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Summer 2024

Learning Programme at Al Dhaid Art Centre

WORKSHOPS

Create Ceramic Cups by Hand
Ages  6–10

Dates: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm 
Language: English and Arabic          

Without a pottery wheel or any other tools, shape ceramic cups from soft clay balls by hand.
Hearing Impairment Physical Disability
Make Cups with Coloured Clay 
Ages 11–15

Dates: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm 
Language: English and Arabic          

Discover techniques for colouring clay (e.g. blending, pouring and free colour formation), and learn how to use plaster moulds and liquid clay to make colourful cups.
Hearing Impairment Physical Disability
Design a Brochure
Ages 11–15  
Dates: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Taking inspiration from the colourful mixed-media work of Lala Rukh, create innovative brochures, using newspaper as the surface for your artwork. Draw and paste designs and shapes on the newspaper in different configurations.
Make a Self-Portrait Shadow Box
Ages 6–10

Dates: Thursday, 18 July 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Taking inspiration from Omer Khairy’s portrait of a woman in yellow and dark blue, draw a self-portrait on transparent A4 paper. Place it in a cardboard box, and create a sense of depth by adding drawings and text in acrylic paints. 
Print on Pottery Cups
Ages 6–10

Dates: Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Learn an innovative method of colour printing using gel, plastic stencils and silkscreens. The technique, used in this workshop on pottery cups, emulates the monotype prints of artist Amal Kenawy.
Document Your Life through Drawing
Ages 11–15

Dates: Thursday, 25 July 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

After studying the works of artist Hassan Sharif, employ the art of drawing to document important daily moments in a miniature sketchbook. Highlight and immortalise the beautiful events in your life. 
Make Ceramics with Moulds
Ages 11–15

Dates: Thursday, 1 August 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Requiring speed and precision, moulding clay is one of the most widely used methods for creating repetitive patterns. Learn how to sculpt clay elements and mould them for later use in our ceramic works.
Sculpt Relief Formations 
Ages 11–15

Dates: Sunday, 11 August 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Produce artwork that remains attached to a background of the same material in a technique known as relief sculpture. Create murals and other pieces made of clay using addition and subtraction as well as the appropriate shaping and deburring tools.
Sculpt in Wood
Ages 11–15

Dates: Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Learn about various types of wood, and discover how to create, fix and assemble sculptural works in wood. Colour your pieces with watercolours.
Introduction to Face Sculpting
Ages 6–10 

Dates: Sunday, 25 August 2024
Timings: 10:00 am–12:00 pm or 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Language: English and Arabic          

Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of face sculpting, including how to use sculpting and shaping tools to achieve balance and proportion.










As our aim is to ensure the best possible learning experience for all participants, our workshops are specially designed with the interests, knowledge and skills of particular age groups in mind. We reserve the right to move any children whose age is not within the required range to a more appropriate workshop. Thank you for your understanding.