Past Workshops

SIKKA 2018: Portofolio Review for Photographers

Are you an emerging or amateur artist-photographer? Want feedback on composition, style and content? Have a personal portfolio review with Tashkeel.Photo credit: Photo by NordWood Themes

SIKKA 2018 Talk: Exploring B&W Photography Practice

Analog Photography UAE

Bernhard Sperling from Analogue Photography in UAE talks about his journey from analogue to digital and back again.

SIKKA 2018: DIY Developing

Analog Photography UAE

A step-by-step guide to developing your B&W films. Learning how to prepare films and the specifics of time, temperature and the chemical process. Participants must bring a B&W film that is ready to de...

SIKKA 2018: Smartphone Photography – Movement and Light

Kim Robertson

Exploring light and slow shutter speeds, participants will create their own light paintings using only their smart phone.

SIKKA 2018: How to Use an Analogue Camera

Analog Photography UAE

An introduction to your SLR camera and how to get the most from it. If you don’t have an analogue camera, we can lend you one for the session to shoot your B&W film on.

Bookbinding Techniques

Corina Reynolds

For the first time in the UAE, Corina Reynolds – Director and Co-Founder of Small Editions (New York) – leads a 3-hour introductory bookbinding workshop. Participants will fold accordion books and exp...

Language of Flowers - A Botanical Workshop

Jennifer Ipekel

During this workshop, participants will be asked to think about time, exploring the secret language of nature in an animalistic perspective.

From Paper to Fabric - Intro to screen-printing

Zohra Opoku

During this workshop, participants will work with Zohra on their own textiles, exploring her process of screen-printing on to fabric.

Contemporary Geometric Jewellery

Fay McCaul

Led by London-based textile designer Fay McCaul, this workshop focuses on the design and creation of geometric jewellery pieces. Suitable for both beginners and for those with more experience in jewel...

Darkroom Introduction

Christopher Osborne

The first commercially available silver gelatin photographic paper was made in 1874, and this rapidly became the normal material/process for printing photographic images right up until digital cameras...

Youth x Hub: Drawing Portraits 101

Natalia Lasso

Bring along a favourite photograph and get to grips with the basics of portrait drawing such as gesture, structure and contour. Improve your observation skills as well as individual artistic style. Ma...

Drop in and Draw

Sarah Alfarhan

Drop in & 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 as...