Past

Macadi Nahhas Puppetry Residency

Date: Tuesday 19 Jan, 2016 - Friday 19 Feb, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Heart of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Renowned Jordanian singer-songwriter Macadi Nahhas will be participating in a number of workshops and performances from 17th January - 19th February 2016 as part of her puppetry residency at the Heart of Sharjah. The planned activities will culminate in a...

Lead generation on Facebook

Date: Sunday 17 Jan, 2016 - Sunday 17 Jan, 2016
Time: 06:00 p.m. - 06:45 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Here’s what we’ll be covering in this workshop. How to reach out to individuals who will most likely become your followers. How to generate quality leads month after month using Facebook with targeted strategies, ads and funnels. How to use tools like...

Stamp Printing on Fabric

Date: Sunday 17 Jan, 2016 - Sunday 17 Jan, 2016
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

In this workshop, participants will learn to make stamps that express their own unique artistic vision. The session will focus on the process of making stamps and the ways it can be transferred to the fabric. Participants will learn how...

Brand yourself on Instagram

Date: Saturday 16 Jan, 2016 - Saturday 16 Jan, 2016
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Learn how to build and enhance your personal brand on Instagram. 1 hour workshop will teach you how to create an effective social media strategy, show you the best techniques to connect with your audience, and also discuss case studies...

The Social Infraculture

Date: Saturday 16 Jan, 2016 - Sunday 17 Jan, 2016
Time: 03:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

1971 — Design Space will be hosting a two-day Social Media Forum titled “The Social Infraculture” on 16 and 17 January 2016. The event, will feature workshops, talks and panel discussions focusing on the role of social media in creative industry and...

Origami Workshop

Date: Tuesday 12 Jan, 2016 - Tuesday 12 Jan, 2016
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Age Range: 6-11 years old  This workshop will teach kids about the traditional Japanese art of origami. Folding and having fun with paper helps kids of all ages improves manual dexterity and concentration skills, and to explore the limits of...

Geometric design and calligraphy on gold leaf

Date: Tuesday 05 Jan, 2016 - Tuesday 05 Jan, 2016
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets by goldbeating and is often used for gilding. Gold leafing (gold-leaf gilding) is the process of layering very thin sheets of gold (or imitation gold) onto a specially prepared...

FUNNTASTIC Winter Camp: Stop Motion Workshop

Date: Sunday 03 Jan, 2016 - Thursday 07 Jan, 2016
Time: 09:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

FUNN an organization established by Sharjah government (under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah) to promote and support Media Art (anime, Film making, graphic design etc) for young children...

Open Call for Presenters specialising in Social Media for PechaKucha Night SHJ Vol. 8

Date: Sunday 27 Dec, 2015 - Thursday 07 Jan, 2016
Time: 10:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Because Good Ideas Need To Be Shared! The upcoming PechaKucha Night Vol. 8, hosted by 1971 – Design Space, will take place on Saturday, 16 January, 2016, and we are looking for presenters who are specialists in social media to...

Bookbinding: Simplified

Date: Sunday 20 Dec, 2015 - Sunday 20 Dec, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

#paper, #bookbinding, #notebooks, #recycled,#stitch, #sketchbooks If you occasionally search these words just for fun, you want to come to this workshop. Using paper and household items, learn how to create recycledhand-bound notebooks. These one-section notebooks are simple enough to finish...

Fashion and Film: Deconstructing the Relationship

Date: Saturday 19 Dec, 2015 - Saturday 19 Dec, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 09:00 p.m.
Venue: A4, Screening Room, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

In collaboration with Cinema Akil, a participant in the genre of fashion  film at the exhibition De.fash.struction this talk explores the definitions, styles and influences of the fashion film – a form which emerged on the world stage in 2009....

Blindfold Yoga Movement Workshop with Oak Jungho

Date: Wednesday 16 Dec, 2015 - Wednesday 16 Dec, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Join our artist-in-residence from South Korea, Oak Jungho in this performance workshop. When we wear a blindfold we can concentrate more on our body and how it feels to move it. In a collaborative setting, the artist invites participants to...

De.Fash.Struction x Bidwa

Date: Thursday 10 Dec, 2015 - Thursday 10 Dec, 2015
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

1971- Design Space will be hosting an event with Bidwa, an entity under the Sharjah Business Women Council, where you can learn more about the project which Bidwa worked on with an artisan based in Dibba Al Hissn and designers...

Story Book Workshop

Date: Monday 07 Dec, 2015 - Monday 07 Dec, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

This workshop is for children who have always thought they’d like to illustrate a book but didn’t know where or how to start. This workshop is designed to give students a taste of how picture books for 3-7 year olds...

Durar

Date: Sunday 06 Dec, 2015 - Thursday 10 Dec, 2015
Time: 12:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Venue: Espacio Espana in Algeria and La Maison Des Arts in Tunisia

Maraya Art Centre and 1971 — Design Space are scheduled to take part in this year's Durar programme in Algeria and Tunisia. The Durar Programme, developed by Creative Dialogue Association (CDA), has been set up to foster creativity and technical...

De-constructing De.Fash.Struction : Talk No.1

Date: Tuesday 24 Nov, 2015 - Tuesday 24 Nov, 2015
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

De-constructing De.Fash.Struction : Talk No.1 Moderated by May Barber   A series of moderated talks with the aim of opening a dialogue among the designers of Defashtruction to address their approach in juxtaposing two different subjects; Heritage and Deconstruction to...

Soccer Robot Workshop

Date: Monday 23 Nov, 2015 - Monday 23 Nov, 2015
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

In celebration of UAE Innovation Week, Maraya Art Centre will be hosting fun and unique workshops based onthe latest technologies used by children. In this workshop, children will learn how to build and program small robots out of LEGO, small...

Geometric Design and Calligraphy on Gold Leaf

Date: Sunday 22 Nov, 2015 - Sunday 22 Nov, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets by goldbeating and is often used for gilding. Gold leafing (gold-leaf gilding) is the process of layering very thin sheets of gold (or imitation gold) onto a specially prepared...

Colorbug Workshop for Children

Date: Sunday 22 Nov, 2015 - Sunday 22 Nov, 2015
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

In celebration of UAE Innovation Week, Maraya Art Centre will be hosting fun and unique workshops based onthe latest technologies used by children.  Colorbug is an interactive activity book that is brought to life with augmented reality magic through the...

UAE Innovation Week

Date: Sunday 22 Nov, 2015 - Saturday 28 Nov, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Maraya Art Centre will be participating in the U.A.E Innovation Week 2015 from November 22-28, 2015. The Centre events will be part of the 800 plus events that will be ongoing across the UAE in celebration of the Innovation Week 2015, cultivating...

Abu Dhabi Art 2015

Date: Wednesday 18 Nov, 2015 - Saturday 21 Nov, 2015
Time: 12:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Venue: Abu Dhabi Art Community, Abu Dhabi Art, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Maraya Art Centre will be participating at the seventh addition of  Abu Dhabi Art  and will be located within the  Abu Dhabi Art Community highlighting its latest initiatives alongside other non-profit creative organizations from the U.A.E. Maraya's booth will be...

Secret Cinema at "Alserkal Avenue" and "Abu Dhabi Art"

Date: Wednesday 18 Nov, 2015 - Saturday 21 Nov, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m.
Venue: ‘A4’ in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE ‘Abu Dhabi Art’, Manarat Al Saadiyat, UAE

‘Secret Cinema’ film screening travelling to: ‘A4’ in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE Saturday, 21 November, 4-5.30 pm ‘Abu Dhabi Art’, Manarat Al Saadiyat, UAE 18-21 November, during opening hours   ‘[ana] please keep your eyes closed for a moment’ is...

Aboriginal Art for Children

Date: Monday 16 Nov, 2015 - Monday 16 Nov, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Australian Aboriginal culture is rooted in storytelling. Especially the Dreamtime stories which explain the origins of their environment, the landscape, the plants and animals. The visual expression of these stories into paintings and design is unique. The famous dot painting...

“Islamopolitan” in Nuqat Creative Conference

Date: Thursday 12 Nov, 2015 - Wednesday 18 Nov, 2015
Time: 12:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Venue: CAP Kuwait, as part of Nuqat 2015 program

1971 — Design Space will be participating in Nuqat, a non-profit organisation based in Kuwait City that provides training programmes, lectures and cultural entertainment. The design space will be showcasing  “Islamopolitan” exhibition . This show sheds the light on the...

Imitation Game

Date: Wednesday 11 Nov, 2015 - Wednesday 11 Nov, 2015
Time: 07:30 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Park, Al Majaz Waterfront, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Artist Tour and Panel Discussion: 6:30 p.m.   Curated by: Dr. Alexandra MacGilp Artists: Fayçal Baghriche / Nick Ferguson / Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez / Sonja Gerdes / Ludovica Gioscia / Hans Rosenström / Kim Schoen Imitation Game is an exhibition...

"Artist Talk" by Dr. Nick Ferguson

Date: Monday 09 Nov, 2015 - Monday 09 Nov, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre

Join us for an artist talk by Dr. Nick Ferguson from Richmond, the American International University in London. He will discuss his new outdoor commission Futuro Estate in Imitation Game. Futuro Estate extends the artist’s research into political histories of the...

Secret Cinema Screening in Sharjah and Shangahi

Date: Saturday 31 Oct, 2015 - Saturday 02 Jan, 2016
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Al Qasba, Block (B), Second Floor, Masrah Al Qasba - Theatre And Chronus Art Center, Bldg18, NO.50 Moganshan Rd, Shanghai, China

5:00 p.m. Al Qasba Block (B), Second Floor Masrah Al Qasba - Theatre   2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Chronus Art Center Bldg18, NO.50 Moganshan Rd Shanghai, China   Darkness seems to isolate us from the world, but it also has...

Fabricating culture, curating identity

Date: Friday 23 Oct, 2015 - Friday 23 Oct, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: JKTL Nash Lecture Theatre

Fabricating culture, curating identity Issues of cultural identity and representation are highly debated topics at the moment. This is more so in societies with a diverse and migrant-rich population where cultural identity is far from being a singular concept or a unified entity. Increasingly, ‘curators’ are performing a...

[ana] please keep your eyes closed for a moment

Date: Wednesday 21 Oct, 2015 - Wednesday 21 Oct, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Participating Artists: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982), Hong Soun, Young In Hong, Hyojin Jeong, Gayoung Jun, Ingeun Kim, Juyeon Kim,Yeesookyung, Sujin Lee, Ghada Da. Secret Cinema: Sojung Jun, Ayoung Kim, Ingeun Kim(Red Carpet Spirit), Hyun Mi Yoo. [ana]  please keep your eyes closed for a...

Walls and Margins

Date: Wednesday 21 Oct, 2015 - Wednesday 21 Oct, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Barjeel Art Foundation Maraya Art Centre Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

'Walls and Margins' looks at works of art, which tackle the effects and consequences of established barriers, both physical and ideological. Such obstacles often lead to the exclusion from conventional society of various subcultures, minorities, and groups that deviate from...

Cut-Out Puppets

Date: Tuesday 20 Oct, 2015 - Tuesday 20 Oct, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The exquisite corpse was an exercise practiced by the surrealists in the spirit of collaboration between artists. One artist would start a drawing on a folded sheet of paper, only to pass it on to another artist who would then...

Embroidery Workshop for Adults

Date: Monday 12 Oct, 2015 - Monday 12 Oct, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

This workshop will teach participants some techniques such as gold Wire on toile and zari. Gold wire on toile is a kind of Emirati embroidery .It uses 22 karat gold wire and we usually use this technique on toile also...

DE.FASH.STRUCTION - Telling Stories Through Fashion

Date: Wednesday 07 Oct, 2015 - Wednesday 07 Oct, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The designers in De.Fash.Struction explore ways of documenting the United Arab Emirates' rich cultural heritage and modern references through the medium of contemporary fashion. They employ the techniques of deconstruction in their newly commissioned projects for this exhibition. The exhibited...

Visual Storytelling Workshop

Date: Tuesday 06 Oct, 2015 - Tuesday 06 Oct, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), Third Floor (Maraya Art Gallery)

Art Jameel Photography Award: Visual Storytelling Workshop In collaboration with the Art Jameel Photography Award, Maraya Art Centre is hosting a photography workshop with Mobipix, UAE’s first Mobile Photography Community, founder Reem Saeed, who will host a photo walk in Al...

Clay-Cartoon Character Making

Date: Monday 05 Oct, 2015 - Monday 05 Oct, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In this hands-on workshop, children are taught using a step-by-step process from inception to the finished piece. Participants learn to sculpt and paint some of their favorite cartoon characters, as well as learn how to make the 3-dimensional houses they live...

Create a Doll with Dumyé

Date: Saturday 03 Oct, 2015 - Saturday 03 Oct, 2015
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

This workshop is not only fun, it’s meaningful. The children will explore fabrics, exercise creative thinking, develop their design skills, learn basic sewing techniques and walk away with a doll they have designed and created themselves. Best of all for...

Last Minute illustrations

Date: Tuesday 29 Sep, 2015 - Tuesday 29 Sep, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m. - 08:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The workshop will facilitate an easy process for transforming a basic tracing into an illustration for those last minute illustration demands. The workshop participants will be required to search for an image, or one can be provided for them. The...

"Garden After" Spoken Word and Oud Performance

Date: Sunday 27 Sep, 2015 - Sunday 27 Sep, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The garden is geometry. How can poetry fill a garden? Sound waves in a space. Cyan not green.  Can you be both in the garden and the garden itself?  Join us for a spoken word and oud performance by Farah...

Photography Workshop with Alia Al Shamsi

Date: Saturday 19 Sep, 2015 - Saturday 19 Sep, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Art Jameel Photography Award: Photography Workshop with Alia Al Shamsi  Alia Al Shamsi is a photographer based in Dubai, UAE. She has taught Photography at the American University of Sharjah and often gives workshop across the UAE and GCC. She has...

A Burgeoning Collection

Date: Wednesday 16 Sep, 2015 - Wednesday 16 Sep, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), Third Floor (Maraya Art Gallery)

This exhibition will present selected works of contemporary art and design from the Maraya Art Centre collection, including new acquisitions. It will include works by thirty artists and designers who are Emirati, UAE-based or from the wider Gulf area. The...

Mono Print Workshop for Children

Date: Monday 14 Sep, 2015 - Monday 14 Sep, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Monotype is a single printing of an image incapable of being identically printed again; the most common technique involves painting or rolling an image on glass or metal. Mono print is when just one impression is taken no matter what...

Painting Calligraphy Workshop

Date: Tuesday 08 Sep, 2015 - Tuesday 08 Sep, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Participants will learn the skillful art of calligraphy, its different styles and uses. Experiment with a variety mediums such as watercolor and acrylic to create your own masterpieces abstracting the Arabic alphabet into works of art. They will learn about...

Jewelry design for Children

Date: Monday 07 Sep, 2015 - Monday 07 Sep, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In this thoroughly enjoyable workshop children will focus on creativity, discovering their own inner world and talents through experimentation. Children will complete a design that they can wear and take home that day. What else will students learn ? How to...

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“Warsheh” Arabic Writing Workshop

Date: Saturday 05 Sep, 2015 - Saturday 30 Jan, 2016
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

After having attended “The Other Writers ’Group”in Paris, Farah Chamma was inspired to start a similar writing workshop in Arabic. “Warsheh” will focus on the link between personal writing and collective criticism and address the subject of how a text...

Glass Painting for Children

Date: Monday 31 Aug, 2015 - Monday 31 Aug, 2015
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In this workshop children will learn techniquesfor letter inscription and 3-dimensional shapes and creating textures. They will also learn about monotone paints, matte and blending techniques as well as tracing and silver staining of glass.   To register please contact...

Mosaic Art for Children

Date: Sunday 23 Aug, 2015 - Sunday 23 Aug, 2015
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Students will be acquainted with the materials used in ancient and Byzantine mosaics to create a modern interpretation of classical mosaic design .We will explore mosaics from a classical and historical perspective. The session will begin with a review of...

Stamp Making for Fabric Design

Date: Wednesday 19 Aug, 2015 - Wednesday 19 Aug, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Have you ever wanted to use stamps in the creation of your fabric or textile art? Then it's time to make your own! You CAN make stamps that express your own unique artistic vision. In this workshop we will focus...

Sun Printing

Date: Saturday 15 Aug, 2015 - Saturday 15 Aug, 2015
Time: 03:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In this workshop, participants will learn how to produce textile prints using the sun and local plants that grow in the UAE desert. Participants will learn a new textile dying technique that uses a light sensitive dye to capture the...

Maraya Community Renovation

Date: Monday 10 Aug, 2015 - Saturday 31 Oct, 2015
Time: 12:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Community

Sorry we are closing the Maraya community but Only to re-open shortly with a newly designed space that will cater better to how you would like to spend your time at the centre. The new space will be designed so...

Silk Painting for Children

Date: Sunday 09 Aug, 2015 - Sunday 09 Aug, 2015
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Students will learn how to draw their outline set, after which they will be instructed in how to properly apply the paint to the silk. They will also learn key techniques on how to prepare the silk itself for painting...

Painting Nature with Watercolor

Date: Wednesday 05 Aug, 2015 - Wednesday 05 Aug, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Watercolor is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigment suspended in a water-soluble vehicle. The term "watercolor" refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. In this workshop participants will learn different techniques of watercolor...

6th Annual Art Jameel Photography Award

Date: Monday 20 Jul, 2015 - Thursday 31 Dec, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre

6th Annual Art Jameel Photography Award   Maraya Art Centre has joined up with Art Jameel in support of the 6th 'Art Jameel Photography Award' (AJPA). Acting as Art Jameel's U.A.E. partner, Maraya Art Centre will work continuously over the...

Claymation For Children

Date: Monday 13 Jul, 2015 - Monday 13 Jul, 2015
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Claymation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable"—made of a malleable substance, usually clay. Students will learn the basics of stop-motion animation in this project-based workshop. Groups design their...

3D Jungle Collage

Date: Wednesday 08 Jul, 2015 - Wednesday 08 Jul, 2015
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Through the step by step tasks, children will get to learn and understand the flow and importance of different stages in the making of a complete artwork. This is also a workshop that trains precision and composition skills. Participants will...

Ramadan Film Night

Date: Tuesday 07 Jul, 2015 - Tuesday 07 Jul, 2015
Time: 09:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In light of the holy month of Ramadan, Maraya Art Centre has teamed up with the Dubai International Film Festival to bring you a selection of films that were produced in the U.A.E. and Kuwait, and contain themes that reflect...

Mask making inspired by animals

Date: Wednesday 24 Jun, 2015 - Wednesday 24 Jun, 2015
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The mask making workshop for children will explore how animals and plants are connected in a healthy ecosystem. Children will decorate animal masks, and learn about biodiversity and species endangerment. They will learn about different animals and how to draw...

Art Index 1.0

Date: Monday 15 Jun, 2015 - Monday 15 Jun, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), Third Floor (Maraya Art Gallery)

Curated By: Dr. Alexandra MacGilp Ammar Al Attar presents a series of fifty new portraits of artists and art world figures from across the UAE.The photographer travelled around the country to make portraits of artists, designers, curators, gallerists, collectors and...

PechaKucha Night SHJ Vol. 7

Date: Saturday 13 Jun, 2015 - Saturday 13 Jun, 2015
Time: 08:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Because Good Ideas Need To Be Shared!  Listen out and celebrate to good ideas, initiatives and experiences that will be presented at PKN SHJ this month by inspiring individuals. This event only happens four times a year and promises to...

3Doodler Workshop

Date: Monday 08 Jun, 2015 - Monday 08 Jun, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

1971 - Design Space will host a workshop with the Italian artist Sara Berti to explore the techniques and potential of 3D drawing using the 3Doodler pen – the world's first 3D printing pen. This tool allows its users to...

Marble Painting Workshop for Children

Date: Monday 08 Jun, 2015 - Monday 08 Jun, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In this fun-filled workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn the astonishing intricacy of the ancient art of marbling, and how to use different techniques in experimenting with a range of materials, colours and papers in order to create...

3Doodler Workshop

Date: Sunday 07 Jun, 2015 - Sunday 07 Jun, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

1971 - Design Space will host a workshop with the Italian artist Sara Berti to explore the techniques and potential of 3D drawing using the 3Doodler pen – the world's first 3D printing pen. This tool allows its users to...

PechaKucha Night SHJ Vol. 7

Date: Saturday 30 May, 2015
Time: 08:20 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Because Good Ideas Need To Be Shared!   Open Call for Presenters – Think Green!  Pecha Kucha Night in Sharjah offers the ideal public space for your ideas in a creative yet cozy setting. PK Nights is the perfect private sphere...

A Model Studio: By Fari Bradley and Chris Weaver

Date: Sunday 24 May, 2015 - Monday 30 Nov, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

'A Model Studio' was conceived of by sound artists Fari Bradley and Chris Weaver as a space for creativity  where improvisation is encouraged. The studio was created for their solo exhibition 'Systems for a Score' at Tashkeel, Dubai, January 2015,...

Arabesque Stencil Painting on Fabric

Date: Monday 18 May, 2015 - Monday 18 May, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

In this workshop participants will learn how to create their own exquisite Arabesque stencils on sheets of paper or plastic, and how to use them to make their own dazzling designs. Arabesque is an elegant form of popular artistic decoration....

Smart City or Smart Citizen: Collaborative Prototyping with Urbacraft

Date: Sunday 17 May, 2015 - Monday 18 May, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2-day workshop with urbacraft The City Crafting System™ Open to design, urbanism, and architecture students and professionals. Capacity: 12 NOTE: BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOPS, AND MANY DIGITAL PHOTOS OF ANY INTERIOR ELEVATIONS OR EXTERIOR FACADES YOU LIKE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED...

Build Your Own City with urbacraft

Date: Saturday 16 May, 2015 - Saturday 16 May, 2015
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space, The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Family workshop by urbacraft The City Crafting System™ Age Range: 7 – 15 years (if you’re under 14, bring your favorite adult with you!) Capacity: 8 (excluding adults) NOTE: BRING SOME DIGITAL PHOTOS OF ANY SPACE(S) INSIDE YOUR HOUSE OR...

Conceptual Photography Workshop

Date: Tuesday 12 May, 2015 - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
Time: 06:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah’s innovative contemporary visual arts hub, in conjunction with Mobipix, an inventive movement that promotes creative mobile and digital photography, will host an assortment of first-rate photography workshops for adults, starting on 17 February 2015, over the...

Wayfinding Design Principles

Date: Monday 11 May, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 – Design Space

Looking at best practices and design principles for navigation/wayfinding design We believe that a great wayfinding system can seamlessly complement any architectural project, and now there is a great opportunity when it comes to clear and cohesive wayfinding design systems...

Wire Sculpture Workshop for Children

Date: Monday 04 May, 2015 - Monday 04 May, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Sculpting with wire is exciting: it’s similar to drawing, but using all three dimensions.   In the wire sculpture workshop for children, participants will be introduced to many different types of wire whilst learning the fascinating art of wire manipulation....

Interface Design Principles

Date: Tuesday 28 Apr, 2015 - Tuesday 28 Apr, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 09:00 p.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

To have a winning interface design, you must take into account certain principles to improve the quality of the user interface. These principles are based on structure, simplicity, visibility, feedback, tolerance, and reuse. Together we will navigate the basics of...

T-Shirt Design & Creation Using Screen Printing

Date: Monday 20 Apr, 2015 - Monday 20 Apr, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Participants will design and create T-shirts by first drawing a basic illustration, cutting it into a stencil, and then using screen printing to transfer the design onto the shirt with paint.  After completing the workshop, each student will have a...

The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award 2015 for Creative Sculpture, Keswa

Date: Sunday 19 Apr, 2015 - Thursday 30 Apr, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Venue: 1971 - Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award, under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Shamsa Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan, was presented last night by New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Institute in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF)....

Open Mic: Slam Poetry, Song-writing & Interactive Word Games

Date: Sunday 19 Apr, 2015 - Sunday 19 Apr, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

This workshop will focus on collective song writing through the mediums of slam poetry and spoken word.  Students will learn about song structure, the fundamentals of lyric writing using rhyme, and artistic expression through fun activities like interactive spoken word...

Product Photography Workshop

Date: Wednesday 15 Apr, 2015 - Wednesday 15 Apr, 2015
Time: 06:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A beginner and intermediate level workshop for adults, the Product Photography Class will be taught by professional cinematographer and photographer Wadah Al Musafir. Product Photography is a chapter of commercial photography that deals with representing a product in an accurate...

Handmade Paper Workshop for Children

Date: Monday 13 Apr, 2015 - Monday 13 Apr, 2015
Time: 05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Fun, innovative, educational, and environment-friendly, this handmade paper workshop will appeal to children of all ages.   The workshop will cover the traditional art of papermaking and much more. The young participants can bring a variety of their own recyclable...

Mobile Photography Walk

Date: Wednesday 08 Apr, 2015 - Wednesday 08 Apr, 2015
Time: 06:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The array of workshops will be brought into being by the same team that organised the highly successful  #sharjah1000 campaign, a 2014 community outreach initiative conceived by Reem Saeed, passionate social photographer and founder of MobipixUAE. The #sharjah1000 movement challenged...

Ibn Al-Haytham and the Renaissance

Date: Tuesday 07 Apr, 2015 - Tuesday 07 Apr, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Park Al Majaz Waterfront Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

This talk will uncover the important and decisive contribution that Ibn al Haytham, one of the greatest Islamic scientists, made to the development of Renaissance art in Europe. Coming from his life story and achievements, it will chart the transition...

“How to Write a Book in 40 Hours” with Getrude Matshe, International Book Writing Coach

Date: Saturday 04 Apr, 2015 - Saturday 04 Apr, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 08:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, First Floor (The Community) Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Did you know that the richest places in the world are graveyards?They are full of people who had brilliant ideas and amazing stories and they didn’t have the courage to write them down. Do you have a personal story to...

Street Art Stencil-making workshop with Azeri artist Samir Salahov

Date: Wednesday 01 Apr, 2015 - Wednesday 01 Apr, 2015
Time: 06:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Park Al Majaz Waterfront Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Street Art Stencil-making workshop with Azeri artist Samir Salahov    Wednesday 1 April, 2015 6:00 p.m. Design your own 1 or 2 color cardboard stencil with Maraya’s artist is residence Samir Salahiov who is visiting from Baku, Azerbijan in collaboration...

Silk Painting Workshop for Adults

Date: Monday 23 Mar, 2015 - Monday 23 Mar, 2015
Time: 06:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Traditionally known as a painting genre of Asia, silk painting is a delicate, graceful and gratifying process. Participants will learn how to draw their outline set, after which they’ll be instructed in how to properly apply the paint to the...

Street Photography Workshop

Date: Saturday 14 Mar, 2015 - Saturday 14 Mar, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Sharjah’s innovative contemporary visual arts hub, Maraya Art Centre, in collaboration with Mobipix, an inventive movement that promotes creative digital and mobile photography, will initiate a range of state-of-the-art photography workshops for adults, starting on 17 February 2015, over the...

Accented Curated by Murtaza Vali

Date: Sunday 01 Mar, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Third Floor (Gallery), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

"Accented" works out from the premise that the accent is an enduring sign or figure of cultural difference in the age of globalization. While the processes of globalization promise homogenization, transparency and translation across cultures, the accent—localized in and expressed...

Design Stories

Date: Monday 23 Feb, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Presenting the fourth edition of Design Days Dubai, Fair Director Cyril Zammit will focus on the market of design and how to start a collection. In 2015, Design Days Dubai will host a record-breaking number of exhibitors from 20 different...

Design Recruitment

Date: Monday 16 Feb, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

A practical guide for designers looking for jobs Landing the ideal job or client is not just about having great examples in your portfolio, it is also about how they are presented. We will look at how to angle your...

Japanese Courses at Maraya Art Centre

Date: Saturday 14 Feb, 2015 - Wednesday 01 Apr, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Maraya Art Centre, the innovative contemporary visual arts hub in Sharjah, will be launching a number of exciting new Japanese language courses. Being organized in association with the UAE-Japan Cultural Centre, the courses will grant both beginners intermediate students the...

Light Painting in Symmetry

Date: Saturday 14 Feb, 2015
Time: 06:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Park, Al Majaz Waterfront

This workshop is an exciting opportunity for aspiring artist to explore the world of painting with light. The workshop will give an in-depth introduction of light painting, from the technical to the artistic, and workshop participants will have the chance...

DIFF Film Night at Maraya

Date: Tuesday 10 Feb, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah's innovative contemporary visual arts hub, will be hosting Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) Film Night on Tuesday the 10th of February 2015 at Maraya Community. The event will showcase 9 outstanding Arabic short-films from around the...

Bead Embroidery Design for Adults

Date: Monday 09 Feb, 2015 - Monday 09 Feb, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (The Community)

Clever, creative and innovative, the bead embroidery workshop will expose aspiring designers to the many different and intriguing embroidery techniques. Artful participants can choose from a sundry selection of diverse materials, such as pearls, Zari, gold and silver thread, and...

InFORMed Verticality

Date: Saturday 31 Jan, 2015 - Tuesday 03 Feb, 2015
Time: 03:00 p.m. - 09:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

InFORMed Verticality is an advanced Grasshopper workshop aims to explore 'data embodiment strategies' to inform the generation of vertical digital morphologies through the integration of specific set of conditions and rules. Participants will explore data processing methodologies of self-organizing processes...

Design Trends

Date: Monday 26 Jan, 2015 - Monday 26 Jan, 2015
Time: 07:00 a.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

A scrapbook of ideas for designing things today. Start off the New Year with an amalgamation of ideas to keep in mind while designing things in 2015. We will look at change around us and discuss influences in design process,...

Randomized One Sheet Comic

Date: Saturday 24 Jan, 2015 - Saturday 24 Jan, 2015
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

FEES: AED 20 This exciting workshop will give aspiring graphic artist the chance to enrich their comic making skills, character design, and story development in a collaborative environment. Random additions and criteria will allow students to practice creating one-sheet comics...

Rag Dolls Making

Date: Wednesday 21 Jan, 2015 - Wednesday 21 Jan, 2015
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

FEES: AED 20 Rag dolls have been around for ages, so long in fact that the British Museum has a collection of Roman rag dolls dating back all the way to the 1st to the 5th century. For millennia these...

Suspended Time

Date: Sunday 18 Jan, 2015
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Al Qasba, Block (B), Second Floor, Masrah Al Qasba – Theatre

Maraya Art Centre is proud to present a screening of nine short films, made by Palestinians living in Palestine and the refugee diaspora, to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1993 Oslo Accords. In 2013, Palestinian production house Idioms Film...

Oshougatsu Event - Japanese Traditional New Year Festivities

Date: Saturday 17 Jan, 2015 - Saturday 17 Jan, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

Celebrate the New Year with Japanese traditional games such as Fukuwarai, Sugoroku, Karuta, and Hagoita organized by Maraya Art Centre and the UAE Japan Cultural Centre. There will also be other fun activities ongoing throughout the morning: Kakizome–Japanese Calligraphy writing...

Tazhib – Discover the Ancient Art of Gilding

Date: Monday 12 Jan, 2015 - Monday 12 Jan, 2015
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

FEES: AED 30 Derived from the Arabic word "zahab" meaning "gold", Tazhib (gilding) is the ancient art of creating beautiful patterns of plants or geometrical shapes to decorate the margins of books. Tazhib has been used throughout the ages to...

Exploring 'Present Design' – A panel discussion

Date: Tuesday 23 Oct, 2012
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Venue: Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Block (E), First Floor (Maraya Community)

The boundaries that traditionally separated 'Design' from 'Art' have become increasingly blurred, with many contemporary designers proudly taking their places as artists in their own right. Featuring graphic artist Zena Adhami, artist/designer Khawla Al Marri, graphic designer Khalid Mezaina and...

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