page_title: Tashkeel Dubai
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Tashkeel Dubai / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Communal painting studio in the Tashkeel building.
context_page_description: Tashkeel is an art facility in the United Arab Emirates. Established in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2008 by Lateefa bint Maktoum, Tashkeel seeks to provide a nurturing environment for the growth of contemporary art and design practice rooted in the UAE. Through multi-disciplinary studios, work spaces and galleries located in both Nad Al Sheba and Al Fahidi, it enables creative practice, experimentation and dialogue among practitioners and the wider community.
  Operating on an open membership model, Tashkeel's annual programme of training, residencies, workshops, talks, exhibitions, international collaborations and publications aims to further practitioner development, public engagement, lifelong learning and the creative and cultural industries.
  Tashkeel published a book entitled 'Reference Point: A History of Tashkeel and the UAE Art Scene' to celebrate its ten-year anniversary.
context_section_description: Tashkeel currently consists of a 2,800sq.m building (built in 1987) in the district of Nad Al Sheba, which includes a gallery, studios for the practice of specific artistic disciplines (fine art, digital, 3D, darkroom, photography, printmaking, textile printing); a library; lounge, garden and workspaces.
  Tashkeel also has a traditional house in the historical neighbourhood of Al Fahidi, which contains five individual artist studios and two gallery spaces.
caption: Communal painting studio in the Tashkeel building.
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