclusion within systems that demand neutrality in the face of violence. \nThis workshop looks at how artists are building otherwise: forming collectives\, creating alternative spaces\, sharing resources\, and developing ways of practising that are rooted in community rather than institutional approval. These efforts are complex and often fragile\, shaped by real challenges and limitations\, but they are intentional\, principled\, and growing. \nDrawing on examples from across the SWANA region\, this workshop will be a space to think together — to share what we are seeing\, what we are part of\, and what feels possible. Rather than offering fixed answers\, the session focuses on building shared language\, confidence\, and ways of working\, and on imagining how artists can continue reshaping the cultural landscape by building otherwise\, together. \n10 a.m.–12 p.m. \nClosed event for invited PAPR students only. \n  \nArt\, Care\, and Technical Mediation: Performing Life in Contemporary Contexts\nThis lecture introduces the transdisciplinary research practice of Sara Niroobakhsh\, Artist and Research Scholar at New York University Abu Dhabi\, working at the intersection of performance\, bio-technological inquiry\, and immersive systems. Developed through long-term collaboration with scientific laboratories and researchers\, her work examines the body as a site of care and construction\, foregrounding fragility\, intimacy\, and the limits of control within contemporary technological frameworks. The lecture explores how voice\, sensation\, and embodied processes are mediated through technology\, inviting reflection on inherited assumptions about identity\, origin\, creation\, and biological determinism. \nThe talk will be followed by closing remarks by PAPR Director\, Dr. Aissa Deebi. \nPlease register your attendance via this link. \n12:30–2 p.m.\nAtrium\, VCUarts Qatar \n  \nLunch Break & Music\nJoin us for lunch and live music by Michel Dagher (Spice Collective) during the last day of ARTWEEK 2026. \nPlease register your attendance via this link. \n2–3:30 p.m.\nCourtyard\, VCUarts Qatar
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/art-week-2026/
LOCATION:VCUARTS QATAR\, VCUarts Qatar\,Al Luqta Street\,Education City\, Doha\, Qatar\, 8095\, Qatar
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SUMMARY:Tasmeem Doha 2026: Transmit - Print Fair
DESCRIPTION:Tasmeem Doha 2026: Transmit is proud to announce the Print Fair\, taking place at the VCUarts Qatar Campus from February 7–9\, 2026\, from 3-9 p.m.\, at the Saffron Hall. \nThe Print Fair will feature the following exhibitors: \n40MUSTAQEL\nBANANAFISH\nBAO Books\nBin Atiah Studio\nCairo Art Book Fair\nGoodbye Press\nHWF Studio\nPrinter Matter\nSet Margins\nThe WANAWAL\nWARAQ\nWater With Water\nWedogood \nJoin us for three days of celebrating independent publishing\, print culture\, and creative exchange! \nIn addition\, the Fair will include workshops\, talks\, and performances for attendees to participate in and enjoy. \nFor more information\, view the Tasmeem Doha website. \nTo view and register for events that will be held during the Print Fair\, click here.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/tasmeem-doha-2026-transmit-print-fair/
LOCATION:Saffron Hall\, VCUarts Qatar
CATEGORIES:Tasmeem
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SUMMARY:Visiting Artist: Sabine Schründer
DESCRIPTION:Through a non-narrative and subjective approach\, Sabine Schründer presents selected projects from recent years\, inviting audiences into an immersive space where images\, texts\, and audio intersect. \nThe talk introduces Off the Grid\, Schründer’s ongoing project developed during an artistic research journey in the Arctic. Moving between visual material and spoken readings\, the lecture explores processes of transformation within systems\, social structures\, and individual perception where meaning is approached as something that shifts and reconfigures across environments and media. \nPlease register to attend this talk. \n\n  \nArtist Bio\nSabine Schründer (b. 1973\, Telgte\, Germany) lives and works as a multimedia artist in Berlin. She studied photography at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld and at RMIT University in Melbourne. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has been shaped by artist residencies in India\, Iceland\, Portugal\, Finland\, and the Arctic. She teaches visual media at the Lette Verein Berlin. \nHer artistic practice explores processes of transformation in systems\, social structures\, and individual perception. She is particularly interested in thought structures\, states of consciousness\, and the conditions under which meaning arises\, shifts\, or disappears. In her artist talk\, Sabine Schründer will give insight into different bodies of work and explain her non-narrative approach. She will also address questions of absence and presence in her practice\, as well as ways of visualizing psychological and emotional structures.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/visiting-artist-sabine-schrunder/
LOCATION:Atrium\, VCUarts Qatar
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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