VCUarts Qatar’s program aims to boost critical thinking, communication skills
The Peninsula
Doha: For young residents in Qatar, art — in the form of murals, paintings, sculptures, installations, pop-up studios, and light and sound projections — is a permanent part of their daily lives; they’re constantly exposed to one form of artwork or the other at malls, parks, public walkways, traffic junctions, and metro stations.
Now, a course developed by the department of Community and Continuing Education (CCE) at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) — a Qatar Foundation (QF) partner university — intends to take those art encounters a step further. The university’s CCE wing is launching a Children’s Summer Art and Design Program 2021, online. Unlike typical summer art classes that enhance technical skills such as sketching, shading and painting, this program will also introduce 7-to-9-year-olds to art appreciation and art history. This virtual course will take place over four weeks from July 4 to August 5, and will be led by Nourbanu Feras Hijazi and Salma Awad, who are experienced in teaching art to children. Parents can access further information by visiting the VCUarts Qatar website.More Related News