Past Workshops

Art Club: Fashion and Photography

Tamsin Wildy

Participants will explore the world of fashion by creating paper garments.

Introduction to Acrylic Painting

Ruba Al Araji

A course for beginners who are interested in painting, this course will offer the basics of painting in acrylic on canvas. It does not require any previous experience in drawing or painting.

Introduction to Lino Print

Tamsin Wildy

Participants will learn the art of reduction print through use of lino. The 2/3 colours will all be printed from the block removing material from the block after each application. Participants are exp...

Art Club: Mono-printing

Fatima Albudoor

Participants will learn how to mono-print using techniques such as colour mixing, creating backgrounds, hand drawing and creating textures to create wonderful one off pieces of work that are completel...

Art Club: Illustrating Super Heroes

Ruba Al Araji

Participants will explore their imaginations and develop ideas about what kind of superhero they could or would want to be.

Art Club: Screen Printing

Tamsin Wildy

Participants will learn the basics of screen printing including preparing and exposing a screen.

Etching

Salama Nasib

Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal. During this workshop you will learn the basics of how to p...

Idea Development through Productive Failure

Areej Kaoud

In this workshop, participants are asked to embrace failure, doubt and consequent experimentation – discovering the productive space between failure and success. Participants should bring to the works...

Calligraphy Advanced Class

Majid Alyousef

The workshop is targeting intermediate calligraphers and typographers who want to develop their skills to the next level. it will cover the techniques, materials and methods that are used to compose a...

AAVS Dubai: Expo 2020 Accelerating Processes

The second edition of The Dubai Visiting School will advance the research of the previous workshop by exploring avant-garde methods of materializing architecture. The outcomes will consist of a specul...

Collagraph and Mono printing

Tamsin Wildy

Working with texture and layers, participants will learn how to create a collagraph plate and experiment with mono printing to create a series of experimental prints.

Art Club: The Ultimate Sketchbook

Ruben Sanchez

Using collected found material to appropriate, combine, manipulate and reuse.