[gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="31208,31207,31206"] Mariam Nihal Saudi Gazette 2016 started with a bang and there is no slowing down. A great time to be in the GCC, which is home to an arts scene on the rise and safely far away from haute couture talks around the globe at the moment. Come experience organic growth of the art scene and be a part of the most lucrative events around the Middle East. The M Project- a fashion pop-up at Athr gallery Jeddah. "What many don't know is that it is a Jeddah based entity. Many think it's an international name and we are here to showcase their vast collection," Nour kelani, a Jeddah based fashion stylist told Saudi Gazette. The M Project is a contemporary multi-brand, online store concept and the brainchild of sisters Fatma and Nouf. Visit: http://mprojectstore.com 21,39 Jeddah returns for its third edition to Jeddah. The exhibition opens on February 10 at the Saudi Art Council headquarters at Gold Moor Mall, Alshate'a Dist. Tweet them at @2139JeddahArts Dubai Design Days is back for its fifth edition that runs from March 14-18. Their last instagram post features Beirut-based @VickVanlianOfficial participating at Design Days Dubai for the first time. He will exhibit ‘L.P.C.: Love, Power, Copper'. Copper is considered matter tha conducts energy (mostly love and power, which are used during the production of all @VickVanlianOfficial's products) and elevates mental agility and consciousness. The post continues: "In legend, copper is said to be the metal of the god Hermes who facilitated mental agility and quick-wit." Follow them on @designdaysdubai Art Dubai is currently looking for volunteers to help contribute to one of the biggest events in the GCC. On-site volunteers are given opportunities that involve working with galleries,manning welcome desks, interacting with guests and audiences, providing information to visitors and other specialised tasks within different programmes and areas. Apply here http://artdubai.ae/internships Loud Art Oman is an exhibition of 39 artists from across the Gulf, held at Bait Al Zubair and Gallery Sarah. The exhibition is open to public untilFebruary 11. Follow them on Instagram @loudart DSF- The 20th milestone edition of DSF runs until February 1 under the special theme "20th Anniversary - A Journey of Celebrations", celebrating the best in shopping, winning and entertainment. SNCI- 12 weeks to go for the second edition of the #SaudiCreativeWeeks. You can register on www.snci-ksa.com. Market Outside The Box (Market OTB) has become one of the local favorites in Dubai and ended on January 24. The lifestyle marketplace features retailers operating out of refurbished shipping containers - with a wide variety of fashion items, accessories, jewelry, shoes, bags, home décor, beauty products, organic food concepts with live music and art performances. Sharjah Art Foundation- Participate and collaborate together in do it بالعربي [in Arabic] – a new project organised by Sharjah Art Foundation. More than 60 artists from across the region have written instructions that anyone can use to make a new work of art. do it بالعربي will be open to the public at Sharjah Art Foundation's Bait Al Shamsi from 23 January to 23 April. Bahrain Annual Fine Arts Exhibition 42- runs until 20 March and celebrates local Bahraini art at Bahrain National Museum. Emy Kat's "The Ever Lasting Now" is a documentation, which aims to capture the beauty of a slowly disappearing heritage being held at Nassief House, in Old Jeddah. ‘The Everlasting Now' seeks to provoke questions such as ‘what happened to this heritage?' ‘Why has it been neglected for so long?' but most importantly, ‘what can be done to preserve it?. The exhibition runs until April 7. Wind and Art Don't Care About Border- The art show in Beirut aims to be a small tribute to freedom of expression, to love for diversity and mankind. It runs until February 7. The exhibition combines the artworks of Etel Adnan, Ai Weiwei, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pascale Marthine Tayou and Jose Yaque.
