Tashkeel was delighted to have Mohammed Shaibani and Moza Al Matrooshi for this edition of Tashkeel Talks to discuss what the creative economy of the UAE means for professional artists.
The Dubai Creative Economy Strategy aims to transform Dubai into an international destination for creativity and the capital of creative economy by 2025. In 2019 alone, Dubai’s cultural and creative sector has generated more than AED 37 billion ($10.7 billion) in output and employed more than 108,000 individuals across all the key industries, according to a new report published by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. The number of people engaged in the creative economy represents 3.6 percent of the total workforce in the city, according to the report.
What does that really mean for an artist and a creative? How can that be translated within artistic practices? And what is professional practice doing in the contemporary context? This Tashkeel Talk is relevant to creatives of all disciplines within the UAE, and those interested in the creative economy and industry of the UAE.
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