Exhibition Details 421 in June .. Opening of courses and workshops

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Exhibition 421, the local art and design destination in Abu Dhabi, has announced the launch of a program of art and design activities throughout June 2019, which will include the opening of the new exhibition "Lest we forget: global family photos", a workshop on photo-inspired drawing, Creative Week "inspired by the exhibition" Traveling Marks: The Travels of Arabic Fonts "in addition to the return of a series of fiction to read the stories of children in their closing ceremony.

The exhibition, 421, will host the exhibition "Lest we forget: the universality of family photos", which opens on June 12 to explore commonalities in a wide range of family photos that are not interconnected between the UAE and Spain. The exhibition will be held in collaboration with the Spanish artist Maria Jose Rodriguez Escolar and an evaluation by Dr. Michel Babmling. The exhibition includes a variety of images that are not related to each other, taken by families living in two separate worlds between the United Arab Emirates and Spain during the last decades of the twentieth century. The exhibition seeks to explore the common denominators of experience, thoughts and human feelings in all the pictures presented.

Travel marks of Arabian Airlines

The exhibition will open on 12 June from 6:30 pm, preceded by a discussion session with HE Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Minister of State, as keynote speaker, and the technical value of Dr. Michel Bambling; and the artist Maria José Rodríguez Escolar; : 30 pm to 6:30 pm. The seminar is open to the public, free of charge.

The photo-drawing workshop: Graphite and Charcoal with Glazing will take place on June 15 with Maria Jose Rodriguez Escolar, where participants will learn a range of painting techniques and recognize the simple differences of lighting distribution and shadows in drawings using charcoal, graphite and glazing. The workshop welcomes participants aged 16 years and above.

Children in Gallery 421

In addition, 421 "Creative Weekends" will be held, which will include two days of various activities highlighting the intensive research and development process that preceded the launch of the Travel Marks Exhibition: Arabic Travel, which will continue to receive the public until July 28.

The activities, which will be held on 21-22 June, will include a series of interactive workshops and open-ended dialogues, which will discuss topics related to the exhibition, including pre-Islamic cultural heritage, its relevance to contemporary art and design in the Middle East, , As well as the ability of art and design to communicate the regional cultural narrative.

Gallery 421 – Lest we forget

On the other hand, the artist Hind Hany will be conducting a technical art workshop on June 25-26, in which participants will learn how to draw creative compositions using mixed media, rather than relying on acrylic or oil colors only. The workshop is inspired by the artistic work "Sketches of facial features" of the supervising artist, and welcomes participants from the age of 12 years and above.

For the younger participants, the "Khayal" series, which will be held in collaboration with the Erily Starr Foundation, will conclude Early Starter"Her latest episode on June 29 at 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm, by introducing a new book entitled" Toby and the Falcon "by Christiana Gonzalez, resident in the UAE The book tells the story of Toby, a puppet of a dog that moves from the United States to the country The UAE will overcome her fears with the help of one of her friends. The event will include a live reading by the author, a number of games and activities inspired by the book on the subject of travel, and a special encounter with the heroine of the story, the puppet Toby.

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