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Lynn Fakhry

Improve Your Arts and Crafts Skills At These 6 Creative Spaces

Whether you’re an artist or just an art lover, here are some places you can visit alone or with your friends that will help you create your own masterpiece and, most importantly, de-stress!


1. Espace Fann

Located in Ein El Mreisseh, this art school offers 30 types of one-time workshops such as DIY cat houses, bamboo artworks, caricatures, make-up art, and crochet, as well as affordable art and design university-level classes for all ages, while using a unique approach that encourages sustainability and healing through the arts.

Workshop gift cards are also available if you’d like to give your loved one a unique birthday experience!



2. Creativenass

Nestled in the heart of Badaro, this art space welcomes everyone to de-stress with their weekly therapeutic sip and paint nights, clay sculpting, tote-bag painting, dream catcher making, and many more hand-crafting activities!


Booking your spot before attending any workshop is a must, and you can do so via DM or WhatsApp on 76 656 554. Here’s their schedule for this week:



3. Naïve by Emné

A Beirut-based arts and crafts store that also offers a wide variety of fun interactive workshops tailored for kids and grown-ups like Linogravure, stippling, print-making, and planter-making, each hosted by a professional artist. They also teach Tarot reading!



4. Art Nub Beirut

Founded by Lebanese art historian and critic Gaby Maamary, this educational art center brings you private online sessions alongside workshops that include sketching human figures, nude figure drawing, portrait drawing, and oil painting.

Registration fees and needed art materials are always mentioned in their captions for you to check out and come prepared!



5. Beirut Art Studio

After a 2-year break, this Hamra-based creative hub is back, bringing the art community together through art/design classes, events, and occasional workshops. You visit the studio’s online shop here.



6. Purple Pineapple Pot

Aside from bringing you all types of activity packages from sunset sailing to wine tasting, this Lebanese platform is known for giving pottery workshops and other fine art experiences like ceramic and stained glass painting.

Visit this website for more information.