Workshops

Pedagogy is a lifelong commitment that requires resilience, patience and generosity. Despite the challenges of an unconventional career that navigates contemporary art and social impact, I remain anchored and consistent in my method. I have enacted social change, impacted educational structures and nurtured institutional programmes. In the art educational realm, I inject critical thinking from my curatorial background, an unbounded imaginative approach from my artistic practice and a real sense of actual needs on the ground. I’ve worked in close collaboration with communities and larger art and cultural institutions, and internationally on complex programmes. I have mainly worked in Amman, London, KSA and the UAE.

Hayy Learning – Navigating the Contemporary Art Scene

In collaboration with Hayy Jameel (2019).

In advance of the launch of Hayy Jameel in 2021, Navigating the Contemporary Art Scene was designed to respond to the needs of the Saudi arts scene and support emerging and upcoming Saudi-based artists in developing their skills and career-development, and tracing local and regional arts histories. It took place over the course of four months from September to December, 2019.

I was invited by Art Jameel to coordinate, support and build this programme alongside their team. Although I was primarily based in Dubai with a brief understanding of Jeddah’s art scene, not only did my awareness deepen, but I have a fondness for it’s warm, burgeoning and diverse art community.

I have had the pleasure of working with the 15 following participants: Ahmed Sofi, Ammar Jimman, Ayman Daydban, Aziz Jamal, Balqis Al Rashed, Bashaer Hawsawi, Daniah Alsaleh, Fai Ahmad, Joud Fahmi, Khaled Al Tubaishi, Majed Angawi, Maisa Shaldan, Meshaal Alzeer, Moath Alofi and Zainab Mumtaz.

Sessions were delivered by local, regional and international guest tutors including artists, curators, gallerists and other practitioners, supported by locally-based bilingual Art Jameel tutors. Visiting tutors and speakers included: Abdulnasser Gharem, Abdulrahman Gazzaz, Antonia Carver, Claire Davies, Dawn Ross, Dr. Lina Kattan, Dr. Zahra Al Ghamdi, Kevin Jones, Lana Shamma, Manal Al Dowayan, Maryam Al Dabbagh, Maya El Khalil, Monira Al Qadiri, Pablo Del Val, Salma Tuqan, Sara Al Omran, Soundouss Abousekhra, Turki Gazzaz, Uns Kattan and me.

Learning Kits

Commissioned by Jameel Arts Centre (2018).

In support of the Jameel Art Centre's opening, I created a series of Learning Kits, designed to assist all ages in abilities in connecting with the exhibitions. My method of developing these learning kits was to carefully study each artwork and art practice, and design a 3 stage processing experience: walk, make, reflect, through exercises that required one to either process the works at first hand in the exhibition, thinking about their sensorial and physical attributes, this would be followed by a series of tactile exercises, and finally longer term questions allowing one to ponder over the exhibition long after their vist.

Illustrated by Moylin Yuan, these activity books are playful, interactive.

They are also available as guides for educators and teachers to independently use.

View the whole series here.

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Workshops

Three pillars support my socially engaged projects, programmes I design and workshops and I deliver:

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Here are some of the ways I’ve delivered these workshops:

Here are some of the ways I’ve delivered these workshops:

Here are some of the ways I’ve delivered these workshops:

Here are some of the ways I’ve delivered these workshops:

Hayy Learning – Navigating the Contemporary Art Scene

In collaboration with Hayy Jameel (2019).

Learning Kits