Empowering diverse voices: Teaching costume design in the MENA region /

This essay explores the ways in which the BFA production arts course, at the Sharjah Performing Arts Academy (SPAA), provided an opportunity for students to challenge cultural stereotypes in a design project presented at the Prague Quadrennial (PQ) in 2023. The project brief asked students to reimag...

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