Favoured by the Ottoman sultans, Jali Diwani and Diwani were used as the scripts for official decrees, correspondences, badges and ornamentations. Today, Jali Diwani is applied in a wide range of cont...
Partnerships between arts and business enable both sectors to learn from each other, develop skills and enable projects to happen that benefit society. Featuring group exercises and role play, this o...
Feed your imagination and get creative - join us every Tuesday from 4 – 5.30 pm for the Tashkeel AfterSchool Art Club! These workshops are focused especially on the young'uns, aged between 8 and 14 ye...
Using their own images, participants will transfer them onto acetate in preparation for exposure onto plates. There will then be a guided demonstration of the process allowing each participant to expo...
The workshop will introduce the participants to the history and practice of calligraphy, with extensive presentation of the letter forms, shapes and anatomy. Participants will work throughout the cour...
Find out how to draw landscapes and portraits with pastels in this 3-hour session with artist Osama Khalaf as he introduces the tools and techniques for realistic drawing including outlining, observat...
What does it mean to be in a place, to look through and into something, to remove the frame from a picture? ‘Telling Tales’ artist Debjani Bhardwaj guides you in constructing drawings that act as a re...
Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez, holds so much meaning to Palestinians: visually, culturally, and politically. This workshop will begin with a discussion about the history of Palestinian embroider...
Shadow play is an ancient form of storytelling, which uses cut-out figures that are held between a light source and a translucent screen. Working in small groups, join ‘Telling Tales’ artist Debjani B...
Tashkeel’s all-new club kicks off in September with a fun silhouette portraiture workshop led by Telling Tales artist Debjani Bhardwaj. A popular way to recreate an image before the arrival of photogr...
Using the art of silhouette, paper cuts and handmade books, work with Telling Tales artist Debjani Bhardwaj to build your very own Tinderbox story that you can take home and share with loved ones. Su...
This workshop will start the day by introducing the participants to the variety of techniques available in intaglio showing various examples. This will be followed by an introduction to the materials ...