DAl children’s programmes took centre stage at the Amricani Cultural Centre – quite literally
– in October. After six months of hard work, the Children’s Art Workshop participants officially invited a large audience to be the first to visit the Long Ago Zoo: Animals in The al-Sabah Collection exhibition. The kids, with the help of students in 10 classrooms around Kuwait, created an exhibition that has been a big hit with schools, families and even adults.
Of course, the new exhibition was just one of the many educational programmes that made up Cultural Seasons 19 and 20. Once again, Monday was rich with lectures from scholars and cultural leaders around the world. Music filled the theatre on Sundays and Wednesdays, giving the audience a chance to discover new music genres and enjoy musical styles that are already favourites. In addition, Tuesday mornings and weekends were lively, as the new children’s programmes expanded the DAl’s offerings to include 18 month – 12 year olds.
There was a lot buzz at the Yarmouk Cultural Centre, the home of most cultural season activities starting in September 2015. Completing the renovation of the new centre has been a priority for much of 2014, as the DAl continues to expand its programmes and services to the community.
Friends of the DAl took to the road, exploring the historic desert villages of Saudi Arabia and the cultural and natural wonders of Turkey. Both trips brought out the adventurous sides of our intrepid travelers, as they discovered sites well off the beaten path.
Objects from The al-Sabah Collection shone in exhibitions in Spain, Belgium, Russia, Qatar and the United States. Acting as ambassadors for Islamic art and Kuwait, their inclusion in important exhibitions helps educate and enlighten visitors who might otherwise not be exposed to this important part of our culture.
Object loans to leading institutions around the world, local and touring exhibitions, new and exciting cultural season voices, expanded offerings in the lively arts, international cultural expeditions, more collection-specific publications, increased education opportunities for children, teens and adults: all this was delivered in 2014 and all this and more is what you can expect as the DAl moves forward.
Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection
Amricani Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Splendors Loaned from the Kuwait National Museum
Amricani Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Verses from the Holy Qur’an on Works of Art
Amricani Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Long Ago Zoo: Animals in The al-Sabah Collection
Amricani Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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loans to India: Jewels that Enhance the World
The Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia
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loans to The Body in Indian Art
Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
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loans to Hajj: A Journey to Makkah
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
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loans to Nur – Light in Art and Science
Fundacion Focus-Abengoa, Seville, Spain
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loans to Kings and Pawns: Board Games from India to Spain
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
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loans to Pathways to the Modern World: Travelling the Silk Road
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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loans to Pathways to the Modern World: Travelling the Silk Road
Denver Museum of Nature and History, Denver, Colorado, Ohio
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Ottoman Exhibition Genoa, Italy
Aspects of Islamic gardens: multi-meaning of paradise Conference Kavala, Greece
The Visual World of Persianate Culture Conference Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
KFAS –Sciences Po Conference Paris, France
ICOMOS General Assembly Florence, Italy
International Museum Day
Cultural Season 19 continues
Matteo Salvadore
AlSayyad
Mattar
Theodore Van Loan
Valentina Colombo
Valerio Cappozzo
Hillenbrand
Robert Hillenbrand
Werner Daum
Roberto Fabbri
Nasser Barati
Cultural Season 20 begins
Ziad Rajab
Ricardo Camacho
Nejoud al-Yagout
Leila el-Wakil
Makram Abbes
Adel al-Wugayan
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
George Abd al-Maseeh
Piotr Bielinski
Yasmine al-Salah
Christian Robin
Mekhled al-Ziyoudi
Bartek Rybak
Fann at-Tanbura and Liwa
Arabic Muwashahat from Andalusia
Janis Vakarelis, in cooperation with the Greek Embassy
LoYac Evening
Barbara Moses and Franz Batolomev, in cooperation with the Austrian Embassy
Ilgiz Royanov
Kuwait Bagpipes (Hubban)
Ahmadi Music Group
Mazaj Band
Hadiya Bint Jouwaira
Mahmood al-Idreesi
Faisal al-Bohairi and Friends
Madeleine Mitchell and Harriet Bushman, in cooperation with the British Embassy
Valentina Baginska
Armenian Classical Music, in cooperation with the Armenian Community Board
Stephanie Shih yu Cheng and Anna Karadimitrove
Mohamed Rawaishid
Bassam al-Biloshi and Group
Bader Hamdan Group
Gatto and Ivanov, in cooperation with the Belgian Embassy
Ali Akbar and Group
Banan Ensemble, in cooperation with the Iranian Embassy
Hamad al-Amari and Group
Samy Ibraheem and Friends
Salman al-Amari Band
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