students of the Visual Communication Department, AUD,
getting ready for Crossing the Line 2 Conference, photo by Julia Townsend
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
DAY 1 Friday, September 12
2:00 Campus opens; Registration Begins
Outside Room C227, C Building,
American University in Dubai (First Floor, near ‘Unimart’)
2:30 Opening Address and Paper by Dr. Irene Barberis - Room C227
2:40 Introduction of Keynote Speaker
3:00 Dr. Janet MacKenzie, Keynote Speaker,
presents Drawing on Two Worlds: The Osgood Suite
4:00 Break
4:15 Panel Discussion
5:00 Bus to the Sharjah Art Museum / surrounding venues
8:00 Bus return from Sharjah to Rotana Centro Barsha Hotel
Day 2 Saturday, September 13
9:00 Coffee/Tea - Outside Room C227
9:30 – 10:30 Presentations C227
10:30 Break
10:45-12:30 Presentations C227
12:30-2:00 Lunch at Certo’s, The Radisson Blu Hotel
Behind AUD campus- walking distance
2:00-3:30 Presentations and Artist Talks C227
3:30 Break
3:45-5:00 Presentations and Artist Talk C227
5:30 Bus to The Jamjar Gallery, Al Quoz
Exhibition Reception,
Performances at 7:00
8:30 Bus from The Jamjar to Rotana Centro Barsha Hotel
Day 3 Sunday, September 14
9:00 Coffee/Tea - Outside Room 227
9:30 – 10:30 Presentations C227
10:30 Break
10:45 -12:00 Presentations C227
12:00-12:30 Lunch break
12:30-2:30 Presentations and Artist Talks C227
2:30 Break
2:45 – 5:00 Presentations and Artist Talks C227
7:00 Bus from AUD to DIFC – Several Gallery Openings
9:00 (or earlier) Bus from DIFC to Rotana Centro Barsha Hotel
RELATED EXHIBITIONS
Total Arts Gallery, The Courtyard, Al Quoz, Dubai
‘Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration’
August 27- September 13
The Jamjar Al Quoz, Dubai ‘Crossing the Line 2’ drawings
September 12,13, & 14
On Campus - A Building: ‘ART in ROME/ART in DUBAI’
Student works on location,
September 9 – 15
On Campus - A Building: Geometric Aljamia: workshop results:
WORSHOPS PRIOR AND POST CONFERENCE
Tuesday, September 9-11 (before the conference)
1. Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration This is a workshop let by award winning Professor Reni Gower and Jorge Benitez, both from Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, USA. The workshop corresponds to a current exhibition at the Total Arts Gallery, Courtyard also called 'Geometric Aljamia.'
Under Gower’s guidance, participants will design motifs
based on Islamic tile patterns, which will be used to create
unique papercuts. Tessellation, mirror imaging, tiling, will
be investigated.
http://www.collegeart.org/awards/teaching2014
Timing 9:00-5:30 Tuesday- Thursday - resulting in exhibition in A Building on Friday,
Sept 12.
Under Benitez’s supervision workshop participants will
transform a traditional Islamic geometric motif into a
perspectival drawing.
Timing (9:00-5:30 Wednesday and Thursday- or as per arranged by faculty) -
resulting in exhibition in A Building on Friday, Sept 12.
2. “Geometric Aljamía” and “Re-claiming the Wild Colors of our Voices”
Under the direction of Susan Schüld, Professor of Theatre at VCU Richmond, participants in a concurrent workshop will explore voices in Dubai and the Middle East today.
Day 1:
Discussion, Awareness, Voice Pictures
Day 2: River stories and Poems
Day 3: Rehearsal of final exhibit and performance. Creative writings will be transposed into a
performance presented by Benitez and Schüld and students in the gallery at the opening reception. Timing 6-8 pm or as arranged per faculty.
Monday, September 15 (after the conference)
3. Dr. Irene Barberis - The "Master Class: Drawing on Location":
Global Centre for Drawing - A Metasenta® Project Class
coordinated by Professor Townsend
9:10 Bus from AUD campus to Atlantis Hotel – the Lost Chambers Aquarium
10:30 Bus from Atlantis Hotel to AUD campus
Afternoon: 1:30 Bus to Atlantis Hotel, return 3:30 (to be confirmed)
