Artists working to save the natural environment of the local mangroves
The team from Mangroves from the Water exhibition lead by Zahidah and her husband Daniel, prepared some fun activities in the Umm Al Quwain mangroves during December. These activities ran in conjunction with our exhibition at the Umm Al Quwain Museum and was kindly sponsored by the Umm Al Quwain Marine Club.
Visitors from the community had a fun day out kayaking, with free kayaking and art lessons.
Here are a few photos:
Take our Mangroves from the Water exhibition opening as an opportunity to also visit this special Fort at the Umm Al Quwain Museum.
Built in 1768 as the residence of the Emiri family and seat of government until 1969. Highlights include the fine majlis (meeting room), old Bedouin jewellery, fancy weapons and interesting archaeological finds.
We are excited to transform this space into an art gallery, to emphasize the importance of preservation of the local heritage along side the natural environment.
Visit the fort, museum and the exhibition until the 19th December.
Saturday – Thursdays, 8-2/ 5-8pm and Friday 5-8pm.
We now have an Instagram account too!
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Hi, We have a new Facebook page now too for more daily updates..
https://www.facebook.com/mangrovesfromthewater
We are very excited about our upcoming exhibition at the Umm Al Quwain fort!! Please watch this space for further details…they will be shared soon!!
Save the Date: 11th November, opening at 5 pm !
We have updated our ‘Press’ page… have a look at some coverage we have received thus far:
If anyone spots us on Sharjah TV, please let me know the date/time.
Here are a few images from our opening night on Thursday 12th Nov at the Emirates Fine Arts Society in Sharjah.
This exhibition runs until 30th November and is open 9am – 1 pm and 5pm – 9pm Saturday – Thursdays.
Just a reminder about our opening at the Emirates Fine Arts Society in Sharjah this Thursday, 6:30 pm.
We are honoured to have the presence of Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, the Director-General of the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA).
Mangroves from the Water (MFTW) 