12 places
A proper woodworking shop that runs a beginner trial class with tools and timber included, then courses in cutting boards, hand joinery and boxes.
A woodworking studio that takes adults and children from age five, with a one-hour taster session.
Beginner wheel-throwing and hand-building workshops, plus parent-and-child sessions on the wheel.
Splatter-painting sessions where you throw paint at a T-shirt or cap and take it home the same day.
A cooking school with themed one-off adult classes, like a full Sunday roast, where you cook and then eat what you made.
Al Ain's art school in a restored mud-brick tower house runs single art workshops as well as longer courses.
Drop-in painting classes in oil, watercolour or anime illustration, so you can try one evening without signing up for a course.
Weekend workshops change every week, from a free Tatreez Circle on 6 December to Al Sadu weaving with an Emirati weaver on 13 December.
A three-hour beginner hand-building workshop includes 1 kg of clay plus slip painting and glazing, so you leave with finished pieces rather than a lump.
A shared maker space with one-off classes across ceramics, woodwork, metalwork, fashion and digital fabrication under one roof.
The government-run music school where you can learn oud, qanun or Arabic vocals properly, and even build an instrument.
You can book a single one-hour wheel or hand-building session with 500 g of clay, then build up to a 20-session certificate package if it sticks.