Dubai Culture announces ‘Dubai Art Season,’ Dubai’s umbrella arts initiative to incorporate all of Dubai’s creative events from March 14 to April 15, 2014

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– SIKKA Art Fair, Art week, Middle East Film & Comic Con, and Gulf Film Festival to fall under ‘Dubai Art Season’
– ‘Dubai Art Season’ to integrate community members and residents of UAE into Dubai’s flourishing arts industry

Dubai, UAE; February 8, 2014: The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated Authority for culture, arts, and heritage, has announced the launch of ‘Dubai Art Season,’ as the city’s umbrella arts initiatives from March 14 to April 15, 2014. The season aims to highlight the Emirate’s growing creative landscape within the international circuit.

Kicking off on the first day of Art Week, which features SIKKA Art Fair, Design Days Dubai, and Art Dubai, ‘Dubai Art Season’ will also encompass of the Middle East Film & Comic Con, and will culminate with the Gulf Film Festival 2014.

His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: “Dubai’s extensive portfolio of arts and culture events has set a clear growth track for its creative landscape. Boasting platforms that lend momentum to each discipline of art, from visual arts, and performing arts, to film, the city has become an incubator for aspiring and emerging artistic talent.

As the umbrella arts initiative of the city, ‘Dubai Art Season’ will integrate Dubai’s community into the burgeoning creative industry, with the activation of public spaces, outdoor art projects, interactive initiatives, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions, and performances, among others.

“‘Dubai Art Season’ will play an integral role in underlining the cultural and artistic strengths of Dubai, especially in the run up to the World Expo 2020, where every element of the city will mark its arrival in the global spotlight.”

The initiative will play an integral role in highlighting the growth of its creative industries within the regional and international circuit, underlining its role as the definitive cultural destination.

‘Dubai Art Season’ will feature a culturally rich programme that caters to audiences across the UAE. Details on the programme will be announced in due course.

The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority is committed to cultivating the cultural landscape of Dubai by building on its rich Arabian heritage, nurturing and promoting talent in the field of culture and arts, and encouraging intercultural dialogue between the city’s communities.

About Dubai Culture & Arts Authority:
The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) was launched on March 8, 2008 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Dubai Culture plays a critical part in achieving the vision of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 of establishing the city as vibrant, global Arabian metropolis that shapes culture and arts in the region and the world.

The organisation has announced several initiatives that strengthen the historic and modern cultural fabric of Dubai. These include: The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards: The first of its kind initiative in the Arab world honouring individuals and organisations who have made financial or in kind contributions through sustained support to visual arts, performing arts, literature and film in the region; Sikka Art Fair: An annual art fair aimed at promoting Emirati and local artists in the UAE; and Dubai Festival for Youth Theatre: An annual festival that celebrates and fosters the art of theatre in the UAE.