Qatar Museums and QatarDebate to explore public art's contribution in shaping national culture
As part of its continuous endeavor to enrich the cultural landscape in Qatar and spark important cultural discussions, Qatar Museums, in cooperation with Qatar Foundation’s QatarDebate Center, will host a virtual debate on 23 February to examine the role of public art in shaping culture.
Qatar Museums invites members of the community to attend the virtual session and contribute to the debate that will be conducted in Arabic on February 23 at 6 pm. The virtual session will take place on Zoom and 'QMDebate' is the designated passcode for the session.
On this occasion, QM’s Director of Public Art Department, Architect. Abdulrahman Al Ishaq said, “Qatar Museums is pleased to collaborate with the QatarDebate Center to embark on this new experience about public art and its pivotal role in enriching the cultural scene in Qatar and across the globe. Qatar Museums is working to enhance national participation in important cultural dialogue and to encourage future generations to explore their creativity and contribute to the art scene in Qatar.
Art is an innovative tool for highlighting the identity, customs and traditions of communities.
Join us next week in a public debate in collaboration with @Qatar_Museums on the importance of public art.
📆 Tuesday, 23 Feb
🕒 6:00 PM
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"This debate falls within the framework of Qatar Museums’ anti-vandalism campaign, launched last year to promote Public Art preservation and encourage the wider community to share in the responsibility to take ownership of our Public Art. The debate will be conducted virtually, allowing unlimited audience participation. We invite the community to register and participate in this important discussion."
The debate consists of six main speeches and two response speeches from each team after which the attendees vote to choose the winning team in their view. Afterward, a discussion is open between attendees and the debating teams on points made in the debate.
Abdulrahman Al Subaie, the Outreach Programs Manager at QatarDebate, said: “We are happy to partner and renew cooperation with Qatar Museums, which is in tune with the Center, as it ensures enhancing dialogue and raising issues that motivate young people, instill the spirit of challenge in them, and reinforce a positive image of society. This is what QatarDebate Center is seeking too through its programs, which have proven our readiness to deal with new developments and highlight them as well as our role in the participation of young people.”
The affirmative debating team (for) will discuss the topics of the emergence of public art, its role in society, the development of culture and its consolidation through public art, artists’ interest in their community’s culture, and the importance of having public art as a part of a country's culture.
The negative team (against) will address the importance of public art as a means of expression and its role in society’s thought development, society’s identity, the formation of culture, and the relation between society and art, as well as the importance of the presence of public art in terms of sparking discussion leading to its development and constructive criticism.
The debate will feature the participation of Moza Al-Hajri, Ammar Yasser Muhammad Karkour, Abdullah Hamza Muhammad Sha'ar, Rahaf Khalid Abu Tarbush, Muhammad Hamzah Al-Sioufi, and Dana Al-Darwish.
For more information on Qatar Debate, please visit Qatardebate.org
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