Past Workshops

Youth Hubx: Artist Talk with Khalid Mezaina

Khalid Mezaina

Khalid Mezaina’s explores illustration and surface-based design and art through personal interests that include daily findings from around the city he calls home. He will talk about the subcultures of...

Afterschool Art Club: Plaster Planter

Azim Al Ghussein

Using textiles and plaster, participants will explore unusual material combinations to create their very own planter.

Winter Camp 2019 (12 - 14 years)

Sign up for a series of creative workshops this winter at the Tashkeel Winter Camp. Sessions are focused on making activities that foster creative and critical thinking. The workshops engage participa...

Winter Camp 2019 (8 - 11 years)

Sign up for a series of creative workshops this winter at the Tashkeel Winter Camp. Sessions are focused on making activities that foster creative and critical thinking. The workshops engage participa...

Khatt Foundation: Arabic Lettering

Khatt Foundation, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

(2 sessions) Discover the expressive possibilities of lettering using the Arabic script with Huda Smitshuijzen-AbiFarès. Create a word, exploring letterforms that can later be extended to a typeface d...

Khatt Foundation: Advanced Arabic Typeface Design

Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, Khajag Apelian, Khatt Foundation

Suitable for experienced designers wanting to learn new type design authoring tools. Join Huda Smitshuijzen- AbiFarès, Naïma Ben Ayed, Khajag Apelian and Georg Seifert to expand character sets and fin...

Youth Hub Talk: Design Scene in the UAE

Lewis Adams

Tashkeel Design Manager Lewis Adams discusses the local product design scene; covering topics such as historical contexts, local trends, sustainability and production in the UAE.

Afterschool Arts Club: Capes and Roles

Azim Al Ghussein

Be inspired by Khalid Mezaina’s textile works 'Capes Make the Man' in the current exhibition ‘The Alumni Return’ and learn the basics of printed textile patterns and fashion pattern-making. Participan...

d3 workshops: Digital Illustration

Azim Al Ghussein

Participants are required to bring their own iPads with Apple Pencil and with the application Procreate.In this workshop, participants will focus on developing their own strategies to create spot illu...

d3 workshops: Repeat Pattern-Making

Katie Venner-Woodbridge

This session will give participants an insight into the process of creating a repeat pattern tile. Once this skill is mastered the applications for repeat patterns are endless! Students will work wit...

Summer Camp 2019: Cool Tools

Salim Ahmed

Using the very special UNIMAT machines and wearing an apron and goggles, master woodturning, sawing, sanding and drilling in the Tashkeel 3D studio. Supervised by two members of the team, design an...

Summer Camp 2019: Week 2

Azim Al Ghussein, Engineers to Be, Katie Venner-Woodbridge, Salim Ahmed, Sorour Amini

Start your summer vacation with two weeks of workshops led by teaching-artists. Explore your creativity with a range of techniques and take home artwork to impress your parents! Suitable for ages 8–16...