The 2024 Festival begins in
Opening Hours
February
Tuesday to Thursday | 9AM - 6PM
Friday to Sunday | 9AM - 11PM
Monday | Site Closed
About Ras Al Khaimah Art
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Founded in 2013, we've grown from a small festival of 30 emerging Ras Al Khaimah-based artists to become the emirate's cultural event of the year. This year, the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival is reborn as Ras Al Khaimah Art. Beyond the Festival, Ras Al Khaimah Art is a beacon of creativity, nurturing year-round programs that ignite dialogue. We exist as a hub that empowers emerging creatives and the community through grants, masterclasses, and workshops to cultivate their crafts and talents. Join us on this captivating journey as we redefine the creative scene of our emirate and beyond.
Memory
Oscar Wilde once said, "Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” What is your first memory? Is it a place or a person? Or is it an experience, a thought or a story? Our first memories are the very first moment we are struck by consciousness, the moment we recognize ourselves and begin defining who we are, who we were and who we always wanted to be.
For our Ras Al Khaimah Art 2025 Festival we invite you to explore the depths and breadth of “Memory”. To reach deep inside your mind, where echoes of both the best and worst have intertwined with time. Memory is the thread that binds us to our past, illuminating the path we have taken, all the while guiding us towards our future. Through the theme of "Memory," we ask you to immerse yourself in the intangible landscapes of collective or individual consciousness.
From the pulsating rhythms of ancestral rituals to nostalgic times gone by to the forgotten secrets of childhood, the 2025 Festival pays homage to the beauty and complexity of memory, inviting artists to embark on a journey of introspection and discovery, a space for catharsis, healing, and connection.
Just as Monet’s Water Lilies captured one of his most cherished landscapes and Picasso’s Guernica embodied the Spanish civil war, we invite you to share with us your most vivid memories or the memories of your people, your ancestors, your country or something else entirely. Explore the depths of your innermost thoughts and emotions and tell us, what does memory mean to you?
The Festival
As a homegrown cultural happening, Ras Al Khaimah Art provides an immersive and sensory cultural experience to local and international visitors. Ras Al Khaimah Art fuses the modern and the ancient, bringing together a variety of artforms whilst stimulating dialogue between artists, authors, creatives and the community during the vibrant, authentic, and cultural festival steeped in more than a decade of heritage.
Workshop Proposals Now Open: Celebrate Art and Culture with us at the 2025 Festival!
Are you passionate about sharing your artistic talents and inspiring others? We're looking for dynamic artists and teachers to lead engaging workshops and talks at the picturesque Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village during the Festival weekends in February 2025.
FilmHub Screenwriting Program
Join Ras Al Khaimah Art's exciting three-part screenwriting program in Ras Al Khaimah, led by acclaimed filmmaker Professor Scandar Copti of NYU Abu Dhabi. Learn the art of scriptwriting and complete your first draft of a short screenplay. Open to all aspiring filmmakers and storytellers.
Grants
Discover the creative opportunities Ras Al Khaimah Art offers. From our Artist Residency program to Film Grants, we're empowering artists to create, inspire, and contribute to the vibrant cultural scene of Ras Al Khaimah. Click below to explore available grants and start your artistic journey today.
Festival Partners
Announcing Sponsorship Opportunities for the Ras Al Khaimah Art 2025 Festival! Join us this February at Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village. Be part of our growing event and support local and international art. Reach out today!
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