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Ended - Friday 19 May 2023
Lisa Ball-Lechgar is Deputy Director of Tashkeel, the leading art and design organisation based in Dubai.
Having launched her career under the patronage of Sean Connery, in the last 25 years, Lisa has managed arts organisations and events in Scotland, Morocco, Lebanon, Bahrain and the UAE. A passionate advocate for the creative industries, Lisa has held senior management positions at Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF/Abu Dhabi Festival); Mixed Media Publishing (first full-time editor of Canvas), Arts & Business UK, and Comité Européen pour le Rapprochement de l'Economie et de la Culture (CEREC).
She has edited/co-authored several books including ‘Reference Point: A History of Tashkeel and the UAE Art’ (Tashkeel, 2018); 'Bill Fontana: Acoustical Visions & Desert Soundings’ (ADMAF, 2014); 'View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Mixed Media & Video Art' (ADMAF/FotoFest, 2015); 'The Art of the Emirates' (ADMAF/Motivate, 2015); '25 Years of Arab Creativity' (ADMAF/Institut du Monde Arabe, 2013); 'Hassan Massoudy: Gestures of Light' (ADMAF/October Gallery, 2012); and 'Rachid Koraichi: Eternity is the Absence of Time' (ADMAF/October Gallery, 2011).
Lisa has lectured on contemporary Arab art and cultural management in Europe, USA, MENA and South Africa and has moderated talks for the likes of Tashkeel, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Abu Dhabi Festival, Art Dubai and the World Bank. She is a Fellow of the University of Glasgow and sits on the Advisory Board of Zayed University College of Arts & Creative Enterprises.
Schedule:
Date: 19 May 2023
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Location:
The Bureau, Gold and Diamond Park - Building 6
Open to the Public
Registration Deadline:
19 May 2023
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Join Make Works UAE for a fascinating, fact-filled talk on how best to equip yourself for a career as a maker in the UAE. Whether you are an artist or a designer, find out about the support structures and opportunities available and what you need to do to establish your practice and products. Come with your questions!
Presented by Make Works UAE, the one-stop information resource driving local production and innovation, is a Tashkeel initiative supported by Dubai Culture.
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Tashkeel Alserkal
Gallery, Unit 26, FN Designs, Alserkal Avenue
Sun-Thu 10am – 7pm, Fri 9am–12pm
(closed Saturdays & public holidays).
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Sat-Thu 10am – 7pm
(closed Fridays & public holidays).
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Nad Al Sheba 1
Temporarily closed for renovation
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