The Definitive Guide to Living in the Capital , Cairo , Egypt

Sometimes, making something with your own hands is the best way to take your mind off daily stress. Specifically, making arts and crafts positively affects the mind and soul and gives you new ways to express yourself freely. So, here we have six art spaces and centres to help you fill your weekends with learning and creating new and exciting things, besides engaging with an inspiring community full of passion.

These spaces offer numerous specialised art workshops that can fulfil any niche interest you have or any craft you ever wanted to try. Check out any of these spaces to learn and grow creatively.

Darb 15

Darb 15 is an outdoor arts and culture centre based in Maadi. The centre has an authentic rustic vibe to reflect the type of workshops they offer. They have workshops in multiple niche handcrafts, such as gardening, gingerbread building, cake decoration, and much more. The centre also holds impactful socialising events such as intentional conversations, pop-up dinners, trivia nights, and more.

Rustic Gallery

A centre for art workshops in New Cairo, offering a wide range of workshops in painting, ceramics, textiles, candle making, and so many more. Rustic Gallery allows individuals to create their own things by hand in many forms with professional guidance. They also hold a lot of specific workshops like photo embroidery, lip gloss making, macrame, or polymer clay making.

Wellnest Space

Wellnest is a communal space in New Cairo that intersects mental wellness with artwork by offering multiple artistic workshops, such as painting and meditation, and self-exploration with clay, pottery, and ceramic painting. The place mainly holds specialised yoga and movement classes.

Upcolor

An art studio based in New Cairo, Upcolor offers almost all kinds of art workshops. The space is super distinct as they’re all one-day workshops. The workshops include architectural models, textural arts, string art, amigurumi keychains, acrylic pouring, geode resin, which is learning to craft your resin art pieces, and many more diverse crafts.

Hoog Culture

Hoog Culture is a creative platform aiming to create and spread art in our community and posts genuine and aesthetically pleasing creative content. The platform also holds various artistic events and workshops at different locations, such as thrifting events, makeup workshops, hand-stitching, and embroidery.

Hana Bakes

Hana Bakes is originally a small, delicious baked goods business that delivered in New Cairo. The company is run by the entrepreneurial mind of Hana, who didn’t stop at her final output and went on to hold workshops in cake decorating and baking at different locations. These workshops serve as a great way to engage participants with her business and build a reliable reputation.

The workshops are super interactive, and she provides all the materials and guidance. It is an excellent chance to have the fun experience of learning to decorate your cake while ensuring you have something edible at the end.