Upcoming events
Past events
MFA & BFA Showcase 2012
The VCUQatar Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Showcase is the annual exhibition of Qatar's graduating designers and artists. The exhibition features a wide range of work that represents the culmination of the techniques and concepts developed throughout their experience at VCUQatar.
Late Spring 2012 Community Classes
A huge range of non-credit art & design Community Classes can now be booked in-person or securely online with your credit card. Evening & weekend classes start in late April & May.
Fashion Show 2012: Arabesque - Public Night
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents the public night of the 13th annual fashion show under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.
Fashion Show 2012: Arabesque - Dress Rehearsal
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents the dress rehearsal of the 13th annual fashion show under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. The dress rehearsal is open to the public.
Entropy
Rhys Himsworth, Director of Painting and Printmaking, presents 'Entropy', his first solo exhibition in the Middle East. The exhibition comprises of several new works as well as works exhibited previously in the United States and Europe.
Retail Without Walls: Kiosk Culture
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar Assistant Professors Liam Colquhoun and Matthew Holmes-Dallimore exhibit their research on Kiosk Culture at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art from 1 to 11 April, 2012 with an opening reception on 1 April at 7:30 pm at Mathaf.
Gathering the Tide
The book launch of 'Gathering the Tide', an anthology of contemporary Arabian gulf poetry.
Juhani Pallasmaa: Crossing Boundaries
As part of the Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents a lecture by Finnish Architect Juhani Pallasmaa.
The Beaded Prayers Project
A lecture and exhibition opening for ‘The Beaded Prayers Project’ - an international, collaborative project to celebrate diversity and unity through a participatory art form. The lecture will discuss the history, concept and influences of the project, to followed by the official exhibition opening.
Pearls, Harrods and FIFA: (De)-Constructing Future Utopia, The Narrative of Doha, Qatar
The lecture will focus on Doha as an emerging knowledge and creative city and examine Doha’s elaborate attempt to construct a new contemporary identity within the knowledge-based urban development paradigm.