Spring 2024
Learning Programme at Art Centres 14 April–26 May 2024
WORKSHOPS
Decorate Ceramic Tiles
Ages 15+
Dates: Sunday, 5 May 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
Language: English and Arabic
Paint decorative patterns on ceramic tiles in different colours to explore the process of drawing geometric and botanical motifs.
Ceramics Fundamentals
Ages 15+
Dates: Monday, 6 May 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
Language: English and Arabic
Discover some of the main manual and tool-based techniques for creating ceramics. Experiment with lumps, slabs and coiled ropes of clay to create your own ceramic works.
Talk: Life and Work of Artist Khalil Rabah
Ages 15+
Dates: Sunday, 12 May 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
Language: English and Arabic
Join us for a talk about Khalil Rabah’s life and art. He is known for his fictional Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind, which offers an alternative history.
Experiment with the Pottery Wheel
Ages 15+
Dates: Monday, 13 May 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
Language: English and Arabic
Learn how to operate and use an electric pottery wheel, one of the most common methods for producing pottery, to make your own pottery.
Design Ceramics Using Moulds
Ages 15+
Dates: Sunday, 26 May 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Al Dhaid Art Centre
Language: English and Arabic
Learn about the properties of the clay used for ceramics and produce your own ceramic works by employing clay ropes and pressure to mould either by hand or with some helpful tools.