Workshops

Hawally Dreaming - Hawally - Promenade Culture Centre - 2024

Part of an ongoing series of workshops with the centre, the workshop highlighted two of the city’s architectural landmarks [North & South Nugra Complexes]. Through descriptive narration of each of the landmarks, participants were tasked to draw their own perception of the buildings described.

In Our Classroom - Sharjah, UAE - Sharjah Art Foundation - 2024

This workshop looked at the Khalid Bin Mohammed School in Sharjah, UAE along with Lala Rukh’s 1987 screen-printing manual In Our Own Backyard. Participants were tasked with creating their own block printing manual through task sheets and encouraged to tap into their school days memories.

Hawally kitsch - Hawally - Promenade Culture Centre - 2023

This workshop highlighted the iconic Al Othman Centre—a beacon of modernity and artistic vision by Polish architect Wojciech Jarząbek, the king of Kitsch Architecture. During this two-day workshop, participants documented the distinctive architectural elements through a guided walk and transformed their observations into block printed patterns on textile.

Daftar Remapping School Memories - Qatar - Liwan Design Studios and Labs - 2023

This workshop focused on Liwan Design Studios and Labs building, where participants analyzed the school through observation and documentation, in order to contextualize their childhood memories, and were introduced to printmaking through block printing

Hawally Bound - Hawally - Promenade Culture Centre - 2022

Through a series of workshops intended to shed light on Hawally’s rich historic landmarks and unique urban fabric. Participants were asked to engage with the city in a unique observatory approach to gain an understanding of the changes it went through. They were introduced to various printmaking techniques as they collectively worked to map out the city as they saw it.