
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.
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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.
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

