THE INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC ART & ARCHITECTURE

Where Heritage Inspires the Future

Discover Islamic art and architecture through education, creativity, and contemporary design.

Workshops
20
Registrations
1
Our Home
New York

What We Believe In

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Art Educates

Art inspires curiosity, creativity, and a deeper understanding of culture.

02

Architecture Connects Us

Architecture connects people, places, history, and identity across generations.

03

Beauty Reveals Meaning

Islamic art reveals harmony, meaning, and beauty through geometry, pattern, and proportion.

“Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and day are signs for people of reason.”

Qur’an 3:190

Our Educational Program

20 Workshops. One Creative Journey.

From artistic foundations to architecture and digital design, our program transforms learning into a creative journey of discovery, experimentation, and imagination.

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From Hand to Digital

  • From pencil drawing to Arabic calligraphy
  • From Islamic geometry to SketchUp
  • From traditional drawing to three-dimensional design
  • From studying the historic mosque to imagining the mosque of the future

Featured Workshops

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1 Workshop 1 The Art of Drawing with Pencils
Aug 27, 2026Ages 10–70

WORKSHOP 1 — THE ART OF PENCIL DRAWING

Every great work of art begins with a line. In this ten-session journey, students discover how a simple pencil can turn observation into imagination, light into emotion, and an empty sheet of paper into a world that did not exist before.

$200
20 seats left
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20 Workshop : 20 Ten Visionary Artists from the Muslim World
Jan 4, 2027Ages 18–70

WORKSHOP 20 — TEN VISIONARY ARTISTS FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD

A ten-session artistic and intellectual journey through ten visionary artists connected to the Muslim world and its wider cultural landscapes. From photography, painting, and calligraphy to installation, performance, digital media, and public art, students discover how contemporary artists transform memory, identity, migration, language, cities, borders, heritage, and personal experience into powerful visual languages capable of speaking across cultures.

$200
20 seats left
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2 Workshop : 2 Watercolor Painting for Beginners
To be announcedAges 10–70

WORKSHOP 2 — THE ART OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING

A ten-session creative journey into the poetry of water and color—where students learn to control transparency, light, movement, and emotion, transforming a blank sheet of paper into a living work of art.

$200
20 seats left
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