Where Arts, Culture, Creativity And Innovation Connect.
Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation has been nurturing creativity, artistic expression and cultural excellence for almost three decades.
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Activities
Education & Community, Literature & Poetry
RIWAK AL ADAB WAL KITAB | International Mother Language Day 2025
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Cultural Diplomacy
ADMAF Signs MoU with Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE)
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Cultural Diplomacy
ADMAF Founder H.E Huda Alkhamis Kanoo Receives Order of the Star of Italy
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Education & Community, Literature & Poetry
Riwaq Al Adab Wal Kitab | Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2024
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Empowering Diversity: Navigating the Spectrum with Innovation
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Education & Community
Romance and War/Music and Technology: From Brief Encounter to Lawrence of Arabia
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Education & Community
Fatima bint Mubarak: Enlightenment in Ideology and Work by H.E. Dr. Maitha Al Shamsi
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Education & Community, Performing Arts
Harmonizing Hope | The Resilient Journey of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music
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Awards
ADMAF Jewelry Design Award in Partnership with L’ÉCOLE School of Jewelry Arts supported by Van Cleef & Arpels
A unique platform for emerging jewelry designers in the UAE, renowned for bespoke collaborations and comprehensive training opportunities, paving the way towards professional excellence.
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Dolce&Gabbana x ADMAF Design Awards
Launched in 2023, the Dolce&Gabbana x ADMAF Design Awards empower emerging UAE designers in the luxury industry. Offering exceptional opportunities for professional and creative development in high-end sartorial and jewellery crafts, the awards foster creative excellence. Through funding, mentorship, residencies and networking, the awards enhance the designers' careers and their contribution to the region's cultural industries.
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The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award
Presented in partnership with New York University Abu Dhabi, the award gives UAE undergraduates and recent graduates the chance to create a work of art that, in the spirit of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, can be publicly exhibited and enjoyed.
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Gulf Capital – ADMAF Visual Arts Award
The ADMAF Visual Arts Award was launched in 2013 and is an annual prize offering 10,000AED in development opportunities to the Emirati emerging artist between the age of 18 and 35 years who demonstrates outstanding creativity in the different forms of Visual Arts.
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Gulf Capital – ADMAF Creativity Award
The Award recognises creative excellence among youth in the performing arts.
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TotalEnergies Sustainability Design Award
The TotalEnergies Sustainability Design Award was established in 2014 to recognise outstanding innovation and achievement by young Emiratis in the fields of design and architecture. The award seeks to nurture potential and encourage creative practice by providing a launch pad for emerging designers and architects across the UAE.
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ADMAF Publications
ADMAF TRIBUNE – ABU DHABI FESTIVAL 2024
ADMAF Yearbook 2023
Portrait Of a Nation
A history of arts and artist of the United Arab Emirates
THE ART OF THE EMIRATES
THE ART OF THE EMIRATES
Abu Dhabi Festival
Abu Dhabi Festival is the time and the place where the year’s work is shared, where new encounters are orchestrated and new ideas are forged, where long-trusted partners visit, new collaborations shape, and where artists and audiences connect.
Founded in 2004, the Festival was generously granted the patronage of the President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from 2007 to 2011. The first Abu Dhabi Festival was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the then Minister of Information and Culture (currently the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs).
Abu Dhabi Festival is the festival of “Bilad Al Khayr”, the land of blessings, the land of Zayed, and embraces the values of dialogue, tolerance, respect and peace.
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