Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy with Artist Diaa Lagan

  • Family friendly
  • Free to visit

Saturday, 19 July 2025

Event times:

12:00 - 13:30

Event location:

Chester Beatty

Event price:

€0.00

About this event

Arabic calligraphy is a visual art related to the design and execution of the written word based on the Arabic alphabet. It is known in Arabic as khatt, meaning ‘line’.

Always a tool for communication, Arabic calligraphy goes far beyond the written page, and is used throughout design history, in almost every art medium from silk textiles to stone architecture, and in multiple script styles. Join artist Diaa Lagan for this drop-in event and practice the techniques of forming letters by using a bamboo quill and tracing paper.

FREE, no booking required, available to 12 participants at any one time.

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