Past Workshops

Comic & Sequential Drawing

Mohammed Al Shaibani

Build the basic skills you need to be a cartoonist in this free 3-hour workshop with Emirati artist Mohammad Alshaibani.

Descriptive Writing & The Art of Critiquing

Yosr El Sherbiny

Becoming a better descriptive writer can help you improve your overall writing, and even help you become a better designer.

Hand Building with Clay

Amani Eltigani Badur

Join this introductory hands-on pottery workshop with Amani Eltigani Badur, the founder of Amani Ceramics Pottery & Art studio, who will guide participants in making functional pottery and decorative ...

On Frescoes: Learning and Expanding

Chafa Ghaddar

A unique course with artist Chafa Ghaddar exploring the world of fresco and the technical, historical and conceptual undertakings that the medium offers. This three-part course will include a historic...

Afterschool Arts Club: Splatter Drawings

For the last Afterschool Arts Club workshop, the participants will be encouraged to let go and use paint, paper and dry drawing tools to create figurative work.

Afterschool Arts Club: Creature Combinations

What happens when you draw without an expected outcome? This workshop will explore the depths of imagination using basic drawing and bookbinding activities to create a fantastic creature generator!

Drawing From Observation

Rania Naccour

Join this free 3-hour drawing workshop with artist Rania Naccour who will be exploring the an in-depth use of our senses while drawing. Participants will sketch different objects, separately and combi...

Photowalk: d3 at dusk

Altamash Urooj

Explore the d3 through your camera lens in this free photowalk with Altamash Urooj. The workshop is suitable for amateur and experienced photography enthusiasts who want to participate in a group acti...

Afterschool Arts Club: Cardboard Creatures

Cardboard is a versatile, environmentally-friendly material that can be shaped into many different forms, including our own imaginary creatures!

Tashkeel Lecture: Fleeting Stains

Nahla Tabbaa

Watch the Fleeting Stains lecture online at your leisure (sent as a private link after registration), then join artist Nahla Tabbaa for the Q&A session where you lead the discussion.

Casting: Surrogates

Mays Albaik

Explore body-casting techniques with Mays Albaik, the artist whose solo exhibition A Terranean Love Note is on display at Tashkeel. Learn more about the shift between positive and negative, absence an...

Garden with Vikram Divecha

Vikram Divecha

‘Garden’ is a workshop that will take place in the quiet neighborhood of Nad al Sheba with artist Vikram Divecha. Together with the instructor, the participants will explore Tashkeel’s garden through ...