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    • Art Jameel Learning Kits
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    • An Urban Reflection
    • SAF Community Programming
    • Mapping Shabsogh
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    • Rewilding the Kitchen
    • Dinner in the Mountains 1
    • Dinner in the Mountains 2
    • Orraisse قريص
    • Alchemy in the Urban
    • Park Projects | Shamsa
    • SEAF | Running After Time
    • CAD 8.0 | Fleeting Stains
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Sharjah Art Foundation | Community Programming

Full time at Sharjah Art Foundation (2014-2017).

 For the many years, Sharjah Foundation’s Community Programme has been committed to engaging and growing the local creative community.        

My role at Sharjah Art Foundation was to expand on local audience engagement, activate the SAF Urban Garden, and consider ways to allow the exhibitions and Biennials, and ultimately, tackle an environment I had recently moved to. It was a pivotal time in my career and an invaluable learning experience. I was navigating mapping the local community, neighbouring shops, young artists, volunteers, and also balancing out institutional needs, layered departments and stakeholders. Another larger challenge was resolving how Sharjah could be an accessible place to visit, despite the logistical challenges of reaching Sharjah.


I designed a method that is now my blueprint for public programming, that included mapping exercises, collective research, focus groups, zine making workshops, scavenger hunts and culinary tours, but all stemming from the site-specificity of the space.


The neighbourhood became a platform through which the exhibiting works could be seen, but that the evolution of the neighbourhood could be documented, and seen as a valuable part of the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Past Events

#SB12PhotoWalk

In collaboration with Gulf Photo Plus and MobiPixUAE, SAF organised a photo tour of SB12 where participants walked through Souk Al Arsa, SAF Art Spaces, Port Khalid and Calligraphy Square. 

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#SAFneighbourhood Project

#SAFneighbourhoodwas a project which documented the narratives, gems and urban layers of the neighbourhood surrounding Sharjah Art Foundation. 

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SAF Urban Garden

 SAF Urban Garden was a community outreach initiative which invited audiences to use the garden for social and educational events, planting and sharing produce.

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Sudanese Poetry Night

This event began with a tour around the exhibitions of Sudanese artists Amir Nour, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag and The Khartoum School, followed by a night of Sudanese music and poetry at SAF Urban Garden.

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