10/03/2026
OUR OCTOBER WORKSHOP IS TWO WEEKS AWAY🖌️
Come learn the Mauritanian style of geometric henna designs! We will create henna prints on watercolor paper using the Mauritanian tape-resist method. 🙌
This workshop will be facilitated by Mauritanian American multi-media artist, Sarah Abdel-Jelil! Sarah Abdel-Jelil 🇲🇷
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Traditional Mauritanian henna uses a tape-resist technique, where you cut and place thin strips of surgical tape to form geometric designs. The henna design/pattern is made from the negative space (the gaps between where the tape is placed). For this workshop, we will explore these geometric patterns and create our own versions on watercolor paper.
📆 Saturday, October 17th from 2-4 PM
📍New Arab American Theater Works Community Space | 1011 S Washington Avenue Minneapolis, MN - room 308
🔗 Register at bit.ly/SWANA2026
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Sarah Abdel-Jelil is a Mauritanian-American filmmaker, dancer, musician, and multimedia artist based in Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce (Minnesota). Inspired by her nomadic upbringing in a multicultural, interfaith household across eight different countries (Mauritania, England, Nigeria, US, Jordan, Gabon, Morocco, and Switzerland), her work explores the relational nature of home, movement, and liminal spaces as well as the tether between human and the more-than-human environment. She holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota and a BA in Cinema and Media Studies from Carleton College. Her films have been screened nationally in Minnesota, Oregon, and Wisconsin and internationally in France, Mauritania, and Aotearoa/New Zealand. She is a founding member of Yalla Drum Ensemble with New Arab American Theater Works and a member of the CHANT (Culture Healing Art Nature Technology) collective.
