Spring 2026 Program

Carrying forward the resonances of our ongoing exhibition Rays, Ripples, Residue, on view until April 26, the Spring 2026 season moves from witnessing and towards inhabiting. Rather than simply observing traces, this season invites participants to work from the inside-out, through sustained, process-oriented programming that emphasizes duration, depth, and collective learning.

Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

1 May 2026 - 26 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

60 AED

For registration, email hello@421.online 

Human in the Loop by Dr. Ahmad AlAttar

Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation by Dr. Ahmad AlAttar that unfolds through physical interaction, listening, and gradual discovery. The work takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. What begins as light and playful shifts into focused engagement as participants learn to interpret and respond through listening.

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Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

3 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

5 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

From Drawing to Sculpture with Hassana Arif

6 June 2026
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Studio Seminars

Join us for a Studio Session with multidisciplinary artist Hassana Arif as we address and destigmatize approaches to drawing, and later translate these drawings into sculptural forms. 

Lunch will be provided.

Open to ages 18 and above.

No prior experience is required

60 AED

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Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

10 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

60 AED

For registration, email hello@421.online 

Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

12 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

60 AED

For registration, email hello@421.online 

Fundamentals of Artist Books with Arnold Barretto

13 June 2026 - 14 June 2026
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Studio Seminars

Join us for a Studio Seminar with multidisciplinary artist and artist-book extraordinaire Arnold Barretto for a two-part, two-day artist-book making seminar where participants will be invited to understand the history of book-making, conceptualize, start, score, and finish their own artist-books inspired by their own personal archives. 

Open to ages 18+

No prior experience required.

Language: English

60 AED

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Tatreez Circle with Joanna Barakat

14 June 2026
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Tatreez Circle

Join us for Tatreez Circle with Joanna Barakat, a gathering where makers come together to embroider meaningful motifs and connect through the shared practice of stitching.

Open to ages 18 and above

Participants are asked to bring their own embroidery projects and supplies.

Basic knowledge of tatreez is required.

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Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

17 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

60 AED

For registration, email hello@421.online 

Pencil In with Sarah Afaneh

18 June 2026
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Writers’ Circle

Join us for Pencil In with Sarah Afaneh, a communal writing session designed to help writers stay focused, inspired, and connected through shared creative time.

Open to ages 18 and above.

No prior experience is required

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Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

19 June 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Children's Programming

MEET THE ARTIST EDITION

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

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Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

24 June 2026
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

60 AED

For registration, email hello@421.online 

Community Culture Club with Montessori Network Middle East initiative

26 June 2026
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Children's Programming

Join us at 421 Arts Campus for a creative curriculum-based series of sessions throughout the Spring season. Designed for parents and children aged 5-8, each session combines movement-based storytelling, hands-on creative activities, and playful math and chess exercises. Together, families explore the art, craft, culture, and biodiversity of countries around the world, building a collective World Map throughout the season.

Open to ages 5-8

60 AED

For registration, email hello@421.online 

421 Family Day!

27 June 2026
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Special Event

Join us for 421 Family Day, a playful and interactive program for families to explore, experiment, and create together at 421 Arts Campus. This edition invites participants to engage with our Spring season’s themes through tactile stations, collaborative activities, and imaginative exercises.

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Noor’s Heroes: Mahmoud Darwish & The Art of Arabic Calligraphy with Myrna Ayad & Karim El Atrache

28 June 2026
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Children’s Programming

Immerse yourself in the story of a beloved cultural figure from the Arab world through storytelling, play, and hands-on making in this family-friendly Noor’s Heroes™ storytime and studio session.

Lunch will be provided.

Suitable for families with children of ages 6 and above

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Maktaba: Sound

28 June 2026
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Cornerstone Programming

Maktaba: A Speculative Thought Circle is a monthly gathering dedicated to collective reading, viewing, and discussion across disciplines. Rooted in the Arabic word for “library,” Maktaba takes the form of an open and horizontal learning environment where participants gather around a roundtable to reflect on texts and artistic practices, from exhibitions, books, film, and image to performance and sound, considering the ways they speak to one another and what we might speculate from them.

Open to ages 18+

No prior experience required.

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