thejamjar

Founded in 2005, thejamjar is a creative space that works to promote artists and support the development of Dubai’s arts scene through its extensive arts programme, educational initiatives, and community projects. The 4000 sq. ft. studio and gallery offers the region’s first Public DIY Painting Studio alongside a year round exhibition and events calendar presenting a diverse range of art forms, including visual art, film, music, theatre and more.

thejamjar has moulded itself to the needs of the community and prides itself on making art accessible to all creating a platform for dialogue and interaction amongst like-minded individuals, artists, writers and creators.

Included in thejamjar’s extensive portfolio of services is art consulting and events organizing for private and public art projects involving professional artists, collectives, schools, universities, non-for-profit and corporate organizations.  thejamjar is also the creator and driving force behind ArtintheCity, an initiative committed to promoting arts in the region, and encompasses the Art Bus, www.artinthecity.com, and the publication of the UAE’s ArtMap.

DUBAI CULTURE

About Dubai Culture & Arts Authority:

The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) was launched on March 8, 2008 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Dubai Culture plays a critical part in achieving the vision of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 of establishing the city as vibrant, global Arabian metropolis that shapes culture and arts in the region and the world. The organisation has announced several initiatives that strengthen the historic and modern cultural fabric of Dubai.

These include:

• Muhammad the Messenger Museum: The first project of its kind in the world to focus on and highlight the life and message of Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him).
• Sikka Art Fair: An annual art and culture event takes place in the houses of Al Bastakiya, one of the historic areas of Dubai.
• Dubai Festival for Youth Theatre: An annual festival that celebrates and fosters the art of theatre in the UAE.
• Dubai Next: To encourage and sponsor initiatives that contribute actively to the development of the cultural events and activities in Dubai. Recently, Dubai Culture showcased Dubai's aspirations in culture to an international audience at one of the world's most prestigious platforms, the Art Basel 39 art fair.
• Gulf Film Festival: Dubai Culture recognises that a healthy film industry is necessary to take stories about Dubai's culture, traditions, history and contemporary lifestyle to the world.
• Khor Dubai: A living museum that celebrates the multicultural diversity of Dubai.
• The Holy Lands: A collaboration with the unique and creatively rich Reiss Engelhorn Museen of Mannheim to bring an exclusive collection of never before exhibited rare photographs to the region and more specifically Dubai.

BARAKA VENTURES

By working with people and organizations that share a passion for wanting to be agents of positive change, Baraka builds and supports social ventures and sustainable businesses with a triple bottom line.

INNOVATION: by working on bringing new ideas to life, Baraka strives to bring an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to creating sustainable ventures with a positive social and environmental impact.

COLLABORATION: Baraka's ventures help their clients and partners collaborate with their stakeholders and communities by creating tools and services that help them to get more engaged.

PARTICIPATION: encouraging a particpatory culture in the work that we do. Baraka likes working on projects and ideas that involve not just the provision of a product or service, but that encourage all those involved to take an active role by building online and offline feedback into the process using social media, events, surveys and other tools.

The ArtintheCity site is built on zeedna, an online publishing, community building and transaction platform that was developed by Baraka Ventures.