Past Workshops

DDW 2020 MasterClass: Creative and Cultural Industries, What Does it All Mean?

Lisa Ball-Lechgar

The term ‘creative and cultural industries’ has gained momentum since it was first coined back in the 1990s in a bid to measure the economic and social impact and spread deeper understanding about the...

Afterschool Arts Club: Slime!

Participants will learn to make their own safe slime at home using items from the grocery store. Young people can still learn new kinds of making while observing social distancing with the After Scho...

Expand Your Practice

Khalid Mezaina

This crash course in screenprinting is ideal for artists and designers looking to access a new technique to enhance their practice or refresh their knowledge. Covering the fundamentals of screenprinti...

Online Workshop: How to Photograph Art

Altamash Urooj

The workshop will be focused on providing development of skills to photograph and catalogue artwork for archival, commercial and social media use. The presentation-based talk will include discussing t...

Online Talk: Tanween 2021 – Time to Apply

Tanween is the professional development programme by Tashkeel, open to emerging designers, makers and artisans living and working in the UAE. Each year, practitioners are selected to embark on a journ...

Online Course: Critical Dialogues

Kevin Jones

Running annually since 2016, this twelve-week course offers artists the tools to significantly improve how they represent themselves. Based on the belief that we can’t think critically if we don’t rea...

After School Arts Club: Salt Painting

Participants will learn how to apply paint to create a tactile image using salt. Young people can still learn new kinds of making while observing social distancing with the After School Arts Club at ...

Training for Teaching-Artists

Azim Al Ghussein

In this workshop participants will learn how to structure and plan a studio based workshop. Topics discussed will include how to plan according to parameters, how to cost and price a workshop, how to ...

Live Lecture: Perspire - Biofabrication of the Future Body

Fashion designer and material innovator Alice Potts explores the possibilities of the ability for our body to grow its own accessories. Looking at her most recent project “Perspire” that focuses on th...

Obscure Dubai - Analogue Shot to Print

Poras Dhakan

Film is not dead and is in fact very much alive and thriving in Dubai. Discover over 3 sessions how to shoot, develop and print a photograph and publish a zine. The course will cover the basics of usi...

Effective Applications and Proposals

Lisa Ball-Lechgar, Fatima Uzdenova

Artists and Designers, Open Calls and Competitions can be great opportunities to gain recognition and awards for your work. In this session, we will discuss what should be part of an application, how ...

After School Arts Club: Crayon Printing

Using crayons and a pencil, participants will learn how to create unconventional drawings by scratching away at the marks they make. Young people can still learn new kinds of making while observing s...