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Register for KAUST Art Club classes

The Art Club offers classes, workshops, and two studios where members can work on their own projects. 

Classes take place at the Island Recreation Club Art and Ceramic Studios. 

Join the Art Club on KAUSTCentral 

All Community Clubs, including the Art Club, are now available through the KAUSTCentral app. To stay in the loop on real-time updates about workshops and classes, please join the Art Club group on the KAUSTCentral app.  

Learn more here

The following workshops are available from April 21, 2026.  

  • Oil Painting 
  • Acrylic Painting 
  • Ceramics 
  • Arabic Calligraphy 
  • Clay Polymer Modelling 
  • Kids’ Art 

Registration forms and details 

Sundays: Oil Painting Workshop | Register here 

Learn classical oil painting techniques from a very experienced art teacher, for beginners, intermediate and advanced painters. 

Start date: Sunday, April 26, 2026 

Tuesdays: Acrylic Painting Workshop | Register here 

Learn how to paint with acrylic paints, which is a water-based painting medium similar to painting with oil paint, but a lot less difficult because you don’t have to wait for it to dry. 

Start date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 

Tuesdays: Ceramics Workshop | Register here   

You will learn to throw pots on a pottery wheel, and how to hand-build pinch pots, coil pots and slab pots, and glazing techniques.  

Start date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 

Wednesdays: Arabic Calligraphy Workshop | Register here 

You will explore the history, techniques and various script styles to compose your own calligraphic designs. You will also learn the cultural and aesthetic significance of Arabic calligraphy across all its settings, especially in Islamic mosques.  

Start date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 

Wednesdays: Clay Polymer Modelling Workshop | Register here 

You will learn the basic techniques of sculpting with polymer clay to build figures and animals, and to carve details and contours that will bring realism to your models. 

Start date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 

Saturdays: Kids’ Art Workshops | Register here for 9:00 a.m. and here for 10:00 a.m.  

These classes are for K1 – G5 kids.  

There are two times: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  

Start date: Saturday, April 25, 2026 

If you have any questions, contact: crnewns@gmail.com 

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