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Events: 2012
Ayaba Project
Katara Art Center presents the Ayaba Project: an exhibition by VCUQatar Fashion professor, Stella Colaleo and fashion students Marion Sanguesa, Maysaa Almumin, Elizabeth Yang Soon Ju, and Mona Al-Ansari.
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OFFF: Crossing Boundaries
As part of the 2012/13 'Crossing Boundaries' Lecture Series, VCUQatar presents a lecture by OFFF festival's founder Hector Ayuso Ros and executive director Pep Salazar Garcia.
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Moving Postcards
Part of the "The Art of Travel" exhibition. The Moving Postcards Project is an innovative endeavor that documents changing life in Doha through a developing collection of video fragments.
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Interconnections: Mariana Heilmann
The Gallery at VCUQatar presents Interconnections: an exhibition by Mariana Heilmann.
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Koichi Yamamoto: Painting & Printmaking lecture
Japanese-born artist and assistant professor Koichi Yamamoto presents a lecture a lecture on his work on merging traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking at VCUQatar on Wednesday, 14 November. He will also demonstrate large-scale monotype printing on Thursday, 15 November.
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Matt Ward: Crossing Boundaries
As part of the 2012/13 'Crossing Boundaries' Lecture Series, VCUQatar presents a lecture by British designer and technology researcher Matt Ward.
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Droog Design: Crossing Boundaries Lecture & Gallery Exhibition
As part of the Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series, VCUQatar presents a lecture by renowned Dutch curator and author Renny Ramakers, and exhibition opening by Droog Design.
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Fall 2012 Community Classes
Over 30 non-credit art & design Community Classes available to be booked in-person or securely online with your credit card. Evening & weekend classes start in early October.
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Fall 2012 Portfolio Development Classes
Get an edge on your portfolio.
NEW CLASS NOW AVAILBLE
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Equilibrium: New Works by John O’Connor
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents 'Equilibrium: New Works by John O’Connor'
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Summer Art & Design Programs 2012
4 different summer workshops designed to explore and advance the Art & Design skills for students aged 5-18 years old. Register now!
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MFA & BFA Showcase 2012
The VCUQatar Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Showcase is the annual exhibition of Qatar's graduating designers and artists. The exhibition features a wide range of work that represents the culmination of the techniques and concepts developed throughout their experience at VCUQatar.
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Late Spring 2012 Community Classes
A huge range of non-credit art & design Community Classes can now be booked in-person or securely online with your credit card. Evening & weekend classes start in late April & May.
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Fashion Show 2012: Arabesque - Public Night
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents the public night of the 13th annual fashion show under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.
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Fashion Show 2012: Arabesque - Dress Rehearsal
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents the dress rehearsal of the 13th annual fashion show under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. The dress rehearsal is open to the public.
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Entropy
Rhys Himsworth, Director of Painting and Printmaking, presents 'Entropy', his first solo exhibition in the Middle East. The exhibition comprises of several new works as well as works exhibited previously in the United States and Europe.
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Retail Without Walls: Kiosk Culture
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar Assistant Professors Liam Colquhoun and Matthew Holmes-Dallimore exhibit their research on Kiosk Culture at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art from 1 to 11 April, 2012 with an opening reception on 1 April at 7:30 pm at Mathaf.
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Gathering the Tide
The book launch of 'Gathering the Tide', an anthology of contemporary Arabian gulf poetry.
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Juhani Pallasmaa: Crossing Boundaries
As part of the Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents a lecture by Finnish Architect Juhani Pallasmaa.
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The Beaded Prayers Project
A lecture and exhibition opening for ‘The Beaded Prayers Project’ - an international, collaborative project to celebrate diversity and unity through a participatory art form. The lecture will discuss the history, concept and influences of the project, to followed by the official exhibition opening.
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Pearls, Harrods and FIFA: (De)-Constructing Future Utopia, The Narrative of Doha, Qatar
The lecture will focus on Doha as an emerging knowledge and creative city and examine Doha’s elaborate attempt to construct a new contemporary identity within the knowledge-based urban development paradigm.
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Qatar-Japan 2012, A Kimono Demonstration
Join the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation for a presentation and Kimono demonstration by Ms. Mako Hattori.
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Design Road Doha 2012
VCUQatar is the venue for 'Design Road Doha 2012' - a 3-day workshop from 23 - 25 February undertaken by international designers and creative professionals from various disciplines - organized and managed by DarOtakwin and Creative Dialogue Association.
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Fashion Rush 2012
Fashion Dictates Everything.
VCUQatar’s Fashion Department presents an open forum to meet Doha’s blossoming fashion industry.
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MFA Portfolio Workshop 2012
VCUQatar announces a portfolio workshop for the MFA program in Design Studies (MFA.Design.). Faculty will discuss components of a successful graduate portfolio, look at your work and give general advice and guidance for your own portfolio development.
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text & textiles
Thinking historically about material culture in the medieval Islamic world.
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Crispin Jones: Crossing Boundaries
As part of the Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents a lecture by London-based interaction designer Crispin Jones entitled 'Complicated pleasures'. The lecturer will discuss his personal development over the past decade from making one-off experimental works into producing his own product ranges.
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Adobe Masterclass
An evening of expert workshops with Adobe-Europe evangalist Michael O'Neill, covering photography and video post-production, workflow and visual effects.
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Traditions and Controversies
Dr Nada Shabout, an Iraqi American art historian specializing in modern Iraqi art, discusses issues of tradition, artistic creation, public and private presentation and education.
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Spring 2012 Community Classes
Now open for registration! VCUQatar's biggest selection of non-credit art & design Community Classes can be booked in-person or securely online with your credit card.
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MFA Admissions Open House 2012
VCUQatar invites graduate professionals to learn about the Master of Fine Arts in Design Studies degree and application process. Meet our faculty and students and explore our state-of-the-art facilities.
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Research, Design and Proven Outcomes
Dr. Kopec’s presentation will take the mystery out of pre-design research and show how it can be easily incorporated into a normal design process to enhance the environment for the human condition.
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2012 Portfolio Crit Sessions
Get faculty feedback and advice on your admissions portfolio work.
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CANCELLED: Fabio Sasso: Crossing Boundaries
Please note: The lecture by Brazilian Web Designer Fabio Sasso has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
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F for Faculty - Faculty Exhibition 2011
The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents the 2011 Faculty Exhibition, an exhibition of works by artists and designers who are teaching and researching at VCUQatar.
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Poster for Tomorrow: ‘The Right to Education’
The Graphic Design department presents an exhibition of the top 100 posters as part of the global 'Poster for Tomorrow' student competition, promoting the right of education all over the world, regardless of race, gender, disability or economic situation.
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Shared Glass: a Design Collaboration between VCUQatar and Fabrica
An exhibition of work at Katara Art Center featuring a collaboration between VCUQatar’s MFA Design Studies students and students from Fabrica in a glass-blowing workshop to create a collection of “hybrid” objects: pieces that mixed and matched Middle Eastern and Western influences, shapes, and functions.