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EVENTS SCHEDULE




Oct 02

Sarah Hopkins' Artist Residency 'Heritage Three Day Screen Printing Workshop'

October 02 to 10, 2025





Oct 03

M. AlHawajari's Artist Residency 'I Smell My Homeland'

October 02 to 10, 2025





Oct 05

Michael Maurrisens' Artist Residency 'Choreographies of Craft'

October 05 to November 02, 2025





Oct 06

Artist Talk - By Sarah Hopkins

10:00 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Swansea, Wales UK





Oct 08

Artist Talk - Muhammad A.M Alhawajri

11:00 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Gazan Artist, Resident Artist





Oct 16

Tazeen Qayyum's Artist Residency

October 16 to November 01, 2025





Oct 18

M. RezaUr Rahman and Gao Yanhui's Artist Residency 'Terracotta Design'

October 18 to November 01, 2025





Oct 24

Jamie Holman's Artist Residency 'Translation and Book-binding for a Version of William Morris's Translation of the 13th Century Romance, 'The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane'

October 24 to November 07, 2025


Kishwar Kiani's Artist Residency

October 24 to November 07, 2025


Artist Talk – Tazeen Qayyum 'Patterns of Resilience'

10:30 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Oakville Canada





Oct 25

Anne Wood's Artist Residency 'Musical Performances and Workshops'

October 25 to November 02, 2025


Golrokh Nafisi's (Ajam Collective) Artist Residency

October 25 to November 15, 2025


Ahmad Ali Kadivar's (Ajam Collective) Artist Residency

October 25 to November 15, 2025


Venetia Porter's Artist Residency 'Artist Book Project'

October 25 to November 02, 2025





Oct 26

Alix Philippon Artist Residency

October 26 to November 09, 2025


Syed Munawar Ali Artist Residency 'Visceral Boundaries Mold-making Workshop'

October 26 to November 09, 2025





Oct 27

Muhammad Zeeshan 'Artist Residency 'Heritage Three Day Screen Printing Workshop'

October 27 to November 3, 2025


Artist Talk – Mohammad Rezaur Rahman and Gao YanHui

10:30 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Mohammad Rezaur Rahman (resident artist from Los Angeles California) and Gao YanHui (resident Ceramist from Beijing, China)


Artist Talk – Anne Wood

04:15 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Musician from Scotland UK





Oct 28

Umul Baneen Mirza's (Ajam Collective) Artist Residency

October 28 to November 09, 2025


Ahmad Hassan Khan's (Ajam Collective) Artist Residency

October 28 to November 08, 2025


Fazal Abbas Rizvi's (Ajam Collective) Artist Residency

October 28 to November 07, 2025


Artist Talk - Michael Maurissens 'The Body As Archive'

10:30 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Cologne, Germany


Participatory Art Workshop Part 1 – Golrokh Nafisi 'As I Move Towards the East, My Alphabet Grows'

10:00 am onwards (LT-1 Fine Arts)


Participatory Art Workshop – Nad E Ali 'The Sound of Hands Part 1'

02:00 pm onwards (Sitar-making Craft Workshop at LT-3)





Oct 29

Participatory Workshop – Khak e Hayat, Ajam Collective Sina Fakour 'Terrestrial Letters'

10:00 am onwards (Ceramics Studio)


Workshop – Anne Wood 'Dissolving Musical Barriers Between Scotland and Pakistan'

11:00 am (LT-1 Architecture)
3 hours workshop, Resident Musician from Ullapool Scotland UK





Oct 30

Public Panel – Khak-e-hayat, Ajam Collective 'Music, Culture, Memory, and Storytelling'

10:00 am - 12:00 pm (LT-2 Fine Arts)


Ahmed Hassan: Darya Panth

11:00 am





Oct 31

Opening Ceremony


Arrival of Guests

3:30 pm (Fountain Courtyard)


Opening Note by Humna Kazi

4:05 pm (Fountain Courtyard)


VC Note

4:15 pm (Fountain Courtyard)


Scripted Announcements and Acknowledgements

4:40 pm (Fountain Courtyard)
Humna Kazi with the team. Nadeem Hassan Khan Wrap up/Exhibition Announcements


Ceremony Ends Followed by Exhibition Round

5:30 pm (Fountain Courtyard)


Exhibition Announcement (List of Events)


Exhibition - NCA Faculty 'Scope XI'

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (Tollinton Block, NCA)


Exhibition - Visual Arts

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (NCA Location)


Exhibition - NCA Archives 'Witness to Time'

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (NCA Location)
Held at the National College of Arts, Lahore


Photography Exhibition 'Paiker e Tasveer: Images and Reflections of Photographic Art in Pakistan'

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (Graduate Block, NCA)


Furniture Exhibition 'Rhapsodies'

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (Textile Studio Ground Floor, NCA)


Exhibitions, Film Screening, Performances, Artist Talks

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (NCA)
Resident Artists


Visual Communication Design Exhibition 'International Poster Design Exhibition'

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (Nasir Bagh, Lahore)


Ceramic Exhibition

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (Sculpture Studio Ground Floor, NCA)


Open Call Workshops

October 31 to November 30, 2025 (Tollinton Block, NCA)


Book Launch – Chronicles of the National College of Arts, Lahore

Mid November


Forman Evening Ceremony Starts

7:00 pm (Amphitheatre, New Building, NCA)


Introduction by Prof Sarwat Ali

7:05 pm (Amphitheatre, New Building, NCA)


Musical Performance - Ustad Hamid Ali Khan

7:15 pm (Amphitheatre, New Building, NCA)


Wrap Up

9:00 pm (Amphitheatre, New Building, NCA)


Dinner

9:15 pm (Amphitheatre, New Building, NCA)


Live Calligraphic Performance - Tazeen Qayyum 'Once More, My Mind Wanders in Search for a Word'

10:00 pm (Amphitheatre)


DJ Night

11:00 pm onwards (Amphitheatre, New Building NCA)





Nov 1

Ajam Collective Residency Members Only – Khak e Hayat Ajam Collective Site Visit to Peer Waris Shah Shrine

10:00 am (Peer Waris Shah Shrine)


Artist Talk – Venetia Porter

10:30 am (Gallery III)


Open Call Workshop – Amina Sarfraz Cheema 'Bound in Excellence – Tradition of Islamic Book Binding'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Ahmed Ali Hussnain '3D surfacing and texturing'

10:00 am – 1:00 pm (computer Lab)


Open Call Workshop – Umar Waheed 'DJ Skill Bootcamp'

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (venue D)


Open Call Workshop - Syeda Ailia 'Metal Crafts of Pakistan'

11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Amjad Ali Daudpotto & Shazia Mirza 'Kashi Tiles Painting'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiab Rahman & Varisha Asim 'Research as method, practice, exhibit.'

12:00 – 4:00 pm (venue B)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Performance – DJ/ musical Night, Dance Off, Fancy Dress Show

6:00 pm onwards (David Courtyard and Sculpture Courtyard)





Nov 2

Open Call Workshop – Amina Sarfraz Cheema 'Bound in Excellence – Tradition of Islamic Book Binding'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Ahmed Ali Hussnain '3D Surfacing and Texturing'

10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Computer Lab)


Open Call Workshop – Umar Waheed 'DJ Skill Bootcamp'

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Site visit to Harsukh

Ajam Collective residency members only
11:00 am (Harsukh)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Ailia 'Metal Crafts of Pakistan'

11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Amjad Ali Daudpotto & Shazia Mirza 'Kashi Tiles Painting'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiab Rahman & Varisha Asim 'Research as Method, Practice, Exhibit'

12:00 – 4:00 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Artist Talk - Ali Raza

2:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Performance – Anne Wood 'Dissolving Musical Barriers Between Scotland and Pakistan'

7:30-9:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)
Resident Musician from Ullapool Scotland UK





Nov 3

Public Panel – Khak-e-hayat, Ajam Collective 'Preserving the Past, Planning for the Future'

10:00 am (LT-2 Fine Arts)
Parisa Bahrami: We Emerged From the Soil - Lessons from the revival of contemporary mudbrick architecture in Iran
Marvi Mazhar: Development in Karachi / An Urban Love Letter Leading to an Obituary


Open Call Workshop – Amina Sarfraz Cheema 'Bound in Excellence – Tradition of Islamic Book Binding'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Ahmed Ali Hussnain '3D Surfacing and Texturing'

10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Computer Lab)


Open Call Workshop – Umar Waheed 'DJ Skill Bootcamp'

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Amjad Ali Daudpotto & Shazia Mirza 'Kashi Tiles Painting'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiab Rahman & Varisha Asim 'Research as Method, Practice, Exhibit'

12:00 – 4:00 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Mueed Farrukh 'Painting on Acrylic Sheet'

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Documentary Screening – Alix Philippon 'Ishq'

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (LT-2 Architecture)





Nov 4

Public Panel – Khak-e-hayat, Ajam Collective

10:00 am (LT-2 Fine Arts)
Umul Baneen Mirza: Visualising Life After Death - Foraging for medicine in Mian Graveyard


Artist Talk – Jamie Louis Holman

11:00 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium, NCA)


Participatory Art Workshop Part 2 – Khak e Hayat, Ajam Collective, Golrokh Nafisi 'As I Move Towards the East, My Alphabet Grows'

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (LT3 – Fine Arts and under the auditorium)


Open Call Workshop – Amina Sarfraz Cheema 'Bound in Excellence – Tradition of Islamic Book Binding'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Ahmed Ali Hussnain '3D Surfacing and Texturing'

10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Computer Lab)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Amjad Ali Daudpotto & Shazia Mirza 'Kashi Tiles Painting'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiab Rahman & Varisha Asim 'Research as Method, Practice, Exhibit'

12:00 – 4:00 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Mueed Farrukh 'Painting on Acrylic Sheet'

01:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Ali Aabid 'Film Making'

01:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

02:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Seminar – Alix Philippon ‘Saints and the state’

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (LT-2 Architecture)


Performance – Sarangi Night

Organized by Ali Zafar (Musicology Department)
06:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 5

Public Panel – Khak-e-hayat, Ajam Collective

Fazal Rizvi: A Tear, Drowning a River, Drowning an Ocean
10:00 am (LT-2 Fine Arts)


Open Call Workshop – Amina Sarfraz Cheema 'Bound in Excellence – Tradition of Islamic Book Binding'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Ahmed Ali Hussnain '3D Surfacing and Texturing'

10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Computer Lab)


Open Call Workshop – Nazish Bano 'Mosaic Art'

10:30 am – 2:30pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Ali Aabid 'Film Making'

01:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

02:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Artist Talk – Syed Munawar Ali

02:30 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium, NCA)


Participatory Workshop – Khak e Hayat, Ajam Collective Site Visit 'Textile Workshop' with Abdul Rahman of Trinjan

03:00 pm (Sculpture Courtyard)


Documentary Screening – Alix Philippon ‘The Shadow of The Shaykh’

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (LT-2 Architecture)


Participatory Workshop – Listening Session by Khak e Hayat, Ajam Collective Ahmad Kadivar 'Gham e Sarkesh (Rebellious Grief)'

6:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 6

Public Panel – Khak-e-hayat, Ajam Collective 'Envisioning Shared Ecological Pasts and Future of Iran and Pakistan'

Alex Shams: Rethinking the Persianate from Below - Alternative histories of shared culture between West, South, and Central Asia
Veera Rustomji: Ride or Sail? - Closing distances between historical regions of Iran and Pakistan
10:00 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Open Call Workshop – Ahmed Ali Hussnain '3D Surfacing and Texturing'

10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Computer Lab)


Open Call Workshop – Sadaf Hammad & Sidra Ashraf 'Native Footprints: Khusa Making'

10:00 am – 1:30 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Nazish Bano 'Mosaic Art'

10:30 am – 2:30pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Ali Aabid 'Film Making'

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

02:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Performance – 'Rhymes and Rhythms' by Hisam Uddin and Raza Shaukat

Musicology Department
04:00 pm – 05:00 pm (David Courtyard)


Seminar – Alix Philippon ‘Self Reflective Account on Ethnographic Fieldwork’

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (LT-2 Architecture)





Nov 7

Artist Talk - Alix Philippon

10:30 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Open Call Workshop – Sadaf Hammad & Sidra Ashraf 'Native Footprints: Khusa Making'

10:00 am – 1:30 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Faryal Arif 'Mapping Craft Practices in Lahore'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Husnain Awais 'Digital and Collagraph Printmaking'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Print Making)


Open Call Workshop – Nazish Bano 'Mosaic Art'

10:30 am – 2:30 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Zeb Bilal & Nabiha Khan 'Stories in Stitch'

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Documentary Screening – Alix Philippon ‘Kasnazan’

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (LT-2 Architecture)





Nov 8

Open Call Workshop – Sadaf Hammad & Sidra Ashraf 'Native Footprints: Khusa Making'

10:00 am – 1:30 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Amina Sarfraz Cheema 'Bound in Excellence – Tradition of Islamic Book Binding'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Faryal Arif 'Mapping Craft Practices in Lahore'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Husnain Awais 'Digital and Collagraph Printmaking'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Print Making)


Artist Talk – Kishwar Kiani

10:30 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Zeb Bilal & Nabiha Khan 'Stories in Stitch'

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Performance – Aleeza Fatima

3:30 pm (Sculpture Courtyard)


Performance - Ibrahim Ghazal

6:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 9

Open Call Workshop – Tayiba Iram 'Batik'

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Ayesha Kamal Bhatti 'Puppetry for Screen'

10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Aleezay Mohsin 'Sustainable Material Making'

10:30 am – 2:30 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Husnain Awais 'Digital and Collagraph Printmaking'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Print Making)


Open Call Workshop – Khawaja Amir Rasheed & M. Serwar Saghar 'Papier Mache' the Craft of Kashmir'

10:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Zeb Bilal & Nabiha Khan 'Stories in Stitch'

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Performance - Mohsin Fayaz

5:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 10

Open Call Workshop – Tayiba Iram 'Batik'

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Ayesha Kamal Bhatti 'Puppetry for Screen'

10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Aleezay Mohsin 'Sustainable Material Making'

10:30 am – 2:30 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiya Javed & Ghulam Abbas 'Hands that Hold Colour: Natural Dyeing and Block Printing'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Textile Studio first floor)


Open Call Workshop – Tasneem Inaam 'Fabric Doll Making'

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Venue D)


Open Call Workshop – Ali Aabid 'Film Making'

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Performances - BNU Entertainment & Dramatics Society (BEADS) '7 Marhalay: Inspired by the Poetry of Bulleh Shah', Forman Dramatics Society (FCCU)

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 11

Open Call Workshop – Tayiba Iram 'Batik'

10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue B)


Open Call Workshop – Aleezay Mohsin 'Sustainable Material Making'

10:30 am – 2:30 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Momenah Kazi 'Furniture Basics; Woodworking & Surface Treatments'

11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiya Javed & Ghulam Abbas 'Hands that Hold Colour: Natural Dyeing and Block Printing'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Textile Studio first floor)


Open Call Workshop – Ali Aabid 'Film Making'

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Performances - GCU Dramatics Society

6:00 PM onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 12

Open Call Workshop – Muzammil Hameed & Farah Muzammil 'Chaddar of Memories'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – M. Yousaf Chaand & M. Haseeb 'Kite Making'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiya Javed & Ghulam Abbas 'Hands that Hold Colour: Natural Dyeing and Block Printing'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Textile Studio first floor)


Open Call Workshop – Ali Aabid 'Film Making'

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (LT-3 / Media Room)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Musical Performances – Zainab Jawwad, Aman Iqbal 'Ghazal and Harmonium', NCA Music Ensemble (NCA Lahore)

6:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium, NCA)
First Students





Nov 13

Open Call Workshop – Muzammil Hameed & Farah Muzammil 'Chaddar of Memories'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiya Javed & Ghulam Abbas 'Hands that Hold Colour: Natural Dyeing and Block Printing'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Textile Studio first floor)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Musical Performances – Ramzan Jani, Folk Music Group (NCA Lahore) (Student Group), Iqra Faraz 'Sufi Music Singing Performance'

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 14

Open Call Workshop – Muzammil Hameed & Farah Muzammil 'Chaddar of Memories'

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Sana Saeed 'Journaling Childhood Memories'

10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Atiya Javed & Ghulam Abbas 'Hands that Hold Colour: Natural Dyeing and Block Printing'

11:00 am – 4:00 pm (Textile Studio first floor)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Open Call Workshop - Maisam Hussain 'Clay Bust'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sculpture Studio)


Music Performances – Huma Safdar 'Sangat Lahore'

6:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium NCA)





Nov 15

Open Call Workshop – Sidra Wazir Khawaja 'Rotti Kahani'

10:00 am – 6:00 pm (Venue C)


Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Asma Tanveer 'Kite Stories From Craft and Memory'

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Venue A)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Musical Performances – Mehfil e Sitar Evening with the Maestros (Two Day Sitar Festival)

6:30 – 9:30 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium, NCA)





Nov 16

Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Musical Performances – Mehfil e Sitar Evening with the Maestros

6:30 - 9:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium, NCA)





Nov 17

Open Call Workshop – Sumera Amin 'Traditional Fresco Art'

11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Venue E)


Open Call Workshop – Syeda Seerat Zainab 'Oil Painting'

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Drawing Studio)


Theatre Performances – Sangat Balochistan A.D Baloch Play, Mast Tawakalli

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 18

Artist Talk - Beate Terfloth

10:30 am (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Artist Talk – Omar Nagati

2:30 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Theatre Performances - NCA Islamabad Mime Performance Kathak Performance

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 19

Theatre Performances - Actors Laboratory (Islamabad) Theatrical Workshop

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 20

Performance - Mushaira 'Farogh-e-gulshan-o-saut-e-hazar ka mausam'

3:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium/ Amphitheatre)


Theatre Performances – 'Ajoka' Lahore Student Workshop Play – A joint production with Alhamra "Where Have All the Women Gone?"

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 21

Dance Performances - NCA Alumni Eastern Music Society

5:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Dance Performances – Faseeh Amir (NCA Pindi), NCA Bhangra Group

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 22

Dance Performance – Nighat Chaudhry

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 23

Student Society Performances – Western Music Society, Eastern Music Society, The Qi

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 24

Film Festival

Schedule will come out on 14 Nov tentatively


Student Society Performances – Dance Society, Mime Society, Nautanki

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 25

Film Festival

Schedule will come out on 14 Nov tentatively


1st International Conference on Theories in Art & Architecture (THiAA 2025)

9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Student Society Performances – Western Music Society, Eastern Music Society, The Qi

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 26

Film Festival

Schedule will come out on 14 Nov tentatively


Student Society Performances – Puppeteers, Alif Adaab, NT Mime

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 27

Student Society Performances – Dance Society, Mime Society, Nautanki

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 28

Musical Performance – Ricardo Vinhas Passos 'Sonic Bridges: Connecting Portuguese and Pakistan' organised by Ateeq-ur-Rehman (Musicology Department)

3:00 pm - 5:00pm (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


Student Society Performances – Puppetteers, Alif Adaab, NT Mime

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 29

Awards Night

(Shakir Ali Auditorium)





Nov 30

Closing Ceremony Certificates Distribution

6:00 pm onwards (Shakir Ali Auditorium)


NCA Eastern Music Society Alumni Performance (Qasim)


Dance Performance







Disclaimer: Event schedule may be subject to change in case of any unforeseen circumstances. Latest information shall be disseminated via the official National College of Arts' and The NCA Triennale web and social media platforms.