CAMPUS ART DUBAI 2.0 MEMBER PROGRAMME
Campus Art Dubai is an alternative “school” for artists, curators, writers, cultural producers, and art
workers based in the UAE. CAD is dedicated to proving a space for critical thinking and the
exchange of ideas and skills. Participants are encouraged to collaborate, debate, and challenge.
Campus Art Dubai is part of Art Dubai’s educational programming and is held in partnership with
Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.
Campus Art Dubai includes monthly lectures, talks, workshops, and panel discussions involving local
and international critics, curators, artists, arts professionals and others, which shed light on particular
tensions and focal points within the contemporary art world at large.
Through a series of workshops, participants will have access to key figures in the local arts
community who will help to develop skills and portfolios as well as an understanding of regional art
history and the context for their work. This year’s workshops include a focus on art and film, through
a collaboration with the Dubai International Film Festival, plus practical sessions that help you
develop your skills in presenting and writing about your work. These workshops are usually on
Saturdays and open only to Members of Campus Art Dubai on a first-come first-served sign-up
basis.
Occasional community events are designed to help you meet like-minded practitioners and perhaps
begin your collaborative ventures.
The programme also includes talks and seminars, typically taking place on a Sunday evening and
are open to Membership programme participants as well as CORE participants, and occasionally
also to the public.
Additionally, private tours and previews to exhibitions and events will take place as they become
available.
CAD 2.0 Membership programme is generously hosted by a number of not-for-profit spaces in the
UAE, including thejamjar, Satellite, AlSerkal Avenue, among others.
In partnership with:
CAMPUS ART DUBAI MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMME
NOVEMBER 2, 2013 – MARCH 22, 2014
WHAT
Community – meet fellow practitioners in the UAE; develop your cultural network
Skills – developing your practice as an artist / writer / curator / art worker
Feedback – presenting your work and learning strategies for critique, self-critique and selfmotivation
Debate – talks and lectures that give you access to international and regional perspectives
HOW
Presentation – develop your pitching skills through quick-fire meetings; present your work to
visiting tutors
Workshops – hands-on, collaborative sessions led by visiting tutors
Talks – lectures and seminars delivered by visiting professionals
Mentoring – advisory sessions with tutors
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
A monthly e-newsletter from the CAD team with community news and tips for upcoming
exhibitions and events
Access to Artweek, March 2014, including Art Dubai, SIKKA and Design Days Dubai
A guide to navigating and discovering art-in-cinema at the Dubai International Film Festival, plus
access to the Film Forum (usually restricted to DIFF delegates
In partnership with:
CAD 2.0 MEMBERSHIP EVENTS INCLUDE:
COMMUNITY
November 2: Membership ‘Meet and Greet’
Members only; limited capacity; sign-up required
The Magazine Shop, Dubai Media City
4-6pm
Meet and greet your fellow Membership group artists, writers, curators, and art workers. Introduce
yourself and your practice.
DEBATE / COMMUNITY
November 23: Independent Publishing in the UAE
Open to all but priority access for CAD members
Alserkal Avenue, as part of QUOZ HAPPENS
5-6.30pm
Dubai has become home to a number of independent cultural magazines in recent years; this panel
discussion brings together editors to debate the role of print in the digital world; critique vs citizen
journalism; and the colliding worlds of art/architecture/design/food/storytelling...
SKILLS / DEBATE
December 9: CAD at the Dubai International Film Festival
Members only; limited capacity; sign-up required
DIFF HQ, Madinat Jumeirah
11.30am-3pm
A special day of workshops and talks examining the cross-over between the worlds of cinema and
art, including a seminar on the history of arthouse film in the Arab world, and a workshop titled How
To Write Film on constructing narrative within film/video.
SKILLS
December 28: Workshop: Artist Statement
Members only; limited capacity; sign-up required
Alserkal Avenue
4-6pm
Umer Butt, founder-director of Grey Noise Gallery, delivers a talk and leads a discussion on writing
about your work. Present and review your artist statements as a way to think about, unpack, and
develop your practice.
In partnership with:
FEEDBACK / SKILLS
January 18: Workshop: Portfolio Review
Members only; limited capacity; sign-up required
Alserkal Avenue
4-6pm
Leading gallery directors from the spaces within Alserkal Avenue give tips on how to build and edit a
cohesive and succinct portfolio of work, followed by the chance to present your portfolio in one-onone meetings.
DEBATE
January 26: Aaron Cezar: Food Politics
Open to all but priority access for CAD members
Venue tbc, 6-8pm
Aaron Cezar, director of the Delfina Foundation, London’s leading centre for artists’ residencies,
delivers a talk and leads a discussion on food as medium in contemporary art as a vehicle for
identity politics.
DEBATE
February 8: Salwa Mikdadi – Regional Art History I
Open to all but priority access for CAD members
Venue tbc, 6-8pm
Leading art historian and curator Salwa Mikdadi delivers two talks and leads a discussion on the
history of art in the Middle East from modern to contemporary. This series is designed to help you
locate your practice within the canon of regional art history – something that is currently rarely
offered within formal education.
DEBATE
February 22: Salwa Mikdadi – Regional Art History II
Open to all but priority access for CAD members
Venue tbc, 6-8pm
The second part of art historian Salwa Mikdadi’s series on the history of art in the Middle East.
DEBATE / SKILLS / COMMUNITY / FEEDBACK
March 13-22: CAD 2.0 ends during Artweek 2014
Members will have access to leading events including Art Dubai, Design Days Dubai and SIKKA,
plus Galleries Nights and other events throughout the UAE and beyond. A special issue of the CAD
Newsletter will guide members through the fairs, exhibitions and events.
In partnership with: