Past Workshops

Spring Camp 2018: Introduction to Geometric Patterns (Week 2)

This introductory workshop will cover the practice of Geometrical patterns in traditional and ancestral technique. By using rulers and compasses only, participants will learn how to create intricate a...

Sketch x Duplicate

Sarah Alfarhan

You are encouraged to bring your own drawings/ illustrations. Each participant will create an edition of 30 A4 prints.

Drop in and Draw

Sarah Alfarhan

Drop in and Draw is an on-going monthly session for artists, designers, and creatives wanting to share their sketchbook pages with each other and to create a supportive community committed to drawing ...

Winter Camp 2017: Riso Badge Party

Sarah Alfarhan

Young artists will have the opportunity to use Tashkeel’s risograph - an environmentally friendly digital printer that uses inks made from eco-friendly soy oil. They will create badges from different ...

Winter Camp 2017: Pop Art

Natalia Lasso

Participants will learn the basis characteristics of this iconic art movement, fundamentals of portrait drawing and how to work with primary colours.

Winter Camp 2017: 3D Woodwork

Salim Ahmed

Join us in a special workshop designed for young people to explore working with wood. From design all the way through to making their own piece using practical skills in a fun, friendly and safe envir...

Riso in Arabic (#ArabicLanguageDay)

Sarah Alfarhan, Ibrahim Zaki

Celebrate Arabic Language Day during this introductory Riso workshop.

Winter Camp 2017

Fay McCaul, Ibrahim Zaki, Natalia Lasso, Salim Ahmed, Sarah Alfarhan

Tashkeel is happy to announce that we will be running our first edition of Winter camp starting in December 2017 Throughout the 2 weeks we will be having workshops for young people, covering a differ...

Winter Camp 2017: Week 1

Tashkeel is happy to announce that we will be running our first edition of Winter camp starting in December 2017

Arabic Type Design for Beginners 2017

Khajag Apelian, Georg Seifert, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

The workshop will consist of historical presentations and practical exercises on Arabic lettering and typeface design. It will introduce the participants to the basics of the Glyphs font authoring sof...

Advanced Arabic Type Design 2017

Khajag Apelian, Georg Seifert, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

This workshop concentrates on advanced instruction for designers and is designed for those who have already taken previous Khatt Foundation Type Design workshops at Tashkeel, or designers that have ex...

Riso Gig Posters - Weltformat DXB

Sarah Alfarhan

In this introductory workshop to the Risograph printer, participants will create gig posters inspired by a selected number of musicians.