Opportunities for Cultural Immersion and Learning in Tetouan
FACULTY LED STUDY ABROAD
Are you a professor or study abroad coordinator? We are here to resource your next University Study Trip for your students in Morocco!
We also coordinate special workshop trips for art instructors who are interested in leading an art trip for their students (see our past programs Plein Air Tetouan and Sketch Morocco ). Contact us for more details, and follow us to receive news of the next schedule workship or trip.
COMMUNITY ART CLASSES
Green Olive Arts is not an art school. Our main focus is to host established artists who come to work in our studios on their own creative projects. But we always ask our artists if they would like to give back to the local community by teaching a class or a workshop, so occasionally we host classes in our studio, for children and/or adults. Visit our Events page or our Instagram for news of upcoming opportunities.
INTRO TO MOROCCAN ARABIC
Learn basic phrases and words to help you connect with the local culture in a deeper way. This 2 hour introductory coaching session is led by a native Moroccan Arabic speaker and is available in person or online. It is taught in English and includes an English to Moroccan Arabic booklet, with transliterations for pronunciation (no need to read Arabic) and access to audio recordings.
600 MAD per session.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SERVICES
Are you a foreigner living in Tetouan? You can become fluent in Moroccan Arabic! Our GPA coaching method is designed to lead learners to fluency in the norther dialect of Moroccan Arabic during this long term coaching program. View our FAQ page for full details.
Fees vary depending on which monthly plan you choose.
ARTISAN WORKSHOPS
Learn traditional craftsmanship from Master Tetouani Artisans!
The following individual and group workshops (up to 6 participants) are available through Green Olive Arts. Please contact us if you will be in Tetouan longer and would like to schedule multiple successive workshops. Contact hospitality@greenolivearts.com for agency pricing and group rates for more than 6 participants.
Want to meet some of these artisans first in a visit to their workshops, and then decide which course to take? Schedule one of our Artisans of Tetouan Visits and we will take you to meet them all and talk with them about their work!
MOROCCAN GEOMETRIC DESIGN
A 3 hour workshop with a local craftsman, where you’ll learn how to develop and draw TASTIR, the ancient Arabic geometric designs, using the traditional method – drawing with just a compass and a straight-edge. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan. Available in English (with a translator), or in Arabic, Spanish, or French.
12 person maximum / 2 minimum
650 MAD per person
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TRADITIONAL MOROCCAN PAINTING
A 3 hour workshop with a local craftsman, where you’ll learn how to transfer the ancient Arabic geometric designs to a panel and paint them using traditional paints and a handmade horsehair brush. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan. Available in English (with a translator), or in Arabic, Spanish, or French.
12 person maximum / 2 minimum
700 MAD per person
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ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY LESSON
In this 2 hour lesson with a local calligrapher you’ll learn the basics of writing Arabic letters using a variety of typical Moroccan Arabic calligraphy styles. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan. Available in Moroccan Arabic and (with a translator) in English and French.
12 person maximum / no minimum
650 MAD per person
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TRADITIONAL TETOUANI EMBROIDERY
(2 sessions, 3 hours each) – Learn how to embroider using the traditional Tetouani TAAJEERA organic designs and methods in this 2 session workshop led by a master craftswoman who will help you create your own traditional 11 color floral design with silk thread on yellow satin fabric. Taught in a traditional Arab home in the Tetouan medina. Includes tea and cookies and all materials. Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
6 person maximum / no minimum
900 MAD per person
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TRADITIONAL FESI EMBROIDERY
This 3 hour workshop teaches the counted stitch, traditional geometric embroidery from the city of Fes, which is uniquely reversible – the same on the front and back, no knots. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan. Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
Contact hospitality@greenolivearts.com for prices.
6 person maximum / no minimum
650 MAD per person
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MOROCCAN LEATHERWORKING
A 3 hour workshop on traditional Moroccan leather design and embossing, taught by a local master craftsman. Create your own design for a leather covered notebook, using traditional iron stamps and tools. Taught at the Green Olive Arts Studio, in Tetouan. Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
6 person maximum / 2 minimum
700 MAD per person
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TRADITIONAL MOROCCAN POTTERY
A 3 hour introductory wheel throwing lesson with a master potter in his workshop just outside the medina walls. Learn to throw a pottery vessel on a traditional kick wheel, using local clay dug near the ancient medina walls of Tetouan. Available in English or French (with a translator), or in Moroccan Arabic.
12 person maximum / no minimum
750 MAD per person