Talks
Talk: Summits of Solitude
13 February 2024
FN Design
Artist Ji-Hye Kim joins Jolaine Frizzell to discuss how her practice has grown during Tashkeel’s Critical Practice Programme and the journey behind the new body of work presented in this solo show.
Artist Talk Series: Hana El-Sagini
11 February 2024
421
Join Hana El-Sagini and Jolaine Frizzell where they discuss Hana’s solo exhibition as part of the Artistic Development Program
Talk: Ways of Seeing
31 October 2023
FN Design
Tashkeel Critical Practice Programme Artist Jamal Tayara Baroudy joins Jolaine Frizzell to discuss how her practice has grown during her time in Tashkeel’s Critical Practice programme and the journey behind the new body of work presented in her solo show.
Talk: "So, you are not the curator?”
09 October 2023
Jameel Art Centre
Jolaine and Alisa Fung, Director of Sales at Aisha Alabbar Gallery, shared their experiences of working within the art gallery sector. Their discussion focussed on the disparate functions and roles required to facilitate the smooth running of a global commercial contemporary art gallery. Our speakers focussed on accounting, law, database management, graphic design, artist liaison, marketing and sales.
Talk: Instagram for Artists: Maximise Your Impact
08 October 2023
Jameel Art Centre
Jolaine and Morvarid Ranjbar (IEA) hosted a career skills seminar which focussed on how artists can maximise their use of Instagram to further their professional profiles. The seminar taught participants to make the most of this platform and how to consolidate pubic profiles. The Institute also offered one-to-one surgeries providing bespoke assessments of each individual’s Instagram profile.
In Conversation With: Virtual discussions with established creatives.
Online talk
26 September 2023
Misk, KSA
Jolaine participated in Misk Art Institute's weekly virtual talks discussing the local art scene and the complexities of entering the art market and is designed to help emerging artists navigate opportunities in the arts industry.
The Institute Crits
Online talk
18 July 2023
The Institute for Emerging Art
On July 18th, three artists presented their work in a group critique. The session provided an opportunity to receive feedback and advice and to explore the work's questions.
Talk: Introduction to Printmaking
31 May 2023
Aisha Alabbar Gallery
Together with printmaker and artist Ji-Hye Kim, Jolaine Frizzell held an introductory talk highlighting the many aspects of printmaking as an artistic practice. This talk supports the Press Print! exhibition held at the gallery.
Talk: Nassir Nasallah
08 May 2023
421
Join Nassir Nasallah and Jolaine Frizzell where they discuss Hana’s solo exhibition as part of the Artistic Development Program
Talk: Nooks of Power
17 May 2023
Alserkal Avenue
Sophiya Khawaja and Jolaine Frizzell discuss how Sophiya’s practice has changed, the journey in Tashkeel’s Critical Practice Programme and its impact on the new body of work presented in her first solo show.
Discussion: Mahshid Rafiei
05 February 2023
421
Join Mahshid Rafiei and Jolaine Frizzell where they discuss Hana’s solo exhibition as part of the Artistic Development Program
UNESCO Symposium
Chair in Democracy, Global Citizenship and Transformative Education
Talk: Visual Literacy as social action: Photography praxis for social change.
27 October 2022
This panel discussion made up of Miranda McKee, Kevin Jones, Jolaine Frizzell, Rohit Goel reflected upon a series of dialogical, visual literacy workshops hosted by Juniper Mind in late 2020 and considered photography praxis for social change.
Talk: Artistic Practice: from school years to a professional career
24 October 2022
Jameel Arts Centre
Jolaine moderated a conversation with Nasser Alzayani, Moza Almatrooshi and Rand Abdul Jabbar focusing on their journeys to artistic success, focusing on how they developed their practices, through often unexpected career twists and turns.
Talk: So to Speak
12 October 2022
Tashkeel
Shamma Al Amri and Jolaine discuss how the non-Arabic speaker can access the work presented in Shamma’s exhibition as well as her journey in the Critical Practice Programme and its impact on the trajectory of her art practice.
Discussion: Mohammed Khalid
09 October 2022
421
Join Mohammed Khalid and Jolaine Frizzell where they discuss Hana’s solo exhibition as part of the Artistic Development Program
Talk: Abstraction and Politics in Visual Art
21 May 2022
421
Jolaine Frizzell and Jill Magi discussed abstraction in art and its political resonances during her exhibition “The Weft In Pencil” as part of the Artistic Development Program.
Talk: Failure and The Artistic Process
27 February 2022
421
The “Out of Range” opening included a talk between Ammar Al Attar and Nasser Abdullah, which discussed failure as part of the artistic process, moderated by Jolaine Frizzell.
Talk with Dr. Najat Makki
27 October 2021
Sotheby’s Dubai
Dr. Najat Makki and Jolaine Frizzell spoke together about her practice to accompany the artist's exhibition 'I Write in Colour'.
Talk: Borrowed Vision Collecting Emerging Art
Naqd Critique
4 May 2021
Zoom
In a special online session held in collaboration with Naqd Critique, Jolaine Frizzell shares what her clients and collectors look for when collecting emerging artists situated in this region. The talk is followed by a Q&A session.
Picturing the Invisible
The Art Circle
28 June 2020
Zoom
Held in collaboration with Abu Dhabi-based The Art Circle, Picturing the Invisible features Jolaine Frizzell moderationg a conversation with Ammar. Abd Rabbo, Erika Larsen, and Shannon Taggart.
Art and Artists in Times of Disruption II
21 May 2020
Zoom
In this installation of 421 Conversation, our speakers tackle the topic of art and artists in times of disruption with a long-sighted view. Nadine Khalil moderated a diverse panel of players in the arts ecosystem. Link to Conversation.