Overview
SAF welcomes UAE-based and international visitors from government organisations, embassies, corporate clients and employee groups, conference and trade delegations as well as local community and cultural groups.
Sharjah Art Foundation organises tailored tours, including cultural bus tours, photowalks and educational workshops. These tours can be focused on subjects such as architecture, photography, history and more.
In recent years, the Foundation has welcomed many local and international schools and universities, including New York University Abu Dhabi; Bard College, New York; Städelschule, State University of Fine Arts, Frankfurt; Yale University; and others.
During Sharjah Biennials and art exhibitions, the Foundation has also organised visits and tours for institutions, organisations and groups, including the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, Riyadh; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; LUMA Arles; Polygreen Culture & Art Initiative, Piraeus; and others.
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We are happy to discuss how we can help make your group visit more meaningful. To book your group visit and/or guided tour, please fill in the request form here.
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Workshops and Events
Sunday 3.03.2024
March Meeting 2024: Casablanca Art School: Intimate Memories and Contemporary Legacies
Assembly
Mujah Maraini-Melehi (film director) in conversation with Morad Montazami (curator, publisher, art historian)
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
March Meeting 2024: Art and Feminism: New Ways of Creating as a Collective
Assembly
Christa Krings, Susana Alvarado, Maya Juracán, Vekis Morales, Jimena Galán Dary, Fernanda Alvarado (La Revuelta)
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
March Meeting 2024: Identity, Memory and Materiality
Panel
Ayan Cilmi, Fozia Ismail (dhaqan collective); Soledad Muñoz, Matthew Asaminew (Woven Memory); María José Murillo (Noqanchis); Yasmeen Mjalli (Nöl Collective)
Moderator: Hadeyeh Nader Badri (Senior Adult Learning Coordinator, Sharjah Art Foundation)
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
Your Design… Your Story
With Nisreen Abu Dail, Nermeen Abu Dail (naqsh collective)
Ages 17+
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
Saturday 2.03.2024
In our Classroom
With Mishari Al Najjar, Sara Abdulla (in narrative)
Ages 17+
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
March Meeting 2024: Measuring the Distance Between Individual Efforts and Collective Echoes
Assembly
Samir Joubran (Le Trio Joubran) and Samer Jaradat (Jafra Productions) in conversation with Hasan Hujairi (Music Department Manager, Sharjah Art Foundation)
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
March Meeting 2024: Art Spaces and Institutions as Sites of Futurity
Panel
Emily Jacir, Aline Khoury (Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research); Mahbubur Rahman (Britto Arts Trust); Delphine Buysse, Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy (Raw Material Company)
Moderator: Natasha Ginwala (artistic director, Colomboscope and Sharjah Biennial 16 co-curator)
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
Facsimile Publishing Outpost (for Palestine)
With Sofia Niazi, Heiba Lamara, Rose Nordin (OOMK)
Ages 17+
Khalid Bin Mohammed School
March Meeting 2024: The Father of Stars, The Mother of One Day
Performance
Jumana Emil Abboud (artist)
Khalid Bin Mohammed School