Art Macabre: Arabian Nights

Try a life drawing workshop injected with a lethal dose of theatricality and fun.
Art Macabre presents nude models, sumptuous costume and props to sketch, as they tell tales from 1001 Nights.

Betrayal and adventure, romance and murder, genies and demons. Explore these folk tales that have their roots across cultures; from West, Central, South Asia and North Africa to medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian and Mesopotamian oral history and literature. Discover how under the full moon, these magical and mystical tales saved the lives of Scheherazade and the rest of the harem from execution by a murderous sultan.

Drawing materials and paper provided.