Session Description

Represent Your Family through Paper Cut-Outs
Family Workshop

Date: Saturday, 15 April 2023
Timings: 9:30 pm–11:30 pm
Location: Collections Building, Arts Square, Sharjah
Languages: English and Arabic



Get ready to represent your family in a bright and imaginative way. Use paper cut-outs to develop your own family portrait, experimenting with colour and form. Discover ideas for your portrait in SB15 artist Sangeeta Sandrasegar’s On the Field of Truth on the battlefield of Life (2021), which consists of wall-mounted cut-out figures that evoke her family history.

Recreate Pixels with Mixed Media
Ages 6–10

Date: Saturday, 15 April 2023
Timings: 9:30 pm–11:30 pm
Location: Collections Building, Arts Square, Sharjah
Languages: English and Arabic



Inspired by SB15 artist Joiri Minaya’s wallpaper work Redecode (2015/2023), made from digital units called pixels, manually create your own ‘pixelated’ artwork with mixed media such as paper cut-outs and stickers.

Communicate through Abstract Landscapes
Ages 11–15

Date: Saturday, 15 April 2023
Timings: 9:30 pm–11:30 pm
Location: Collections Building, Arts Square, Sharjah
Languages: English and Arabic



Create abstract paintings that depict the culture and nature of the UAE after studying images of SB15 artist Queenie McKenzie’s paintings of Aboriginal Australian traditions and landscapes. Take inspiration from her painting style and her use of earthy neutral colours as you produce your own work using acrylic paint.

Learn from Stories
Ages 6–9

Date: Saturday, 15 April 2023
Timings: 9:30 pm–11:30 pm
Location: Collections Building, Arts Square, Sharjah
Language: English



Join us to listen to some thought-provoking stories. Discover how different people deal with challenging situations. Discuss what you found interesting and any lessons learned.

Registration

Registration for this workshop has closed.

Sharjah Art Foundation is committed to making its programmes inclusive and accessible. Kindly contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in advance to arrange any support needed during this session. Support could include ramps for wheelchairs, reserved seats for those with hearing impairments to read lips, and sign language interpreters for talks and symposia.

This event is free and open to the public. All materials are provided by Sharjah Art Foundation.