The festival, the most prominent of its kind in the region, presented an agenda full of various creative activities
"Dubai Canvas" concludes its fifth session, crossing the limits of imagination
The session lasted a month full of activities that met with a remarkable turnout and presence from art lovers.
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The Spanish artist Juandres Vera, who is one of the world leaders in the art of three-dimensional painting, participated in creating paintings for this year’s festival. During his participation in the festival, the international artist Milan Catanic presented distinguished creations using the technique of “pendulum painting”.
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Yesterday, the activities of the fifth session of the "Dubai Canvas" festival, organized by Brand Dubai, were concluded;
The creative arm of the Dubai Government Media Office, in partnership with "Meraas" Holding, in the "City Walk" area in Dubai, and over the course of a whole month, a celebration of activities that met with a distinguished presence and a distinguished presence of art lovers, who were keen to follow the activities of the most prominent event of its kind in the region, And a visit to his headquarters to see the works of a group of the most famous pioneers of contemporary art and innovators from inside and outside the UAE, who crossed the boundaries of their imagination with their works.
The director of "Brand Dubai", the creative arm of the Dubai Government Media Office, Nihal Badri, confirmed that the projects and initiatives that are developed and implemented by "Brand Dubai" in cooperation with a group of strategic partners aim to translate the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE. Ruler of Dubai, to transform Dubai into an open museum in an innovative framework that reflects the spirit that is unique to it as a modern city. Creativity constitutes an integral element of its distinction in various fields.
Coexistence and cooperation
Nihal Badri said: “Our work is always based on Dubai’s approach based on spreading the causes of coexistence, cooperation and rapprochement between people, and spreading the elements of happiness and hope. We are always inspired by the thought and vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ideas that translate His Highness’s saying: (The next is better), Let us make Dubai society a model for optimistic societies that elevate creativity and employ it as a means of development and growth, as well as understanding and rapprochement between the various cultures that live on its land.
The director of Brand Dubai thanked everyone who contributed to the success of the festival in its fifth session, and singled out the thanks to the “Meraas” Holding Group for its great efforts with Brand Dubai to spread the thought of creativity and encourage creative people, especially the local energies that find in this event an ideal window for expression. About her creativity, and an opportunity to communicate with the public directly, and to gain more experiences through contact with creative artists from the region and the world.
high demand
Director of Creative Projects at Brand Dubai, Shaima Al-Suwaidi, said: “We were very pleased with the audience’s turnout to follow the festival, and this came as a result of the wide echo that the event found through the various media, which had a great impact on stimulating the public’s interest in exploring what the event will be keen on. Follow-up in its fifth year, noting that preventive and precautionary measures have always been present to preserve the health and safety of visitors and artists, and in compliance with the instructions received from the concerned authorities on the necessity to apply the guidelines for these measures, especially physical spacing and the use of masks.
Regarding the Emirati and Arab participation in the festival, the most prominent of its kind in the region, Al Suwaidi said: “As with all initiatives and projects implemented by (Brand Dubai), we have made sure that the Emirati and Arab presence is tangible and strong within the festival’s activities, and to achieve this we opened the door for participation for the first time for everyone to present Their innovative talents », pointing out that the local participation within the various activities of" Dubai Canvas "represents a major pillar of the festival, which places on top of its goals the introduction of Emirati creators, especially the youth, and creating a new space to display their work, in line with the approach of" Brand Dubai "in Encouraging Emirati creative energies.
A space for Emirati artists
In continuation to the "Dubai Canvas" mission that seeks to take creative arts outside the walls of its traditional sites, bring it closer to the public and place it in a family-oriented, entertaining and interesting framework, this year’s festival shed light on a variety of new artistic forms under the slogan “Traveling through Art”, as part of an invitation General to fly in the spaces of contemporary art, in addition to the art of 3D drawing, which is the most prominent feature of the festival since its launch in 2015. Within the wide space that the festival allocates to Emirati artists, the fifth edition of the festival witnessed a prominent local participation of three Emirati artists, who shared their creativity with International artists are the artist Saqqaf Al-Hashemi, the artist Mahra Al-Falahi, and the artist Ahmed Al-Mahri.
The Spanish artist Juandres Vera, who is one of the world leaders in the art of 3D drawing, also participated in the creation of the festival’s paintings for this year. During his participation in the festival, the international artist Milan Catanic presented distinguished creations using the technique of “pendulum painting”.
Nihal Badri:
Our work is based on Dubai's approach based on spreading the causes of coexistence, cooperation and rapprochement among people, and spreading the ingredients for happiness and hope.
We are inspired by the thought and vision of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to make Dubai society a model for optimistic societies that promote creativity.
Shaima Al-Suwaidi:
Local participation is essential in the festival, and introducing Emirati creators, especially youth, is at the forefront of the festival's priorities.
Preventive measures were always present to preserve the health and safety of visitors and artists, and in compliance with the instructions of the concerned authorities.
Local energies find in the event an ideal window to express their creativity and directly communicate with the audience.
Bus agenda
“Brand Dubai” presented an agenda full of more than 15 activities in various artistic fields that met with great demand from the public. In a qualitative initiative, “Dubai Canvas” provided the opportunity for audiences of all ages and nationalities to share their diverse talents with festival visitors, as it hosted “Dubai Canfs”, During the weekends, a group of Emirati and Arab talents presented creative performances that uniquely combined classical and modern musical styles, and some talents also presented performances that varied between playing and singing, house-boxes, ballet, comedy sessions, laser shows, painting on sand, and others Innovative entertainment arts.
"City Walk" panorama of world cultures
Such as the headquarters of "Dubai Canvas" in "City Walk", an additional attraction of the festival, as the "Meraas" group plays an important role as one of the companies committed to its institutional role as an active partner in various development paths, not only on the economic level, but also at the societal level. And the launch of urban projects of a modern nature and initiatives aimed at creating a positive impact that add to the features of the future of the Emirate of Dubai, as the festival area is full of panoramas and innovations that reflect the richness of world cultures and their intermingling on the land of Dubai, reflecting its leading position as a cultural center that combines the cultures of the East.
Within the space that the festival allocates to Emirati artists, the fifth edition of the festival witnessed prominent local participation.
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