100% FREEA Silence That Sits — turn family photographs into art with Sim Chi Yin
Bring family photographs, documents and keepsakes to a three-hour workshop with artist Sim Chi Yin. Connect fragments of family history through collage, object-making or writing, experimenting with documentary and imagined narratives. Workshop materials are provided.
Representative archive image: a Hungarian family album from the 1920s–1930s. Not the workshop, artist or participants.
Al Manakh, Sharjah · Photography Gallery, Al Manakh, Sharjah
When to go
20 November 2026, 4:00–7:00 pm.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Ages 17+ · Free creative archive workshop · ages 17+ · booking required
Original organiser page and live registration specify ages 17 and over.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Free workshop and stated materials for ages 17+, delivered in English.
- Bring family photographs, documents, ephemera or found materials to use as the basis of your work.
- Register through Sharjah Art Foundation and wait for confirmation before travelling; places are subject to availability.
- Open to photographers, artists and anyone interested in historical and experimental image-making.
- Registration closes 2026-11-20 at 00:00 UAE time; obtain confirmation before this deadline.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 27 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
27 October substantive recheck: Matching20Nov16–19,17+,English,PhotographyGallery;free/materialsexplicit,liveform. Current original terms and corresponding complete form content inspected; exact dates, ages, hours, venue and free access remain supported. Live registration enabled, no payment source and no payment fields; no withdrawal or sold-out notice. Registration availability is not a guaranteed confirmed place.
Sharjah Art FoundationOfficial active registration form
Photo: Unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Resized and compressed to WebP; original photograph proportions preserved.