WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES - DAY 10
SUNDAY 5TH MARCH 2023
SUNDAY FUNDAY: BOX DIORAMA
BY TASHKEEL
Tashkeel’s weekly Sunday Funday moves to Al Fahidi for a special edition! Think outside the box, but also think inside it! This session will have the participating children engaging in a discussion about spatial composition and stage design. They will then have their chance to create their own compositions with a variety of collaged, drawn and painted elements in their own box diorama. This format will allow them to explore and play with composition and space as they create the illusion of space by distributing these elements across the background, middleground and foreground.
︎ Age: 8 - 12
︎ Sunday 5th March, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
︎ House 10
︎ Fee applies
︎ Registeration form: https://tashkeel.org/workshops
TASHKEEL YOUNG ARTISTS: PHOTO INSPIRATION
BY TASHKEEL
Join artist Bassem Boules for an enjoyable drawing session! This workshop is a great opportunity for young creatives to keep practicing their technical skills while exploring the use of photographs as reference to create drawings. The young artists will experiment with different materials and try a variety of drawing approaches as they focus on composition and proportion in their drawings. This series of drawing and painting classes for children is aimed to unlock the creative potential by tapping into their imagination and letting them explore materials as they playfully learn about light,color, form, shape, textures and composition.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
︎House 10
︎ Fee applies
︎ Registeration form: https://tashkeel.org/workshops
PUPPET MAKING
BY AL JALILA CULTURAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN
Children will have the opportunity to create their own puppets and bring them to life in a short creative play.
︎ Age: 5+
︎ Sunday 5th March, 4:00PM - 5:00PM
︎ Courtyard A
︎ Free
DEVISED PERFORMANCE
BY SOLEYMA ABIAD
This workshop invites participants to explore theatre with a physical approach to devising, using minimalist tools to drive new ideas. Groups engage in creative-thinking exercises to depict a short scene extracted from a naturalistic 1887 Zola novel, involving the sea, sausages, boas, boats + trees. In session, participants are led to deploy imagination, team-work + story-telling with a twist as they improvise a “Devil’s Island flashback” with fun abstract objects, including an ersatz parachute. Players are provided all materials, including hand-outs comprising story-synopsis, characters list + starter scenario.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
︎ Courtyard A
︎ Free
LOOK UP: CHASING THE LIGHT WITH MIKE ARNOLD
BY TASHKEEL
Join the celebrated fine artist Mike Arnold to discover a new way to view, enjoy and capture the wonder of the Dubai’s architectural landscape just by ‘looking up’. This introduction will show you how to construct a simplistic block perspective that consists of building shapes and forms that are the foundation of Dubai’s built environment. Learn how to explore the ‘seeing light and dark’ creative process, which helps artists to capture the magic of colour and movement of dancing sunlight on the tops and inbetween the unique structures of the city. Bring your imagination and a willingness to change the way you ‘see’. Attendance is free of charge but seating is limited. Open to all ages.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
︎ House 10
︎ Free
GYPSUM CARVING
BY ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
︎ Sunday 5th March, 4:00PM - 10:00PM
︎ House 8
︎ Fee applies
BY ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
︎ Sunday 5th March, 4:00PM - 10:00PM
︎ House 8
︎ Fee applies
ZFC POPUP
BY NIKON
︎ Sunday 5th March, 4:30PM - 6:30PM
︎ House 9
︎ Free
PAINTING ON WATER FLASKS
BY AL JALILA CULTURAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN
Design your own water flask by painting and doodling to create a one of a kind piece that is both artistic and sustainable.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 5:30PM - 6:30PM
︎ Courtyard A
︎ Free
LEONE MURPHY PRESENTED BY LAST SEEN LIVE
Leoné Murphy is a South African singer/songwriter currently based in Dubai. She has been writing her own music since she can remember, and performing professionally in the MENA region since 2015. She performs at festivals, private parties, music circles, and recently had the pleasure of performing on the main stage at EXPO 2020 in Dubai. She writes and sings from the soul, with a whimsical and dreamy voice her melodies will both soothe and stir you. She has released 4 singles so far across all platforms and is planning on releasing some more in 2022, and is currently working on her album due for release in 2023.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 6:00PM - 6:30PM
︎ House 11
︎ Free
ILLUSTRATING FOR CLIENTS
BY NORA ZEID
Working with clients requires creatives to develop business and communication skills. During this workshop, we will look at personal branding, attracting desired projects, communicating with clients as well as pricing. During this workshop, attendees will learn how to take a commercial project from A to Z, creating effective designs and maintaining strong client relationships throughout.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
︎ House 11
︎ Free
PRINTMAKING PARTY
BY TASHKEEL
︎ Sunday 5th March, 6:00PM - 10:00PM
︎ House 10
︎ Free
DJ MOTION
BY MOIST PAPER PARTY
Motion is an Egyptian DJ based in Dubai who's inspired by psychedelic and hypnotic sounds driven by heavy grooves. He crosses genres from Bass, Dub, Drum and Bass, Jungle, and Breaks, to Techno, House, and Downtempo to keep his audience moving.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 6:30PM - 7:30PM
︎ House 45
︎ Free
INTRO TO PHOTOGRAPHY WITH NIKON
BY NIKON
The Nikon School workshop will introduce you to the basics of exposure and composition techniques that will open the door to endless photographic possibilities. This is a hands-on learning experience and a wonderful opportunity to capture beautiful photos under the instruction of experienced photographers with our brand-new mirrorless cameras from Nikon.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 6:30PM - 8:00PM
︎ House 9
︎ Free
YOUTH'S CREATIVE WORKSHOP
BY AL JALILA CULTURAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN
Youth's Creative Workshop: Facilitated by Project You.
︎ Age: 7+
︎ Sunday 5th March, 7:00PM - 8:00PM
︎ Courtyard A
︎ Free
PRINCE VA PRESENTED
BY LAST SEEN LIVE
Recording artist, producer & audio engineer, VA constantly finds himself bending a variety of genres and sub-genres within Hip-Hop & R&B and beyond. VA continues to explores and create within different sounds, as he continues to showcase his versatility and all round attributes as an artist.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 7:30PM - 8:00PM
︎ House 45
︎ Free
SHÉBANI
BY LAST SEEN LIVE
Iraqi-born and raised in the UAE, Shébani has quickly captured the hearts of listeners and fans worldwide with her unforced, yet captivating music that shines an introspective light onto our deepest emotions as humans and singing directly to our heart and soul. Vibrant, emotional, and unabashedly honest, Shébani effortlessly dives deep into the aspects of what it is to be human, encompassing all the beauty and flaws of fear, love, regret, bliss, or anxiety within her music. With every note, melody, and vocal nuance, Shébani touches upon themes often subdued, embracing the challenges of modern-day relevance whilst embodying the significance of reflection and truth as a woman for women.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 8:00PM - 8:30PM
︎ House 45
︎ Free
LOFI HIP HOP JAM
BY MICHAEL ANG - NYUAD
Mang and Soultrotter are hosting a hip hop music jam! Come join and make some beats. We'll have some instruments available (keyboards, drum machine, microphone) but feel free to bring your own. Some musical experience is helpful, but all are welcome to join.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 8:00PM - 10:00PM
︎ House 11
︎ Free
"STREET CULTURE'' WITH SPIKY FLAVE
BY ULTRAVIOLET LIVE
Mohammed Al Khafaji aka SpikyFlave, Iraqi , born in Kuwait and raised in the United Arab Emirates where he grew up B-boying (breaking) from an early age. In 2008 he founded SlamFam which was an annual gathering of hip hop heads to showcase different aspects of hip hop culture in the region like breaking, graffiti, music and fashion. This platform brought in great talent from around the region and cultivated a strong community. Lately he has set up a home studio and has been creating beats and experimenting with different genres of music including Soul, Funk, Jazz, Hip Hop. He also has a big record collection which he uses to DJ and scratch to.Inspired by fashion, Spikey owns a vintage clothing store called SpikeLo Vintage, creating his own merch by customizing and remixing clothes.
︎ Sunday 5th March, 9:00PM - 10:30PM
︎ House 45
︎ Free
GLOBAL CULTURE PARTY: 199X
BY ULTRAVIOLET LIVE
Jordan Cortez is a Filipino music producer, DJ & visual artist. He usually goes by 199X when performing live with his own beats and when DJing. He also has an ambient new age music project named Sukatoyo. In some cases he goes by his real name when he does casual DJ sets. Four years ago, he moved to Dubai and immersed himself in the city’s budding underground music scene as a prolific beatmaker that brought something the Dubai underground hadn't come upon before. In 2018, he founded a community of friends and musicians that evolved into his Analog Amigo crew. Analog Amigo Records is an open genre independent cassette-focused micro-label & production normally dedicated to putting out and distributing limited physical releases of third world avant-beat, spiritual ambient, syrupy lofi jazz & other experimental left-field new age sounds.
︎ Sunday 5th March 10:30PM - 12:00AM
︎ House 45
︎ Free