Past Workshops

Introduction to Branding for Artists and Designers

Alia bin Omair

Join artist and designer, Alia Bin Omair for this seminar where she will guide you on how to launch your own label and turn your creative passion into a successful business venture.

Dubai Design Week 2023: Commercial Registration for Creatives with Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Building on Tashkeel's aim of nurturing the growth of practice rooted in the UAE and enabling artists to pursue professional careers, this workshop focuses on the legal aspects of achieving a professi...

Business Planning for Artists

Lisa Ball-Lechgar

In this one-day seminar, find out how to create a detailed business plan with realistic and achievable goals to further your path as a professional artist. Apply key principles of strategy building, ...

Pricing for Artists

Lisa Ball-Lechgar

In this seminar, participants will gain insight into the factors that should determine an artwork’s price, understand the sales process and apply the learning they receive through a number of exercise...

Artist Talk | Performance Lecture

Shazia Salam

The artist invites visitors to collectively listen to excerpts of her research undertaken during the year-long programme. The evening begins with a compilation of incidents, anecdotes and echoes of di...

Dubai Design Week 2022: Commercial Registration in Dubai for Designers

Chris Haywood

A key milestone in any designer's career is being able to sell their products and services. To undertake such commercial activities in Dubai requires a designer to have the correct commercial registra...

Social Media for Artists and Designers

Zahra Lyla Khalil

Join social media expert, digital storyteller and creative director Zahra Lyla Khalil for an informative workshop focusing on how artists and designers can use digital marketing and social media effec...

Tashkeel Lecture | Take Care of Yourself: The Art and Cultures of Care and Liberation

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Tashkeel hosts monthly online lectures on specialised topics by internationally acclaimed experts who share their experience and knowledge. Followed by a Q&A with viewers, these live lectures are desi...

Tashkeel Talk | Building Brands with Purpose

May Barber

While sustainability within our artistic practice is necessary, the idea is used all too often without the undertaking of critical questioning and research. Blending design and business, this Tashkeel...

Ethnographic Practice: The Boundaries Between Art and Anthropology

Nidhi Mahajan

This course with Nidhi Mahajan aims to introduce participants to key concepts and issues in ethnographic practice with the aim to translate ethnographic research into artistic work. It will be a pract...

One-on-one meeting with Jassim Al Awadhi

Jassim Al Awadhi

As part of the community programming for the exhibition 'From End to End', Tashkeel has invited the curator and photographer Jassim Al Awadhi - Founder and Chairman of the Akkas, the UAE Photography C...

How To Position Your Work as an Artist

Mo Reda

In this workshop, artists will explore how to position themselves and their work as they examine different strategies to expand their practice beyond its current state. How to position oneself in the ...