Riad owner and art collector Vanessa Branson is a force behind the discovery and promotion of local artists. To bring outsiders into that world, she’s starting a series of art weekends at the riad.

The mutual admiration between kids and Marrakech is obvious. Kids will gaze in wonderment at fairytale souks; thrill at the sensory overload of the nightly drama in the Djemaa el-Fna where ...