NMoQ Announces Organizing Art and Tech Summer Camp

Doha: The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) announced the organization of the Art and Tech Summer Camp, in cooperation with the Studio 5 initiative, launched by the Digital Society Sector of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which aims to provide the youth of Qatar with essential knowledge and skills in digital fabrication and emerging technologies. In collaboration with NMoQ, Studio 5 will deliver various knowledge areas related to technology and focus on art expressions, inviting all age groups to participate in a 3-day workshop and, at the end, create a piece of art. Aligning closely with NMoQ's mission to ignite creativity and innovation among Qatar's youth, Studio 5 seeks to facilitate the Digital Revolution within the Qatari society and community. On Aug. 26, NMoQ will host an exhibition showcasing the work of the Summer Camp participants, and the results generated from different learning skills, such as coding, gaming, electronic, biotechnology, and digital fabrication. The Art and Tech Summer Camp in collaboration with Studio 5 includes a combination of workshops, including the 'Gamification with BuildBox' workshop on Aug. 11,12, and 14, where participants will learn how to create a game using BuildBox during the 3-day sessions. The game will be set in the National Museum, and participants will learn how to create a character using coding. They will also use different assets and animations to make the game more realistic and interactive, along with the 'WearArt' workshop, which is set to be organized on the same date, where participants will be introduced to different areas of knowledge. Additionally, the 'Art Coding with Pictoblox' workshop is due to be held on Aug. 18, 19, and 21, during which participants will learn how to use block coding and create different techniques of digital art using visual simulators inspired by the NMoQ geometry logo and they will learn about microcontrollers using Micro bit to visualize the coding. At the end of the sessions, participants will record a 30-second video to showcase their digital art results. Moreover, the 'Bacteri Art' workshop will be held during the same period, during which participants will learn about bioengineering and will go through different genetic engineering experiments using E. coli bacteria to produce a color pigment that comes from Qatar corals. Participants will use biotechnology kits and tools to create different petri art pieces that will be exhibited in the museum at the end of the summer camp. Source: Qatar News Agency