Workshops
Get messy. Make a memory.
A 3 hour workshop with a local craftsman, where you'll learn how to develop and draw TASTIR, the ancient Arabic geometric designs, using the traditional method - drawing with just a compass and a straight-edge. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan.
Available in English (with a translator), or in Arabic, Spanish, or French.
650 MAD per person
2 person minimum / 12 person maximum
A 3 hour workshop with a local craftsman, where you'll learn how to transfer the ancient Arabic geometric designs to a panel and paint them using traditional paints and a handmade horsehair brush. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan.
Available in English (with a translator), or in Arabic, Spanish, or French.
700 MAD per person
2 person minimum / 12 person maximum
A 3 hour workshop on traditional Moroccan leather design and embossing, taught by a master Moroccan craftsman. Create your own design for a leather covered notebook, using traditional iron stamps and tools. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan. Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
ONLY AVAILABLE FROM 3-6PM, MON-SAT
Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
700 MAD per person
2 person minimum / 6 person maximum
A 3 hour introductory wheel throwing lesson with a master potter in his workshop just outside the medina walls. Learn to throw a pottery vessel on a traditional kick wheel, using local clay dug near the ancient medina walls of Tetouan.
Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
750 MAD per person
12 person maximum
A 3 hour workshop learning how to embroider using the traditional Tetouani TAAJEERA organic designs and methods in this 2 session workshop led by a master craftswoman who will help you create your own traditional floral design with silk thread on yellow satin fabric. Taught in a traditional Arab home in the Tetouan medina.
Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
900 MAD per person
6 person maximum
This 3 hour workshop teaches the counted stitch, traditional geometric embroidery from the city of Fes, which is uniquely reversible - the same on the front and back, no knots. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan.
Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic
700 MAD per person
6 person maximum
A 2 hour introductory weaving lesson taught by a skilled Moroccan textile artist. Learn to weave on a handloom and create your own woven bookmark. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio in Tetouan.
Available in English and Moroccan Arabic
ONLY AVAILABLE ON SATURDAYS
650 MAD per person
10 person maximum
In this 2 hour lesson with a local calligrapher you'll learn the basics of writing Arabic letters using a variety of typical Moroccan Arabic calligraphy styles. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan.
Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic
650 MAD per person
12 person maximum