{"id":68618,"date":"2026-04-17T14:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=68618"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:22:12","slug":"alserkal-art-month-weekend-1-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/alserkal-art-month-weekend-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alserkal Art Month: weekend 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the schedule for the first Sunday of Alserkal Avenue’s Art Month<\/strong><\/a> (18 April to 19 May):<\/p>\n

3-4pm<\/strong> Project Space<\/em> KIDS’ WORKSHOP<\/strong><\/span> Animal Comic Creations
\n<\/strong>Participants (aged 7+) design their own comic-style story, inspired by an animal of their choice featured in Qudwati, a publication by Zayed National Museum<\/p>\n

4-5pm<\/strong> Common Room<\/em> CONVERSATION<\/strong><\/span> From Symbols To Stories<\/strong>
\nNassra Al Buainain from Zayed National Museum discusses the way that historical art \u2014 from symbols and motifs to colours and patterns \u2014 offers insight into how past societies in the Arabian Peninsula understood their world<\/p>\n

4pm <\/strong>start at The Yard<\/em> TOUR<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Guided Galleries Tour<\/strong>
\nIndependent curator Shannon Ayers Holden (who’s also Associate Director of Community Relations at Alserkal Avenue) leads a curated tour through selected Alserkal galleries<\/p>\n

5pm<\/strong>\u00a0start at The Yard<\/em> TOUR<\/strong><\/span> Slow Art Walk
\n<\/strong>Researcher and archivist Faris Shomali leads a tour of three selected galleries that offers an alternative way to engage with art, “taking the time to slow down and reflect rather than rushing to unpack or understand”<\/p>\n

5.30pm<\/strong> Firetti Contemporary<\/em> PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/span> Khozema Al Aaed: Deeper Than You Know<\/strong>
\nA “performative installation” by Khozema Al Aaed (whose current show at Firetti has just ended) is an extension of his Maps & Cities Series. Al Aaed’s practice explores surfaces\u00a0 \u2013 particularly that of the city \u2013 as living entities that bear the traces of human passage, “where geography is reread as an emotional and mnemonic space rather than a purely architectural structure”<\/p>\n

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