Season Program - Fall 2023: Earthly Joys

Season Program

Fall 2023: Earthly Joys

24 September 2023 - 21 December 2023

The Fall 2023 program promises a diverse range of interactive environmentally-conscious workshops, guided nature walks, insightful talks and discussions with environmental experts, craft-based experiments that explore local materials, a film festival focused on climate-related works, home-cooking sessions, and other special events designed to preserve and celebrate our planet. 

Running in tandem with the Fall 2023 program are two major exhibitions featuring the work of emerging and established artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. The exhibitions, Asma Belhamar: Solid Void and Nine Nodes for Non-Being, curated by Ritika Biswas, focus on the environment from two different perspectives: the history of the UAE’s built environment and philosophical approaches to ways of existing more equitably within the ongoing crisis. 

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Workshops - Performance Co/Lab

Workshops

Performance Co/Lab

8 October 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.

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Workshops - Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

Workshops

Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

14 October 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Colorful Leaps is back! Join us for an exciting adventure where we learn about the stories of UAE-based artists.

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Workshops - Jamming Session: Sudanese Flavors with Sarrah & Amat

Workshops

Jamming Session: Sudanese Flavors with Sarrah & Amat

14 October 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Jamming Sessions: Homecooking Series is a series of workshops led by UAE’s home chefs! Join us as family duos teach participants their traditional recipes as handed down through their relatives. Each session will be accompanied by a playlist that sets the scene of a home kitchen.

 

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Exhibitions - Asma Belhamar: Solid Void

Exhibitions

Asma Belhamar: Solid Void

22 October 2023 - 31 December 2023

In this new solo exhibition, artist Asma Belhamar presents works inspired by the UAE’s architectural history. The structure captures the tensions between shifting natural geographies and dynamic urban environments, resulting in a sensitive technical approach to the fusion of form. The exhibition is footnoted by the artist’s reflections on culture and national identity in flux.

Belhamar is a participant in the 2023 cycle of the 421 Artistic Development Program. The program is organized in partnership with The Institute for Emerging Art. 

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Exhibitions - Nine Nodes of Non-Being

Exhibitions

Nine Nodes of Non-Being

22 October 2023 - 31 December 2023

Nine Nodes of Non-Being is a group exhibition presenting works by nine emerging and established artists, thinkers, filmmakers, and researchers from East, South, Southeast Asia, the MENA region and South America. It conceives of climate-related extinction through various states of negation and excess emerging from each of the nine artistic nodes to examine ways of existing more equitably within our ongoing crises. 

Nine Nodes of Non-Being is curated by Ritika Biswas and emerged from a year-long journey as part of the 421 Curatorial Development Exhibition Program in collaboration with The Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR).  

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Workshops - Jamming Session: Ice Cream Alchemy with Anant & Rihab

Workshops

Jamming Session: Ice Cream Alchemy with Anant & Rihab

28 October 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

‘Jamming Sessions’ is a workshop series led by UAE’s home chefs. Each session features a duo who teach participants their traditional recipes as handed down through their relatives. The sessions are accompanied by a playlist that sets the scene of a home kitchen.

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Workshops - Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

Workshops

Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

28 October 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Colorful Leaps is back! Join us for an exciting adventure where we learn about the stories of UAE-based artists.

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Workshops - Performance Co/Lab

Workshops

Performance Co/Lab

29 October 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.

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Registration will open on: 09/29/2023

Film Screenings - Film Festival Weekend  with Cinema Akil

Film Screenings

Film Festival Weekend with Cinema Akil

3 November 2023 - 5 November 2023
5:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Join us for a weekend celebrating regional films that explore the climate crisis. This expansive program includes film screenings, talks, workshops, activations, and family-friendly screenings too.

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Workshops - Cli-Fi Short Films: Crafting your own Climatic Reality

Workshops

Cli-Fi Short Films: Crafting your own Climatic Reality

3 November 2023
4:00 PM - 6:45 PM

Join us for a workshop guided by Greener Screens instructors, Bassam Alassad and Abeer Bayazidi. Let your creative juices flow as you're invited to develop your own cli-fi masterpiece, created only with your trusty smartphone and the environment around you.

 

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Culture Buses - Culture Bus: Dubai Design Week & Downtown Design

Culture Buses

Culture Bus: Dubai Design Week & Downtown Design

11 November 2023
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Our Culture Bus trips are back!

We are ready to take you to the Ninth Edition of Dubai Design Week.

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Workshops - Foraging the Mina with Shereen Saif

Workshops

Foraging the Mina with Shereen Saif

11 November 2023
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Join performance artist Shereen Saif on a public walk and performance that explores Mina Zayed’s biodiverse ecosystem. 

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Workshops - Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

Workshops

Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

11 November 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Colorful Leaps is back! Join us for an exciting adventure where we learn about the stories of UAE-based artists.

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Workshops - Performance Co/Lab

Workshops

Performance Co/Lab

11 November 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.

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Registration will open on: 10/21/2023

Culture Buses - Culture Bus: Sharjah Architecture Triennial

Culture Buses

Culture Bus: Sharjah Architecture Triennial

12 November 2023
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM

The 421 Culture Bus is back and we are  ready to take you on a guided journey through Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023! 

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Special Events - The Material Library: Alternative Perspectives on Ecological Engagement

Special Events

The Material Library: Alternative Perspectives on Ecological Engagement

18 November 2023

The Material Library is a one-day event that brings together UAE-based thinkers, creative practitioners, academics, and designers to present research around alternative and new ecological practices.

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Special Events - Designers’ Soirée: Autumn Hues

Special Events

Designers’ Soirée: Autumn Hues

19 November 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join us at 421’s first-ever Designers’ Soiree! 

Designer and curator Ghassan Salameh will be leading this event, which is dedicated to designers working across various disciplines to learn from each other and connect over food, music and art. 

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Culture Buses - Culture Bus: Al Qattara Neighborhood

Culture Buses

Culture Bus: Al Qattara Neighborhood

19 November 2023
12 PM - 8:30 PM

The 421 Culture Bus is back and we are  ready to take you to Al Ain on a guided journey through Al Qattara neighborhood just in time for The Traditional Handicrafts Festival!

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Culture Buses - Culture Bus: Down to Earth & Focal Point

Culture Buses

Culture Bus: Down to Earth & Focal Point

26 November 2023
12:00 PM - 8:45 PM

The 421 Culture Bus is back and we are  ready to take you on a guided journey to Art Jameel for ‘Down to Earth’, UAE’s annual festival celebrating all things green and 'Focal Point' art book fair at Sharjah Art Foundation.

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Workshops - Performance Co/Lab

Workshops

Performance Co/Lab

3 December 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.

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Registration will open on: 11/12/2023

Short Courses - The Artist Toolkit: Strategies for Applying to Open Calls

Short Courses

The Artist Toolkit: Strategies for Applying to Open Calls

8 December 2023 - 10 December 2023

This in-person three-day course addresses the challenges artists and creative practitioners face when applying for open calls, grants, and other career opportunities. In the session, instructor Jolaine Frizzell  introduces strategies on how to find and apply for the right opportunities for your career, and best practices when it comes to application writing.

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Special Events - Crafting Connections: An Artisanal Majlis

Special Events

Crafting Connections: An Artisanal Majlis

9 December 2023
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Join us for a day of workshops celebrating artisanal and traditional crafts. Organized in collaboration with UAE-based entities championing heritage crafts, this program features workshops that delve into creative practices deeply rooted in the UAE.  

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Workshops - Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

Workshops

Colorful Leaps with Early Starters

9 December 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Colorful Leaps is back! Join us for an exciting adventure where we learn about the stories of UAE-based artists.

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Workshops - Fragments of Mina: An Assemblage Workshop

Workshops

Fragments of Mina: An Assemblage Workshop

10 December 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join us as we breathe new life into found objects at the Mina!

This two-phase workshop first explores the urban spaces of Mina Zayed through guided walks that talk about preserving the area around us while collecting found objects. It then takes you back to the drawing board to create mixed media artworks.

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Workshops - Performance Co/Lab

Workshops

Performance Co/Lab

17 December 2023
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.

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Registration will open on: 11/26/2023