ADMAF to celebrate Emirati visual art at Abu Dhabi Art 2015

ABU DHABI, 17th November, 2015 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation, ADMAF, is welcoming people from across the UAE to visit its official Pavilion at Abu Dhabi Art 2015, to celebrate the excellence of Emirati visual art. Alongside a series of educational talks, tours and sessions at Abu Dhabi Art between November 18th and 21st, ADMAF will demonstrate its commitment to the national visual arts sector through its most recent award-winning publication, 'The Art of the Emirates'. The Art of the Emirates, launched in June, 2015, offers an overview of the national visual arts sector today and features the people who helped shape it. Filled with in-depth interviews, portraits and artworks, this publication offers an insight into a wide range of artists, galleries, foundations and universities, including Fatma Lootah, Khawla Darwish, Khalid Shafar, Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Mohammed Al Astad, Abdul Rahim Salem, and the Chairman of the Emirates Fine Arts Society, Nasser Abdullah. Visitors can also win a copy of The Art of the Emirates by participating in a competition at the ADMAF Pavilion. In early November, H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, bestowed upon The Art of the Emirates, the 2015 Sharjah International Book Fair Award for 'Emirati Foreign Translated Book'. Hoda I. Al Khamis-Kanoo, founder of the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation, said, "The ADMAF Pavilion at this year’s Abu Dhabi Art presents our latest award-winning publication, The Art of the Emirates. ADMAF has been nurturing the national visual arts sector of the UAE since 1996. Our book, The Art of the Emirates, tells the dynamic, creative story of the guardians of creativity and knowledge - Emirati artists, galleries, foundations and universities - and explores their impact on society in their own words." – Emirates News Agency, WAM -http://www.wam.ae/en/news/general/1395288058647.html