• Storytelling Sunday with Suzy Sikorski

    Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse 101, Al Quoz 2, Dubai

    As part of the programme for Press Print!, the gallery's current show, Aisha Alabar is hosting a session with Suzy Sikorski of Mid East Art, "a digital storytelling platform of art and culture of the Middle East region that focuses [ ... ]

    Free
  • Silent Objects | An Interactive Storytelling Session by Shereen Saif

    Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

    Taking as its point of departure a folktale that inspired Sudarshan Shetty’s artwork ‘A Song A Story’, Shereen Saif's workshop invites participants to uncover stories layered in everyday objects. Touching on history, memory and silences, the workshop is a companion [ ... ]

    Free but pre-register
  • Workshop: Emel Mathlouthi – Music Matters

    The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Emel Mathlouthi, the Tunisian songwriter, composer, guitarist, and singer, is in Abu Dhabi for a concert at the weekend. In this interactive workshop for local musicians and songwriters she aims to explore the importance of music as an act of [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Workshop: Dina El Wedidi – The Creative Blocks of Music

    The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Dina El Wedidi shares a bill at The Arts Center this weekend with Samora Pinderhughes, but is also leading this workshop which aims to explore the relationship between music, self, common struggles, and more. Working with the idea that music [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Writing Workshop | Object Lessons: Bad Diaspora Poems

    Alserkal Arts Foundation Warehouse 50/51, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

    Led by poet and researcher Momtaza Mehri, this writing workshop traces what diaspora means as a space of both collectivity and tension. Paryicipants are invited to "write around, and through, objects that represent the inward facing, closely-held relationship we have [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Art Expression Workshop

    BFAF Culture District, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    This workshop, led by the Guatemalan artist and art therapist Emilie Dubois, promises "a transformative journey towards self-discovery and emotional expression" based on colour mapping – participants assign vibrant colours to elements that bring them joy, "visually mapping their sources [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Untamed Pages II

    Alserkal Arts Foundation Warehouse 50/51, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

    The second in a series of playwriting workshop for writers, artists and performers. Playwright and artist Rebecca Crookshank invites participants to create a scene structured around the rituals of a dinner; "through playful experimentation building on the shared celebration of [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Improv Comedy Workshop

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Improvisation is the art of thinking on your feet, and while it’s an essential tool for performers who get involved with audience interaction it’s useful more generally for verbal and physical communication and team collaboration. This workshop, billed as part [ ... ]

    AED 50
  • Improv Comedy Workshop

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    A second improv workshop, billed as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week, that focuses on the nuts and bolts of improvisational comedy, short-form games, and exercises you can take away; it’s open to all levels (min age 15) and is [ ... ]

    AED 50
  • Performance Co/Lab

    421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    An open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices: participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques. Each session will introduce new and unique exercises [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Closing Program: Spring 2024 Exhibitions

    421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Most exhibitions open with a bang and close with much less fanfare, so 421 is to be commended for marking the end of its current shows – Mona Ayyash: The Clock Doesn’t Care and On a Timeline: 2024 MFA Graduate [ ... ]

    Free
  • Performance Co/Lab

    421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    An ongoing programme of performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques aimed at "performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Instructors are multidisciplinary theatre artist and game designer Carlos Páez [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • L’ÉCOLE Middle East: Public Open Day

    L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    A Public Open Day at L’ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts as part of Dubai Design Week. Expect tasters and demonstrations of the jewellery and gemstone courses, kids workshops, guided tours and other activities – and the new exhibition [ ... ]