Enjoy the flowing streams of creativity and co-creation through a series of hands-on activities inspired by Artist Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shadhin’s The River Remembers, hosted by Farah Fawzi Ali.

Through community-oriented activities and textured art play using materials commonly used along the riverside, families create pieces that are both personally reflective and spontaneously unique.

The activities are free to attend and run all day to encourage and support creativity and imagination. Jameel Arts Centre strives to provide space for children to share stories, and to foster cultural awareness through artistic exploration that supports healthy child-development and growth.

Family Sundays at the Jameel are suitable for all ages. All materials and step by step guides will be provided.

About the exhibition:

This monumental one-room installation restages Kamruzzaman Shadhin’s ‘The River Remembers’. In the large-scale textile artwork, handcrafted threads map the colour of the water of the Teesta and the Brahmaputra, two rivers flowing through the Bengal delta. Engraved brass disks convey the memories and migration stories of two women in the artist’s life: his mother and Johura Begum, a traditional jute weaver in his village. Affected by the 1947 partition of Bengal, their lives were strongly marked by the river.

About Farah:

Farah Fawzi Ali is an Egyptian-Filipina researcher, curator, and writer. Driven by her mixed heritage and Gulf upbringing, Farah is committed to widening spaces for community dialogue and collective meaning-making. She is the founder of Faire Trade, a community swap shop, and leads the Sharjah Book Authority Community Book Club. Her creative practice mainly explores collage, mixed media, and writing, and she has exhibited work at 421 Art Campus and Rizq Art Initiative. Her writing has appeared in Postscript Magazine, Global Art Daily, Sampaguita Press, Art Dubai, Ward Magazine, and Unootha Magazine. She is pursuing an MA in Museum and Critical Heritage Studies at Global Studies University, researching Afro-Asian relations in the arts. Farah is creating a literary body of work exploring the Gulf Filipino diaspora.