Four weeks of art, museum exploration, sculpture, film, storytelling, digital creativity, AI, animation, libraries, and hands-on making. There is something for everyone.
Participants must attend all sessions to receive certificates.
Visitor Guidelines
See our visitor guidelines for essential information about dress code, photography policies and other useful tips to help you make the most of your visit.
Museum Hours
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday: 9am–7pm
Monday: Closed
Thursday: 9am–9pm
Friday: 1:30pm–7pm
Location
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Education City
Doha, Qatar
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Contact
Tel: +974 4402 8830
mathaf@qm.org.qa
A month-long summer camp with creative, hands-on learning experiences for participants of all ages.
Week 1: Making the Unseen
Language: English
See, Say and Build
5-8 July 2026 | 9-10am | Ages 6-10
A guided experience inviting participants to look beyond what is displayed in exhibition galleries and focus on how it is shaped. Through observation and simple prompts, participants explore how form, space, and arrangement reveal patterns of behavior and ways of living. The session moves through the gallery and ends with a short hands-on response, translating what was observed into a personal interpretation.
The Big Sculpture
5-8 July 2026 | 10am-12pm | Ages 6-10
A hands-on workshop where children collaboratively create a suspended sculpture using a natural tree branch as the base. Inspired by abstract forms in Mathaf’s collection, participants build imagined forms using foil, mesh, and paper towel, then layer with papier-mâché, paint, and add details. The process unfolds over multiple sessions, ending with each child taking a fragment of the collective work.
Little Artists Meet AI
5-7 July 2026 | 1:30-4pm | Ages 6-10
Three sessions to experience drawing, colouring and producing an art with AI, inspired by museum exhibits.
Session 1: What is AI?
Experience AI as a drawing partner using AutoDraw and QuickDraw. Play neural-network games and discuss how machines learn to see.
Session 2: AI Colour Wizard
Create vibrant artworks using Canva AI and the Colours palette generator, inspired by museum exhibits.
Session 3: My First AI Artwork
Design and print a personal AI piece using Adobe Express. Every child leaves with a finished artwork to take home.
Tatreez as Language
5-7 July 2026 | 1:30-4:30pm | Adults
Introducing participants to Tatreez as both a craft and a visual language; one that encodes identity, memory, and place through pattern. Traditionally, Tatreez motifs have functioned as a symbolic system, with each stitch and pattern reflecting relationships to land, community, and lived experience.
Building on this framework, the workshop invites participants to translate their own personal histories, environments, and everyday encounters into new motifs, using the structural logic of Tatreez as a generative tool. Through guided exercises, participants will move from reading motifs, to abstracting meaning, to designing, and finally to stitching, culminating in a collectively produced textile display.
AI Art Lab
5-7 July 2026 | 2:30-4pm | Ages 11-15
Three sessions on image generation on AI prompt engineering, image transformation and image animation, empowering you to recreate museum art styles.
Session 1: Prompt Like a Curator
Learn AI image generation via Adobe Firefly and Canva AI. Recreate art styles found in the museum using prompt engineering.
Session 2: Art Style Time Machine
Transform personal photos into Cubist, Surrealist, and Pop Art styles using Google Arts & Culture Art Transfer and Dream by WOMBO.
Session 3: Animate Your Art
Bring still images to life with Runway ML basic animation tools. Create short loops for a mini digital gallery display.
Visual Scoring and Sound Design
5-9 July 2026 | 3-6pm | Adutls
Step into the world of experimental audio-visual creation with this workshop. This immersive five-day summer workshop invites young creatives to break away from traditional musical notation and explore innovative ways to map, capture, and design original soundscapes. Led by Joshua Rodengberg, participants will embark on a creative journey that blends visual art, digital technology, and environmental sound. From crafting unique abstract scores to capturing the hidden acoustics of the museum, this hands-on experience empowers students to build their own synchronized audio-visual masterpieces.
Vibe Coding & Generative AI
5-7 July 2026 | 4:30-6pm | Adults
Three sessions on AI prompt engineering and coding to create a mini-exhibition displayed on museum screens.
Session 1: The Art of the Prompt
Advanced AI image generation with Midjourney and DALL-E 3. Master prompt engineering, style references, and negative prompts to build a curated portfolio.
Session 2: Vibe Coding: AI Writes the Code
Use Claude AI or ChatGPT to generate live
generative art in p5.js—no prior coding needed. Participants describe what they imagine; AI writes it. Runs live on Replit.
Session 3: AI Studio: Build & Exhibit
Combine AI images and vibe-coded pieces into a polished mini-exhibition displayed on museum screens. Present using Runway ML motion effects and Gamma AI.
Week 2: Inside the Museum
Language: English and Arabic
Tour + Activity
12-15 July 2026 | 9-9:45am | Ages 10-14
An engaging, guided museum experience where participants explore selected exhibitions through observation and discussion, followed by a hands-on creative activity inspired by what they have seen. This session encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and personal interpretation while connecting learning with making.
Scavenger Hunt
12-15 July 2026 | 9:45-10am | Ages 10-14
An interactive exploration activity designed to encourage participants to discover artworks across the museum through clues and prompts. Working individually or in groups, participants search for specific elements, themes, or details within the exhibitions, fostering observation skills, teamwork, and a sense of adventure within the museum space.
Art Film Followed by a Discussion
12-15 July 2026 | 10-11am | Ages 10-14
A daily gathering built around film and conversation. Each session begins with a short film from the Doha Film Institute, followed by an open discussion that unpacks themes, visual language, and cultural context. Participants are encouraged to read the film beyond its surface, connecting narrative, image, and emotion to broader artistic ideas, turning viewing into a shared process of interpretation and exchange.
From Exhibition to Sculpture
12-15 July 2026 | 11:30am-12:45pm | Ages 10-14
An interactive art workshop inspired by museum exhibitions. Each day, students visit one of the exhibitions and learn about it, then create an artistic sculpture reflecting its content in their own unique style. The works vary using different materials and techniques such as drawing, colouring, collage, modelling paste, and clay. This approach enriches creative thinking and introduces students to diverse ways of using materials to produce artistic works and sculptures. By the end of the camp, students will have created a diverse collection of creative artworks inspired by the exhibitions.
Little Librarian
12-14 July 2026 | 12:45-2pm | Ages 10-14
Participants are introduced to the world of libraries in a simple and interactive way, while connecting this experience to the museum’s artistic context. It offers an engaging and enriching experience that combines reading, art, and dialogue within an inspiring learning environment. Books and artworks are approached as complementary tools for exploration, imagination, and self-expression. The programme aims to develop basic library skills, encourage curiosity, and foster critical thinking and creative expression.
Flip the Motion
12-16 July 2026 | 3-6pm | Adults
Discover the magic of animation and storytelling with Palestinian multidisciplinary artist and animator Naji Al Ali. In this engaging five-day workshop, participants will dive into the foundational techniques of animation by creating their very own flip books, inspired by the stories, art, and paintings showcased at Mathaf.
Guided by Naji, kids will learn how to bring static images to life. By exploring the museum’s collection, they will select a piece of art that resonates with them and translate its narrative into a dynamic, frame-by-frame animated story. This hands-on journey not only teaches the mechanics of animation but also encourages young creatives to express their own perspectives on social and cultural themes through art.
Digital Sequential Art
12, 14, 16 July 2026 | 4-7pm | Adults
Introducing participants to the fundamentals of visual storytelling through digital illustration. Using Procreate, participants will develop their own short story by designing characters and environments and learning how to communicate ideas through sequential panels. Throughout the workshop, they will explore key drawing techniques, plan their narratives, and bring their concepts to life as a finished mini comic or storyboard, ready for presentation.
Before the Word
13, 15 July 2026 | 4-6pm | Adults
An intuitive mark-making session for adults that explores creativity before language. Through a brief neuroscience-informed introduction and guided drawing prompts, participants are invited to let the hand move freely without judgment, intention, or outcome- engaging abstraction as a process of presence and awareness.
Week 3: A Journey of exploration
Tour + Activity
19-22 July 2026 | 9-9:45am | Scouts | Language: Arabic
An engaging, guided museum experience where participants explore selected exhibitions through observation and discussion, followed by a hands-on creative activity inspired by what they have seen. This session encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and personal interpretation while connecting learning with making.
Scavenger Hunt
19-22 July 2026 | 9:45-10am | Scouts | Language: Arabic
An interactive exploration activity designed to encourage participants to discover artworks across the museum through clues and prompts. Working individually or in groups, participants search for specific elements, themes, or details within the exhibitions, fostering observation skills, teamwork, and a sense of adventure within the museum space.
Art Film Followed by a Discussion
19-22 July 2026 | 10-11am | Scouts | Language: Arabic
A daily gathering built around film and conversation. Each session begins with a short film from the Doha Film Institute, followed by an open discussion that unpacks themes, visual language, and cultural context. Participants are encouraged to read the film beyond its surface, connecting narrative, image, and emotion to broader artistic ideas, turning viewing into a shared process of interpretation and exchange.
From Exhibition to Sculpture
19-22 July 2026 | 11am-12pm | Scouts | Language: Arabic
An interactive art workshop inspired by museum exhibitions. Each day, students visit one of the exhibitions and learn about it, then create an artistic sculpture reflecting its content in their own unique style. The works vary using different materials and techniques such as drawing, colouring, collage, modelling paste, and clay. This approach enriches creative thinking and introduces students to diverse ways of using materials to produce artistic works and sculptures. By the end of the camp, students will have created a diverse collection of creative artworks inspired by the exhibitions.
Digital Painting Techniques
19, 21, 23 July 2026 | 4-7pm | Adults | Language: English
Explore the fundamentals of digital drawing using iPads and the Procreate app. Participants will learn essential digital illustration techniques while drawing from observation using reference images. Through guided exercises, they will develop skills in sketching, line work, shading, layers, brushes, and color application, gaining confidence in translating real-world references into expressive digital artworks. This workshop is suitable for beginners and anyone looking to strengthen their digital drawing skills.
How to Search
20, 22 July 2026 | 4-5pm | Adults | Language: English
These sessions will help you to effectively find, locate, and use information across different library resources. It involves understanding how to navigate catalogues, databases, and collections, as well as how to use keywords and search strategies to access relevant books, references, and materials, in an advanced way.
Week 4: Growing Together
My Puppet and Me
26-29 July 2026 | 10-11:30am | Ages 3-6 and parents | Language: Arabic
A fun four-day workshop designed for families and their children, where children will create their own puppets using simple craft materials, then bring them to life through storytelling and play. Participants will explore how to use different voice tones and expressions to match each puppet’s personality, helping to build confidence, imagination, communication skills, and a love for stories.
My Picture in My Frame
26-29 July 2026 | 11:30am-1pm | Ages 3-6 and parents | Language: Arabic
The workshop begins by taking and printing a photograph of each child. The child then designs their own wooden frame and decorates it using a variety of materials such as modelling paste, paints, fabrics, and paper, in their own personal style. At the end, they place their photo inside the frame in an enjoyable experience that develops creativity, fine motor skills, and a sense of achievement.
Painting with Yousef
26-28 July 2026 | 2-3pm and 3:30-4:30pm | Special Needs | Language: English and Arabic
Led by artist Yousef Bahzad, this workshop introduces painting as a medium for personal expression within an inclusive and supportive environment. Participants are encouraged to explore colour, gesture, and mark-making as ways to communicate thoughts and emotions beyond verbal language. The sessions are designed to be flexible and responsive to different abilities, focusing on process rather than outcome. Through collaboration with entities such as Best Buddies and Shafallah, the workshop creates access to art experiences within Mathaf’s space.
Learn from the Artist
9, 16, 23 July 2026 | 10am-1pm | Teachers | Language: English (Week 1), English and Arabic (Week 2), Arabic (Week 3)
A professional development workshop designed specifically for educators, offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with a professional artist within a museum setting. It combines guided exploration of selected artworks from Mathaf collection with hands-on artistic practice led by the artist, Participants gain insight into the artist’s creative process, techniques, and sources of inspiration, through discussion, observation, and art-making activities inspired by the museum environment, the programme encourages creativity, critical thinking, and personal expression, while equipping teachers with practical strategies to integrate museum-based learning and contemporary art practices into their classroom teaching.
