Varied shows and sessions mixing drawing and music with innovative laser configurations
"Dubai Canvas 2020" ... Global innovators travel "through art"
This session is characterized by diversity and covers 15 activities in several artistic fields within the framework of the objectives of the "festival". From the source
Shaima Al-Suwaidi: “This year there is an elite group of talents to present works that express multiple artistic orientations.”
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The activities of the fifth edition of the "Dubai Canvas" festival organized by "Brand Dubai" continue, and its session will be held this year under the slogan "Traveling through Art."
This session of the festival, which is held in partnership with "Meraas", is characterized by the participation of artists from inside and outside the country, and the diversity and renewal of the events that are held for the first time, as 15 events cover several artistic fields within the framework of the festival's goals aimed at bringing creative arts closer to the public in an unconventional manner.
The activities of "Dubai Canvas" this year, since its launch last July 31, are a destination for large numbers of art-loving visitors who flock to the most prominent event of its kind in the region throughout the week, especially at City Walk.
Preventative measurements
The Brand Dubai team present at the festival’s headquarters is keen to implement the necessary preventive measures to protect the public and artists, and to educate visitors about the importance of adhering to prevention instructions at various times, whether during their presence at the festival site or outside the home, in order to enhance the great efforts made by the Dubai government with all its agencies, and with cooperation With the private sector in order to protect society from the Covid-19 virus, and to ensure the preservation of the success achieved by Dubai and the UAE in general in this regard.
Audience talents
The director of creative projects at Brand Dubai, Shaima Al-Suwaidi, confirmed that “the audience that follows the festival of all ages showed good interaction with its activities, and the occasion was a good opportunity to communicate with an elite of creative artists, whether local or international,” noting that “Brand Dubai” opened The door to participate for the first time in the activities of the fifth session of the festival in front of the public of all ages, for the participation of visitors to "Dubai Canvas" their various artistic talents, within the framework of the strategy of "Brand Dubai" aimed at promoting the artistic and creative environment in Dubai and providing it with the elements that ensure its growth and development in a manner that reflects Dubai's keenness To support young talents, and to incubate creative ideas and innovative initiatives.
Al Suwaidi added: “The fifth session of the festival witnesses a remarkable diversity in the artistic forms participating. This year there is an elite of unique talents based on the festival’s keenness to present works that express multiple schools and artistic orientations, as well as a large range of modern creative activities, including painting with pendulums. And sessions mixing drawing and music, and other innovative activities ».
Activities and events
Shaima explained: “In order for Brand Dubai to make the most of the presence of artists with a wealth of experience and creative skills, we have prepared a set of specialized artistic activities and events through which art students and their fans can communicate with the creators of various art schools and train with them to get to know the details. The subtle and distinctive features of modern artistic methods, especially with the hosting of the fifth session of completely new creative forms within the idea of (travel through art), as a source of inspiration for visitors », pointing to the diversity of the festival’s objectives, the most important of which is to bring the audience together in a simple and innovative way of new creative forms and templates, and support artistic talents Young women in the country, in addition to creating an effective platform to introduce young people to creative arts and provide them with the necessary information to hone their various artistic skills.
Musical performances
"Dubai Canvas", in its fifth session, provided an opportunity for audiences of all ages to share with its visitors their various talents, as part of Brand Dubai's mission to support young talents and spread their creativity on a large scale. Among these activities, the festival will present during the weekend at its headquarters in "City Walk" entertainment activities that include music and comedy shows, DJs and laser shows until the end of this month.
Emirati artist Ahmed Al Mahri presented, as part of his participation in the "Dubai Canvas" festival, a painting expressing solidarity with the brotherly Lebanese people in their recent ordeal due to the explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Al-Mahri said about his painting: “When the artist paints or writes, he puts part of his soul in the painting, and I put a part of my soul in this painting in solidarity with the people of Lebanon.”
Pendulum drawing
Dubai Canvas meets its visitors’s passion for the arts through a unique event that roams them in contemporary art spaces, including activities related to the art of 3D drawing, which is the most prominent feature of the festival since its launch in 2015, in a framework of an interesting family and entertainment, including sessions Direct drawing of the art of "pendulum painting", as this type is considered one of the new contemporary arts that employ the laws of physics in the field of drawing through the succession of movement through a pendulum swinging to form the features of a painting out of the ordinary, as it replaces the traditional paintbrush with new innovative tools.
«Travel through art»
The Dubai Canvas Festival focuses in its current session on the idea of “traveling through art”, as this topic was chosen in line with the conditions imposed by the challenge of the spread of the new Corona virus around the world, and the accompanying restrictions imposed by most countries on the movement of travel to and from it, within the framework of The strict preventive measures taken around the world to limit the spread of the pandemic, especially as aviation traffic began to gradually return to normal in Dubai, similar to the rest of its vital sectors, and the start of Dubai operating flights to a large number of travel destinations that opened its skies to international air traffic.
- The "festival" attracts large numbers of visitors, taking into account preventive measures.