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Events: 2009
Faculty Focus 2009
An exhibition of works by artists and designers who are teaching and researching at VCUQatar.
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Rodney Fitch : Future Trends in Retail
VCUQatar and FITCH are pleased to invite the you to attend a special talk with Rodney Fitch : Founder and Chairperson of FITCH Worldwide.
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Islamic Art Symposium 2009
VCUQatar is proud to present the third biannual Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art entitled "Diverse Are Their Hues".
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The Gallery Presents ‘Transit’
The exhibition transit brings together the works of four Australian visual artists: Meredith Brice, Stephen Copland, Karee S Dahl and Colin Reaney.
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The Doha Ivory Box: Fabulous or Fake?
Oliver Watson's lecture focuses on an object that has been the subject of considerable controversy: an inscribed penbox of intricately-carved ivory, dated 394H/1003 AD, which is part of the collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.
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OffGrid
A lecture by Johan Granberg, focusing on his two-year stay in Papua New Guinea highlighting his experiences teaching design and working as a designer in an indigenous culture.
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Calligraphy: Tradition to Contemporary Practice
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar's Graphic Design Department presents a lecture by renowned Iraqi calligrapher Wissam Shawkat entitled 'Calligraphy: Tradition to Contemporary Practice' on 15, September 2009 at 7:00 PM at the atrium in VCUQatar.
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QatarNow: Ali Hassan - A Retrospective
Curated by Dr. Abdulla Al Thani and Jochen Sokoly in cooperation with Al-Markhia Gallery, Doha.
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Senior Exhibition 2009
VCUQatar is hosting Career Day on 22 April so students can meet prospective employers at the event.
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IHPE Experience Photography Competition 2009
The Graphic Design Department at VCUQatar invites you to attend the IHPE experience in Qatar under the theme: Heritage in Qatar.
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Nada Sehnaoui - Rubble
Nada Sehnaoui, a visual artist living and working in Beirut, will create an installation at The Gallery in VCUQatar conceived as a space of meditation on the bombardment of Beirut by Israeli warplanes in the summer of 2006.
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Mousharaka: Icograda Design Week in Qatar
Mousharaka / The Icograda Design Week in Qatar, presented by VCUQatar, is composed of the Education Symposium and the Professional Conference, where prominent speakers will share perspectives on design and design collaborations.
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Faces and Letters: Through the Eyes of Collectors in Qatar
Selected list of art and artists through the eyes of collectors in Qatar.
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Threads of History: Textiles of the Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates
Dr. Jochen Sokoly will deliver a lecture entitled 'Threads of History: Textiles of the Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates', focusing on a group of inscribed textiles from Egypt and the Central Islamic lands commonly known as tiraz textiles.