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Studio Seminars

Join us for a Studio Session with multidisciplinary artist Hassana Arif as we address and destigmatize approaches to drawing, and later translate these drawings into sculptural forms. Through intuitive exercises, image-making by way of imagination, textures, and found images, participants will be encouraged to abandon control and let go of preconceived notions of drawing.

We will also translate our drawings into clay forms—reflecting on motifs, instances, and moments that emerged during the drawing process and materialize them into sculptural responses. Moving from two-dimensional mark-making to three-dimensional form, participants will explore how intuition, texture, and imagination can guide both drawing and sculpture.

Participants will gain a foundational understanding of intuitive drawing practices, introductory clay-working techniques, and the process of translating drawings into sculptural clay forms. 

Together we will learn to understand how different works and exercises can exist in dialogue with one another when building a body of work.

As part of the session, participants will receive a 421 Artist Kit to continue exploring these practices beyond the seminar. Each kit contains the essential tools needed to continue drawing exercises and clay sculpture translations independently. The kit will also include a how-to guide outlining some of Hassana’s go-to techniques for drawing and sculpting, supporting participants as they continue nurturing this practice after the session.

Accessibility & Participation

Lunch will be provided.

Open to ages 18 +

No prior experience required.

Language: English

60 AED

To be added to the waitlist, please email hello@421.online

About the Artist

Hassana Arif (b. 1995, Dubai) is an artist with an ongoing multidisciplinary practice that hinges on the study of gender and identity politics. She explores societal structures and the dualities and nuances of a collective identity by examining patterns of behavior and borrowing from nature and ecology. More recently, she has been observing the parallels between communication in fungi and humans. She has participated in multiple group exhibitions and residencies, and holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Zayed University. She is an Alumnus of the 8th Cohort of the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artist Fellowship, and is a recipient of the Ministry of Culture’s Grant for Culture & Creativity.