ARTE introduces another regular market venue in Dubai

ARTE has introduced a regular shopping venue where the public can buy original handcrafted work by ARTE artist and crafter members. The first Friday of every month will see ARTE market at the Festival Centre in Dubai Festival City, Marina Terrace. “ARTE has seen the birth of a new ARTE identity at the Festival Centre,” says Miriam Walsh, ARTE Management, “with a new colour in the logo and fabulous purpose built stalls to be delivered next month.”
ARTE members will continue to showcase their handicrafts at the Times Square centre on the second Friday of each month. Stalls will be tastefully decorated to celebrate Valentine’s Day – whether that means love or friendship, brotherhood or sorority. Be prepared to be greeted by huge smiles and happy hearts of ARTE’s vendors selling original Valentine’s themed gifts, alongside gifts for other occasions. One highlight of this soukh is the Color Nail Spa who are offering hair braiding and girly manicures to little princesses during the ARTE Soukh. In addition, Sun Café is offering discounted beverages to customers who have purchased food and other art and craft items from ARTE vendors.

So visit ARTE at the Festival Centre in Dubai Festival City, Marina Terrace on the 5th of February from 2pm till 9pm and at Times Square Centre on the 12th of February from 12pm till 7pm.

Next markets on 5th March and 12th March.


Please contact ARTE for further information, high resolution photos, or if photographers want to take their own as well as to discuss opportunities for interviews with ARTE-sans.
Miriam Walsh and Paul Townsend, ARTE Management
E-Mail: info@arte.ae
WWW.ARTE.AE
www.arte.ae/calendar.html

About ARTE:

Artisans of the Emirates was founded in 2005 by Miriam Walsh a feltmaker, and Paul Townsend a silversmith, both experienced artisans regularly featuring at the fairs in Dubai and long-term residents of Dubai.

Many of the craft fairs in Dubai at that time included a high percentage of imported goods of varying quality and often produced in bulk, mixed with a sense of dissatisfaction of how other events were run, Paul & Miriam decided to set up their own Artisan of the Emirates community to showcase the quality work produced by talented individuals living in the UAE.

ARTE has seen a rapid increase in membership since 2005; it now boasts over 1000 members, from at least 30 different countries, with items as diverse as contemporary silver jewellery, haute couture clothing, artistically designed cakes for special occasions, Waldorf dolls, pottery, crochet items, silk & wool felted scarves, hats & bags, photography and digital art plus painting styles ranging from oils, watercolours and acrylics to pencil drawings and 3-d mixed media pieces. The soukhs offer the ideal venue for gift buyers, or those just looking for locally made quality art and crafts as a lasting memory of the Arabian region.

The ARTE Soukh is now the regular haunt for around 100 different vendors and continues to offer a relaxed family atmosphere with plenty of hands on workshops for the visitors to try out.