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Mindful Making | Cooking Colours with The Alchemy of Dyeing

Saturday January 15, 2022
Dubai Textile Souk & the Jameel Arts Centre Creekside
1:00 – 6:00 pm
Ages 16+

AED 420.00 (incl. VAT)

Remaining Quantity: 0

Terms and Conditions

Please carefully read the below in its entirety before confirming your payment and registration for Mindful Making | Cooking Colours with The Alchemy of Dyeing.

I, the registrant, understand that there will be filming and photography at this event.

Addendum: COVID-19

The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact.

In line with UAE government guidelines, Art Jameel has put in place preventive measures to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19. Still, Art Jameel cannot guarantee with absolute certainty that you will not be exposed to COVID-19 while attending the Mindful Making session with The Alchemy of Dyeing on Saturday January 15, 2022, or the tour preceding it.

Assumption of risk: By submitting this registration application, I acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that I may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19, and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability and death.

I voluntarily agree to assume all of the foregoing risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury, illness, damage, loss, claim, liability or expense, of any kind, that I may incur.

Waiver of liability: I hereby release, covenant not to sue, discharge and hold harmless the facilitators, Art Jameel, its employees, agents and representatives, from all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising out of or relating to COVID-19.

Refund and Cancellation

Once your payment is completed, you occupy a seat in the workshop and any applicable materials are reserved for you, rendering them unavailable to those who may have been interested in participating in the same programme. Therefore, Art Jameel cannot offer refunds on workshops and other paid public programmes to participants who are no longer able to attend.

Important notice: Upon completing your registration and payment transaction for Mindful Making | Cooking Colours with The Alchemy of Dyeing at the Dubai Textile Souk and Jameel Arts Centre, you acknowledge and accept the terms and conditions outlined above.

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The Alchemy of Dyeing continues the Mindful Making series with a workshop aimed at reflecting on issues around chromophobia, textile-making and craft through the lens of the exhibition Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold. Pacita Abad’s travels significantly impacted her discourse, narratives and relationships, greatly influencing the techniques and materials she used in her work.

This workshop begins with a visit to the Dubai Textile Souk, where participants will be guided in exploring how trade within the region impacts the colours harbored for natural dyeing and remedy-making.

Following the souk excursion, participants will tour the Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold exhibition in conversation with Nadine El-Khoury, Assistant Curator, before learning how to bundle dye their own pieces of silk using dyestuff from the souk.

This session will be led in English. Pre-registration and payment is encouraged as spots are limited.

Description

The Alchemy of Dyeing continues the Mindful Making series with a workshop aimed at reflecting on issues around chromophobia, textile-making and craft through the lens of the exhibition Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold. Pacita Abad’s travels significantly impacted her discourse, narratives and relationships, greatly influencing the techniques and materials she used in her work.

This workshop begins with a visit to the Dubai Textile Souk, where participants will be guided in exploring how trade within the region impacts the colours harbored for natural dyeing and remedy-making.

Following the souk excursion, participants will tour the Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold exhibition in conversation with Nadine El-Khoury, Assistant Curator, before learning how to bundle dye their own pieces of silk using dyestuff from the souk.

This session will be led in English. Pre-registration and payment is encouraged as spots are limited.

The Alchemy of Dyeing continues the Mindful Making series with a workshop aimed at reflecting on issues around chromophobia, textile-making and craft through the lens of the exhibition Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold. Pacita Abad’s travels significantly impacted her discourse, narratives and relationships, greatly influencing the techniques and materials she used in her work.

This workshop begins with a visit to the Dubai Textile Souk, where participants will be guided in exploring how trade within the region impacts the colours harbored for natural dyeing and remedy-making.

Following the souk excursion, participants will tour the Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold exhibition in conversation with Nadine El-Khoury, Assistant Curator, before learning how to bundle dye their own pieces of silk using dyestuff from the souk.

This session will be led in English. Pre-registration and payment is encouraged as spots are limited.

Description

The Alchemy of Dyeing continues the Mindful Making series with a workshop aimed at reflecting on issues around chromophobia, textile-making and craft through the lens of the exhibition Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold. Pacita Abad’s travels significantly impacted her discourse, narratives and relationships, greatly influencing the techniques and materials she used in her work.

This workshop begins with a visit to the Dubai Textile Souk, where participants will be guided in exploring how trade within the region impacts the colours harbored for natural dyeing and remedy-making.

Following the souk excursion, participants will tour the Pacita Abad : I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold exhibition in conversation with Nadine El-Khoury, Assistant Curator, before learning how to bundle dye their own pieces of silk using dyestuff from the souk.

This session will be led in English. Pre-registration and payment is encouraged as spots are limited.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the Souk and back to the Centre for the workshop.

This Art Jameel programme is part of an ongoing series that looks at the intersection between art and wellness.

Jameel Arts Centre’s Mindful Making series launched in September 2021 with the goal of to the forefront the art of old-fashioned hands-on making, with benefits ranging from a slow-down in pace and the single pointed concentration characteristic of meditation, to the creative and now-rare sensory stimulation our daily lives often lack.

The Alchemy of Dyeing is an immersive research platform and workshop conceived by fashion designer Mehru Khan and artist Nahla Tabbaa that dives into the alchemy of colour making, urban foraging, textile dyeing, chromophobia, taste-making and other complexities around organic dyeing.

The research undertaken explores and maps local material, plants and pigments available for dyeing practices, as well as different methods of dyeing alchemically. The workshops combine theory, discussions, one-on-one crits, demonstrations, field trips and assignments. As a result, participants familiarise themselves with the history of selected colours, colour extraction techniques, fabric selections, logbook-making and finally move into creating a final piece and unpacking its relevance within the region and trend forecasting.

With a teaching approach that is fluid, discursive and generative, both Mehru and Nahla see themselves as teachers and learners, and see this as an opportunity to cross pollinate, collaborate and contribute to each other’s practices.

Details

Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the Souk and back to the Centre for the workshop.

This Art Jameel programme is part of an ongoing series that looks at the intersection between art and wellness.

Jameel Arts Centre’s Mindful Making series launched in September 2021 with the goal of to the forefront the art of old-fashioned hands-on making, with benefits ranging from a slow-down in pace and the single pointed concentration characteristic of meditation, to the creative and now-rare sensory stimulation our daily lives often lack.

The Alchemy of Dyeing is an immersive research platform and workshop conceived by fashion designer Mehru Khan and artist Nahla Tabbaa that dives into the alchemy of colour making, urban foraging, textile dyeing, chromophobia, taste-making and other complexities around organic dyeing.

The research undertaken explores and maps local material, plants and pigments available for dyeing practices, as well as different methods of dyeing alchemically. The workshops combine theory, discussions, one-on-one crits, demonstrations, field trips and assignments. As a result, participants familiarise themselves with the history of selected colours, colour extraction techniques, fabric selections, logbook-making and finally move into creating a final piece and unpacking its relevance within the region and trend forecasting.

With a teaching approach that is fluid, discursive and generative, both Mehru and Nahla see themselves as teachers and learners, and see this as an opportunity to cross pollinate, collaborate and contribute to each other’s practices.