Arts & Literature
Cirque du Soleil’s Costume – VCUarts Qatar and Qatar National Library
Cirque du Soleil’s Costume Creation Team to Give Talks at VCUarts Qatar and Qatar National Library Highly anticipated Crossing Boundaries lectures will go behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil’s highly regarded costume workshop which produces thousands of intricately designed and advanced costumes every year Doha, Qatar – [...]
Bedaya Organizes Smartphone Photography Workshop
Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (Bedaya Center), a joint initiative by Qatar Development Bank and Silatech, launched the “Bedaya’s Friends” initiative, which entitles its members to attend workshops, take part in deciding the workshops titles and scope of work. The initiative also intends to augment frequent meeting with [...]
Doha Film Institute to Host Two Practical Labs on Sound Editing and Sound Mixing in October
The Doha Film Institute has invited interested film aspirants for its practical labs on sound editing and sound mixing to be held in October, with applications due online by September 24. The two training initiatives are organised in collaboration with La Fémis, the Institut Francais Qatar, the French Embassy in [...]
Msheireb Museums Friends Graduates New Group of Tour Guides from Qatar Youth Hostel Center
Msheireb Museums, the cultural destination at Msheireb Downtown Doha, has celebrated the graduation of a new group of tour museum guides and volunteers from a one-week workshop as part of its Msheireb Museums Friends programme. The graduates, all from Qatar Youth Hostel Center and aged between 20 and 26 years [...]
Acclaimed French Artist Lauds Qatar Museums Initiative
Internationally-acclaimed contemporary French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel has lauded the scale of Qatar’s efforts in bringing high-quality art pieces to the public through its extensive public art programme. In an interview with local media at Hamad International Airport yesterday, Othoniel, whose work “Cosmos” was the latest piece unveiled at the airport, [...]
Fire Station Welcomes New Artists in Residence
Some 19 Qatar-based artists have been selected for the Fire Station: Artist in Residence programme 2018-2019 season, Qatar Museums (QM) has announced. Now in its fourth year, the nine-month long residency, spearheaded by QM Chairperson HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, champions the next generation of artistic [...]