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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20171120T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20171121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T073907Z
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SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Lecture: Marwa Arsanios
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November 20 at 1pm: VCUarts Qatar’s Atrium \nTuesday\, November 21 at 7pm: Fire Station Cinema \nMarwa Arsanios (lives and works in Beirut\, Lebanon) received her MFA from University of the Arts London in 2007\, and was a researcher in the Fine Art department at Jan Van Eyck Academie from 2011 to 2012. She has had solo exhibitions at the Beirut Art Center (2017) the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (2016)\, Witte de With\, Rotterdam\, the Netherlands (2016)\, Kunsthalle Lissabon\, Lisbon (2015)\, and Art in General\, New York (2015). Her work was also shown at the Thessaloniki Biennial (2015)\, 55th Venice Biennale (2013)\, l the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011)\, Home Works Forum in Beirut (2010\, 2013\, 2015)\, Ludwig museum (2016)\, the New Museum\, New York (2014)\, M HKA\, Antwerp\, Belgium (2013)\, and nGbK\, Berlin (2012). Screenings of her videos have taken place at the Berlinale\, Berlin (2010\, 2015)\, e-flux storefront\, New York (2009)\, and Centre Pompidou\, Paris (2017\, 2011). \nIn 2012 Arsanios was awarded the special prize of the Pinchuk Future Generation Art Prize. She was nominated for the Han Nefkens Foundation award in 2014 and more recently the Paulo Cunha e Silva art prize. Marwa Arsanios is also the co-founder of 98weeks. \nIn her lecture at VCUarts Qatar\, she will talk about the subject of reading\, performing text and language as a way to deal with politics. Thinking through reading as a communal activity rather than something that would be done individually\, in the silence of the public library or the privacy of the domestic space. This talk will also tackle the curated reading room revolving mainly around eco-feminist and finance themes. \nIn her lecture at Fire Station Cinema\, she will talk about how the broad frame of investigation in which her practice operates\, would be the different aspects of the relation between the cultural realm\, politics and violence. And by the cultural realm she means its politics\, economies and social manifestations. She has been looking\, through different material objects\, at the way violence affects culture and the way it gets affected by it and reproduces it.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/crossing-boundaries-lecture-marwa-arsanios/
LOCATION:VCUARTS QATAR ATRIUM & FIRE STATION CINEMA
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20171108T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20171209T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T074408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T074408Z
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SUMMARY:City Limits
DESCRIPTION:City Limits presents the works of Sajjad Abbas and Laith K. Daer\, artists and sometime collaborators who have developed their work in Baghdad\, using the physical space and interactions within the city as a living organizer of how\, and why\, they work. \nChoreography\, graffiti\, and documented public installation experiments comprise the exhibition. There are small moments\, filmed inside throwaway cars\, and large questions\, hung boldly on the façcade of buildings. In between pleas of not to shoot\, accusations\, and confessions\, is the sincerity of defiance\, close close-ups and composed shots working not against\, but in urgent\, sustained opposition to silence. \nThe opening of the exhibition will take place in the presence of the artists. \nOpening hours: \nSaturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm / Friday – Closed
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/city-limits/
LOCATION:THE GALLERY AT VCUARTS QATAR
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171005
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T075705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T075705Z
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SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Lecture: Rana Salam
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, 2 Oct at 7pm: Fire Station Cinema \nWednesday\, 4 Oct at 1pm: VCUarts Qatar Atrium \nA graduate of Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art\, Rana Salam is amongst the most celebrated of designers and is known for her understanding and use of Middle Eastern popular art and culture. She draws on vibrant imagery and merges it with the latest design technology to create her unique vision of graphic design and art direction. Her work has been widely published in magazines including Elle Deco\, Wallpaper\, Creative Review\, and Design. \nIn her lecture Shaabi to Chic: Pop Culture is Consumer Culture\, Rana Salam will talk about how Middle Eastern pop culture transcends social hierarchy\, age and gender. It is a culture where we all somewhere\, somehow\, consume the same products\, be it on a school bus or while watching a cinema screen. \nImage courtesy of Rana Salam Studio
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/crossing-boundaries-lecture-rana-salam/
LOCATION:FIRE STATION CINEMA & VCUARTS QATAR ATRIUM
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170920T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20171021T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T093716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T093716Z
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SUMMARY:20/20/20
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition unveils the fruitful achievements of 20 stunning VCUarts Qatar alumni in a spectrum of multidisciplinary creations under one umbrella. An umbrella that combines endless design skills that better prepares today’s artists and designers for the future. \n20/20/20 is curated by Ahmad Oustwani & Maryam Yousuf Al-Homaid who are also VCUarts Qatar alumni. \nArtists and designers:\nAbdulrahman Anwar & Mohammad Jawad\nAbdulla Najib Al-Kuwari\nAhood Al Dafa\nAisha Al-Suwaidi\nAssil Diab\nBouthayna Al-Muftah\nDhika Khaira\nFaisal Mohammad\nFatma Al-Remaihi\nHadeer Omar\nHana Al-Saadi\nLeila Natsheh\nMaryam Faraj D. F. Al-Suwaidi\nNaila Al-Thani\nOthman M. R. Khunji\nReem Al-Thani\nSahar Mari\nSumam Azzam\nWurood Ismail Azzam \nOpening hours: \nSaturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm / Friday – Closed
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/20-20-20/
LOCATION:THE GALLERY AT VCUARTS QATAR
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170702
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T094151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T094151Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Program 2017 for Children and High School Students
DESCRIPTION:We recommend to register early\, as seats are limited and classes may fill up quickly. You can register securely here online\, or you can come to VCUQatar during normal office hours Sundays to Thursdays from 9 am to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 3:45 pm. Terms and Conditions apply.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/summer-program-2017-for-children-and-high-school-students/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170501T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170501T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T094720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T094720Z
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SUMMARY:Commencement 2017
DESCRIPTION:The keynote speaker will be Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani\, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation for Education\, Science and Community Development.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/commencement-2017/
LOCATION:HBKU STUDENT CENTER
CATEGORIES:Commencement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170429T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170520T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T095712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T095712Z
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SUMMARY:BFA & MFA Exhibition 2017
DESCRIPTION:The VCUQatar BFA & MFA Exhibition is a celebration of the creative achievements of our graduating students and provides the opportunity to preview Qatar’s emerging talent in the fields of graphic\, fashion & interior design\, painting & printmaking\, and design studies.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/bfa-mfa-exhibition-2017/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR\, Qatar
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170412T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170413T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T100721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T100721Z
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SUMMARY:Appliqué: Fashion Show
DESCRIPTION:“Appliqué” showcases the work of VCUQatar fashion design sophomores\, juniors and seniors\, launching graduates into professional careers. The show will present a lineup of distinct and individual creative looks that the students have researched\, experimented with\, and now present for the audience. \n‘Applique’ will showcase the individual vision\, creativity\, and styles of VCUQatar’s students. The collections on show will present an eclectic mix of day to evening looks that reflect the singular aesthetic of each student and their individual concepts. \n \nTickets are sold out\nDates \n12 Apr – 13 Apr 2017\n6:30pm ‐ 7:30pm \nEntry \nPaid – Ticket required \nLocation \nMulti-Purpose Hall\, The Gate Mall
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/applique-fashion-show/
LOCATION:SALAM\, THE GATE MALL
CATEGORIES:Fashion Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170409T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170415T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T101330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T101330Z
UID:10000591-1491760800-1492299000@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Common Ground
DESCRIPTION:Each year the program selects two artists at varying stages of their careers to become artists in residence at VCUQatar. The exhibition\, which will be showcased at the VCUQatar Gallery\, is the culmination of nine months of work by the two VCUQatar Fellows and they document their experiences as artists working in the Gulf region. \nOpening hours: \nSaturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm \nFriday – Closed
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/common-ground/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170330
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T103038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T103038Z
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SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Lecture: Alia Farid
DESCRIPTION:For her lecture at VCUQatar\, Alia Farid will discuss two projects that portray the arrival of\, and fallout with\, modernity in the Arab world. \nThe first\, “Acquiring Modernity” (2014)\, focuses on the establishment of the Kuwait National Museum in Kuwait’s participation at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia.  The second\, “Maarad Trablous” (2016)\, is a film-portrait of the International Fairgrounds in Tripoli (Lebanon) created for the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo. \nCaption: Still from Maarad Trablous\, 2016. Courtesy of Galerie Imane Farès. 
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/crossing-boundaries-lecture-alia-farid/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR ATRIUM
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170319T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170326T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T104731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T104731Z
UID:10000587-1489932000-1490571000@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Shifting spaces & Forgotten walls
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition honoring the shifting spaces and forgotten walls of Al Shagab Street. The series of photographs and videos provide a closer look at the diversity of Qatar through the lens of street culture in the Old Al Rayyan Area. \nOpening hours: Everyday – From 9am to 6pm
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/shifting-spaces-forgotten-walls/
LOCATION:ART 29 GALLERY\, 29TH FLOOR\, W DOHA HOTEL & RESIDENCES
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170315T060000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170404T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T105334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T105334Z
UID:10000585-1489557600-1491348600@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:In Transit
DESCRIPTION:The students from VCU Richmond and  Qatar campuses selected for this exhibition examine where these modes of creativity\, intertwine\, and coexist.  In Transit creates a context for further examining the relevance of our current attitudes and offers new ways to grow and evolve creative expression in times of rapid change and displacement. \nThese bold young artists and designers are leading the way into this new territory. They will be the practitioners who create and embrace this radical change\, as they continue to innovate\, and create new technologies\, methods and philosophies. They are our audience and simultaneously our teachers. \nIn Transit is the vehicle to deliver their message! \n  \nOpening hours: Saturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm      Friday – Closed \nImage: Yousef Bahzad\, “Pavor Nocturnus”\, Digital print on matte paper\, 2016
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/in-transit/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR ORANGE HALL
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170317
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T111229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T111229Z
UID:10000594-1489536000-1489708799@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Tasmeem Doha 2017: Analogue Living In A Digital World
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/tasmeem-doha-2017-analogue-living-in-a-digital-world/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR\, Qatar
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170310T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170404T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T112736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T112736Z
UID:10000595-1489168800-1491348600@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:form(force)
DESCRIPTION:form(force) is an exhibition of works drawn from VCU’s campuses in Richmond and Doha. Through a wide variety of media\, including painting\, sculpture\, design\, craft\, and installation\, form(force) explores ways in which artists navigate relationships and tensions between embodied and virtual realities. \nThe selection of works evokes a circle of mimicry\, in which organic forms are patterned after technological ones\, and where technological forms emulate lived experiences in the natural world. \nOpening hours: Saturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm      Friday – Closed \nImage: Matthew Warren\, “u-stitch new”\, ink on backlight film\, fabricated light box\, 2016.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/formforce/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170202
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T113122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T113122Z
UID:10000596-1485907200-1485993599@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Lecture: Dr. Hassan Radoine
DESCRIPTION:The internationalist standardized vocabularies and forms of architecture plague all of the cities in the Middle East\, with no consideration for their environmental\, ecological\, cultural\, geographical or social settings. The rich architectural diversity and uniqueness of the region\, which once offered the world architectural wonders\, has frequently been substituted with monotonous designs. \nArchitecture in the Middle East is trapped between corrective measures of its own tradition\, and imported forms. Therefore\, the complexity and diversity of the region’s cultural and geographical environments require not only smart designs\, but also engrained knowledge in order to conceive comprehensively sustainable projects. \nThis lecture is about exploring architectural frontiers on how these environments to be comprehended\, and about how contemporary design considers their contextual meanings. Dr. Hassan Radoine is an architecture curator\, critic\, educator\, author and consultant. He is currently the Director of the École Nationale d Architecture (Morocco).
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/crossing-boundaries-lecture-dr-hassan-radoine/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR ATRIUM
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170129T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170209T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T113746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T113746Z
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SUMMARY:In Progress قيد الإنشاء
DESCRIPTION:With this exhibition the students consider the change that is taking place in various parts of Doha. The most noticeable “visual” of this change is in the construction work that is “In Progress” that we see in and around the neighborhoods where we live. In a city like Doha\, many neighborhoods share similar visuals. \nRather than see the idea of construction being framed as a negative aspect\, the Painting and Printmaking students want to embrace these “change” ideas through the work they are presenting at the exhibition. \nFire Station opening hours: \nSunday to Thursday: 10am – 10pm \nFriday: 2pm – 10pm \nSaturday: 10am – 10pm
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/in-progress-%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%a1/
LOCATION:FIRE STATION\, ON THE FIRST FLOOR ANNEX\, ABOVE CAFE 999
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170118T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170218T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T115328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T115328Z
UID:10000598-1484762400-1487460600@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Muhawwil (Transformer)
DESCRIPTION:These murals mark a transformation in religious discourse within Gulf societies: where once only calligraphic depictions of this nature were allowed\, today’s pop-culture and the mass-production of images have forced conservative entities to reconsider this tradition and adopt a mutated technique to convey moral advice in the form of wall paintings. This project reconstructs these paintings into animations\, so as to highlight the dilemma of representation that exists between the ancient and the modern. \nMonira Al Qadiri is part of the artist collective GCC and she will be participating in Tasmeem 2017\, VCUQatar’s biannual art conference. This exhibition is curated by Maysaa Al-Mumin\, VCUQatar Assistant Professor in Art Foundation. \nOpening hours: Saturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm      Friday – Closed \nSpecial thanks to the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) \nImage courtesy of Monira Al Qadiri\, “Muhawwil (Transformer)\,” Video installation\, 2014
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/muhawwil-transformer/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161124
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T130101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T130101Z
UID:10000570-1479859200-1479945599@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Lecture: Mohamed Elshahed
DESCRIPTION:The site in central Cairo where today’s Opera House and Museum of Modern Art are located was once the country’s focal point for exhibiting national modernity. The history of the site captures a pivotal process in Egypt’s modernization: the ways in which Egyptian strategies of self-representation developed over time. In 1898 British colonial authorities held the first agricultural exhibition on the southern part of the uninhabited Gezira Island. \nFollowing the 1919 Revolution\, the site was transformed into a stage for the Egyptian government\, along with financial institutions and powerful industrialists\, to showcase national production in a variety of fields such as agricultural products\, as well as industrial goods such as textiles. Over a period of half a century the exhibition site was altered numerous times with permanent and temporary buildings and exhibition halls. This domestic development was paralleled with Egypt’s presence in international exhibitions such as the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs. \nIn Egypt and abroad the architectures of national exhibitions and pavilions\, as well as their circulated images\, were powerful tools for communicating Egypt’s modernity and progress to national and international audiences. In this lecture Mohamed Elshahed examines several examples of Egyptian exhibition architecture between 1926 and 1964\, a period framed by the rise and fall of state-led nationalist representations of Egypt. \nPhoto credit: Cairo University students building an architectural model of the exhibition grounds\, published in the Egyptian French language magazine Images\, December 1949.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/crossing-boundaries-lecture-mohamed-elshahed/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR ATRIUM
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20161109T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20161212T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T130252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T130659Z
UID:10000571-1478714400-1481585400@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Zineb Sedira: Now You See Me - Now You See Me
DESCRIPTION:The solo show of recent works included both the multi-channel video installation “Gardiennes d’image (Image Keepers)” (2010)\, focusing on the archive of Algerian photographer Mohammed Kouaci\, as well as selected works from her recent series on the routes and origins of sugar. This exhibition was curated by Holiday Powers\, VCUQatar Assistant Professor in Art History. \nThe opening of the exhibition\, in the presence of the artist\, was followed the next day by an artist’s talk in VCUQatar’s Atrium on Thursday\, November 10 at 12:15pm. \nPhoto credit: Gardiennes d’image (Image Keepers)\, 2010. Production and prize: SAM Art Projects\, 2009.  Collections: Centre national des arts plastiques\, ministère de la Culture et de la Communication\, Paris; SAM Art Projects\, Paris. Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour\, Paris/London. \nSpecial thanks to SAM Art Projects\, kamel mennour\, Paris/London and The Third Line\, Dubai
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/zineb-sedira-now-you-see-me-now-you-see-me/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20161109T173000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20161210T173000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T110006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T103052Z
UID:10000560-1478712600-1481391000@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Temporary Surface
DESCRIPTION:Temporary Surface refers to both the ever-changing urban landscape of Qatar and the continual manipulations of surface and mark that characterize the picture plane. \nFor the past year\, Lewis and McPherson have maintained artist studios at VCUQatar\, while also teaching and mentoring students within the Painting and Printmaking Department. The exhibition is the culmination of this nine-month period of research and practice in Qatar. \nBoth artists actively layer visual information as a form of mark-making\, bringing together drawn\, painted and photographic sources. The results range from Lewis’ large-scale photographic prints and assemblages to McPherson’s series of handmade artist books\, paintings and sculpture. \nWhile Lewis’ work is driven by experimental processes referencing science\, architecture and perspective as source material\, McPherson builds narrative and humor using unexpected combinations of figures\, text and imagery drawn from both found and collected experiences. Within each practice\, there is a strong connection between digital and handmade methods. Temporary Surface reveals observations of this particular place and time in Qatar as it reflects each artist’s approach to making and processing visual information. \nThe artists will also give a public lecture on their work at VCUQatar Room 268 on 29 April at 12:30pm.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/temporary-surface/
LOCATION:HBKU STUDENT CENTER ART GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161013
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T131020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T131020Z
UID:10000572-1476230400-1476316799@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Crossing Boundaries Lecture: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
DESCRIPTION:UAE-based writer and art collector Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discussed the political undertones of iconic artworks of the 20th century in the Arab world for the first Crossing Boundaries Lecture of the 2016-2017 year. \nFrom the Baathist regimes of Syria and Iraq to Egypt’s pan-Arabism under Gamal Abdel Nasser\, paintings and sculptures in addition to film and performance have been employed by various governments as a tool of soft power to propagate their policies to the public not only in their respective states but throughout the region and beyond. Despite this government patronage of the arts\, many artists have chosen to challenge their authorities through their art practices. This talk is an attempt to shed light on an often neglected dimension in the modern history of the Arab world. \nImage credit: Mona Hatoum\, Infinity (1991-2001)\, Barjeel Art Foundation\, Sharjah.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/crossing-boundaries-lecture-sultan-sooud-al-qassemi/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR ATRIUM
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160928T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20170126T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T131411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T131411Z
UID:10000573-1475085600-1485473400@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Strange Wonders
DESCRIPTION:The title of the exhibition is based on a direct quotation from one of the original Qatari oil pioneers\, Thamir Muftah. This exhibition is not only inspired by the past’s innovation and the inspiring transformation of Qatar itself\, it is inspired by the participating multidisciplinary VCUQatar artists that infuse the past\, present and the future. \nTo attend the opening reception on September 28\, kindly RSVP to: rsvp@msheireb.com \nhttp://www.msheireb.com/en-us/home/msheirebmuseums.aspx \nOpening hours: \nSunday – Closed \nMonday – From 9am to 5pm \nTuesday – From 9am to 5pm \nWednesday – From 9am to 5pm \nThursday – From 9am to 5pm \nFriday – From 3pm to 9pm \nSaturday – From 9am to 9pm
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/strange-wonders/
LOCATION:THE COMPANY HOUSE\, MSHEIREB MUSEUMS\, DOWNTOWN DOHA
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160907T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20161022T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T132344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T132344Z
UID:10000574-1473271200-1477179000@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:ISSUE ISME
DESCRIPTION:Through a menagerie of imagery and iconography\, the artists reflect a mirror-like vision of some darker truths\, or mis-truths\, that exist within us all.The exhibition will feature a series of works by each artist in several mediums\, combining fine art\, stencil\, and traditional batik techniques. In addition\, two wall-sized graffiti murals will be created collaboratively; one during their weeklong stay at VCUQatar\, and a second “live” mural during the opening of the event. \nThis exhibit is curated by Melanie McClintock\, who previously collaborated with the artists on a two-year project\, Indoartamiks\, in Bayat\, Indonesia\, to inspire innovation in traditional crafts through graffiti. \nOpening hours: \nSaturday to Thursday – From 9am to 5pm \nFriday – Closed
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/issue-isme/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160502T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160502T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T133454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T133550Z
UID:10000575-1462204800-1462231800@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Commencement 2016
DESCRIPTION:The speech by the keynote speaker\, Arnold Wasserman\, can be downloaded  \n\nhere.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/commencement-2016/
LOCATION:HBKU STUDENT CENTER
CATEGORIES:Commencement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160501T173000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160528T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T134339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T134339Z
UID:10000576-1462123800-1464478200@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Class of 2016 Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The VCUQatar BFA + MFA Exhibition is a celebration of the creative achievements of our graduating students and provides the opportunity to preview Qatar’s emerging talent in the fields of graphic\, fashion & interior design\, painting & printmaking\, and design studies. \nThe MFA exhibition will be held until May 28.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/class-of-2016-exhibition/
LOCATION:ROOM 390 (BFA EXHIBITION) & VCUQATAR GALLERY (MFA EXHIBITION)
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160412T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160414T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T134838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T134838Z
UID:10000577-1460485800-1460662200@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:REACH: Fashion Show
DESCRIPTION:“Reach” showcases the work of VCUQatar fashion design sophomores\, juniors and seniors\, launching graduates into professional careers. The show will present a lineup of distinct and individual creative looks that the students have researched\, experimented with\, and now present for the audience. \nRami Al Ali\, a Syrian-born fashion designer currently based in Dubai will be the guest designer. He will be in attendance at all three shows and will showcase his most recent ready-to-wear collection. His designs are popular with celebrities and athletes around the world and have been worn by Beyoncé\, Natasha Beddingfield\, Kerry Washington and Petra Nemcova. \nTickets are sold out \nDates \n12 Apr – 14 Apr 2016\n6:30pm ‐ 7:30pm \nEntry \nPaid – Ticket required \nLocation \nMulti-Purpose Hall\, The Gate Mall
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/reach-fashion-show/
LOCATION:SALAM\, THE GATE MALL
CATEGORIES:Fashion Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160411T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160630T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T141022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T141022Z
UID:10000578-1460397600-1467329400@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Art and Medicine
DESCRIPTION:VCUQatar and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar are proud to present an exhibition by students working at the intersection of art and medicine. The students spent a semester in a ‘learning laboratory’ which sought to conduct research on the disparate but connected practices of art and medicine through a series of interdisciplinary collaborations. The research project allowed the students to take part in innovative\, interdisciplinary pedagogies that explore methods\, materials and tools that transcend their respective disciplines. \nThe work will be on display from April 12 to May 14.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/art-and-medicine/
LOCATION:HBKU STUDENT CENTER
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160410T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160416T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230317T141551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T141551Z
UID:10000579-1460311200-1460849400@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Gina Hunt
DESCRIPTION:With the generous support of the Qatar Foundation\, The Painting and Printmaking Department is proud to showcase the VCUQatar Fellowship and the work of this year fellow Gina Hunt. Each year the program selects two artists at varying stages of their careers to become artists in residence at VCUQatar. \nGina Hunt makes abstract paintings as an interdisciplinary platform to research the complexities and subjectivity of vision.  Her solo exhibition Liquid Crystal + Polymer features a body of work that involves screens as a conceptual platform for investigation. While in residence at VCUQatar\, Hunt has been researching screens of different scales\, from the barely perceptible grid of the digital screen\, to the small\, tessellated grid of the warp and weft of textiles\, to the architectural patterns of window screens\, which our bodies inhabit and physically encounter. \nThe exhibition will feature a new body of work initiated and completed while in residence at VCUQatar\, including large-scale paintings and installation. \nwww.gina-hunt.com
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/gina-hunt/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160407
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T063046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T063046Z
UID:10000580-1459900800-1459987199@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Rethinking Design: A luxury metadesign brand
DESCRIPTION:Milan-based fashion designer Kristina Spirk considers that behind every great design\, there is an even greater story. \nAs designers we are trained and given special skills to invent and create new products to increase consumption. But in the 21st century do we really need new products? Should we continue to function as designers of the past or should we find a way to reinvent the process of design? \nSpecializing in luxury womenswear\, Kristina Spirk combines her vision with metadesign principles to spearhead her second fashion label\, Decontoured.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/rethinking-design-a-luxury-metadesign-brand/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR ATRIUM
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160327T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Qatar:20160403T233000
DTSTAMP:20260424T223459
CREATED:20230320T063650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T063650Z
UID:10000581-1459101600-1459726200@qatar.vcu.edu
SUMMARY:Nastassja E. Swift
DESCRIPTION:With the generous support of the Qatar Foundation\, The Painting and Printmaking Department is proud to showcase the VCUQatar Fellowship and the work of this year fellow Nastassja E. Swift. Each year the program selects two artists at varying stages of their careers to become artists in residence at VCUQatar. \nAlluding to feelings of doubt and anxiety\, I Keep Repeating it Over and Over in My Head features work that illustrates both the reaction to experiencing racism and\, subsequently\, the desire to construct the right identity in order to achieve acceptance. Consisting of needle-felted faces and woven hair\, the exhibition combines conventional and unconventional uses of fiber processes and materials. Nastassja fuses memories from her childhood with fictional responses that depict provocative self-portraits and narratives. \nThis group of work is an accumulation of the conceptual development and research during her residency in Qatar.
URL:https://qatar.vcu.edu/event/nastassja-e-swift/
LOCATION:VCUQATAR GALLERY
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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