Past Workshops

Winter Camp 2019: Silkscreen Totes (12 - 14 years)

Ibraheem Khamayseh

Join Tashkeel's very own Ibraheem Khamayseh as you create your own calligraphic forms through collage, and prepare them for silk screen printing. Participants will learn about Arabic calligraphy varia...

Winter Camp 2019: SilkScreen Totes (8 - 11 years)

Ibraheem Khamayseh

Join Tashkeel's very own Ibraheem Khamayseh as you create your own calligraphic forms through collage, and prepare them for silk screen printing. Participants will learn about Arabic calligraphy varia...

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...

Introduction to Classic Calligraphy (Latin Script)

John Marsland

Learn the basics of calligraphy forms in Latin, exploring letter forms, terms and the common letter types. Participants will be guided by the instructor John Marsland on constructing a foundation to b...

d3 workshops: Calligraphy

Ibraheem Khamayseh

In this workshop participants will learn the basics of the craft of Arabic calligraphy, including how to make the fluid forms which are a feature of this art using the tools provided. Materials includ...

Summer Camp 2019: Calligraphy on Fabric

Sorour Amini

In this workshop, learn how to use a hand-cut bamboo pen with ink to create flowing, lyrical letter forms. Practice how to transfer your Arabic calligraphy designs onto tote bags and decorate them ...

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...

Summer Camp 2019

Azim Al Ghussein, Elham Shafaei, Engineers to Be, Katie Venner-Woodbridge, Khalid Mezaina, Rania Naccour, 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...

The House of Failure: Calligraphy Fun (7 PM)

Ibraheem Khamayseh

Join Ibraheem Khamayseh to discover the basics of Arabic calligraphy in 45-minute sessions exploring form, rhythm and movement of the alphabet with pens, pencils and playdough. Children under 13 yrs m...