letter from the executive Director

Dear Friends of QAIC,

I’m thrilled to share with you our 2022 Year in Review. This year’s report highlights QAIC’s biggest milestones this year, in our own words and those of our partners. In 2022, QAIC engaged and strengthened the connections between our audiences, partners, and the artists we support both at our headquarters in Washington, D.C. and in Doha, Qatar.

In 2022, QAIC welcomed more than 1,700 visitors to our public programs in D.C. and in Doha. As a hub for creating, curating and executing programs, QAIC amplified the voices of more than 77 emerging and midcareer artists, filmmakers, designers, and creatives through exhibition and speaking opportunities, film screenings, public programs, along with a delegation that took emerging American artists to experience the sights, sounds and culture of Doha.

Our programs and exhibitions in 2022 engaged with our year-long theme of sustainability in the arts, the exchange of culture across the Silk Road through music and celebrated the cultural side of the World Cup. In doing so, QAIC collaborated with numerous partners in the U.S. and in Doha including the Doha Film Institute, the Fashion & Diplomacy Project, the Institute for Art and Olfaction, Qatar Museums, the Syrian Music Preservation Initiative, the Turkish Coffee Lady Foundation and more, to celebrate the diversity of Qatari, American and the Arab World’s culture through music, film, art and food.

As we look ahead in 2023, we are grateful to our sponsors, members and visitors who make our mission to amplify all forms of art and culture possible. We invite you to join them in supporting our work by visiting us and supporting our work to engage broad audiences through educational exhibitions and programs.

With gratitude,

Fatima Al-Dosari