What to expect from the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival 2021
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What to expect from the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival 2021
The ongoing ninth edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival will play a pivotal role in reviving the country’s impacted arts and culture sector
February 7, 2021
With the biting economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the arts – expectedly – took a body blow and was consigned low down on the priority list of sectors that needed to be revived. Nonetheless, it is clawing its way back. The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai returned in January, as will the region’s largest affordable art fair World Art Dubai in April.
The ninth annual Ras Al Khaimah Arts Festival (RAKFAF) will take place in February with more than 100 regional and international artists participating.
The 2021 iteration bears the theme of hope. The festival includes outdoor art and photography exhibitions, workshops, film screenings and the launch of an oral history project around the historic pearling village of Al Jazirah Al Hamra, which is where the festival has been taking place for the last two years. Built around the 14th century, the town is remarkable for its architecture, with buildings made using traditional materials such as coral, mud and date palms. RAKFAF takes places in the historic village of Al Jazirah Al Hamra. Courtesy RAKFAF