20 places in Kuwait
to reset and get creative

Al Thuraya Mall, Salmiya

Shape clay instead of staring at another screen.

Al Shaheed Park, Phase One

Try the pottery wheel, hand-building or painting a ceramic piece.

Trampo, Murouj

Throw, spin and pour paint without worrying about the result.

Funaitees

Watch for workshops in bookbinding, printmaking and illustration.

Laila Complex, Salmiya

Take a sketchbook and draw while you have your coffee.

Kuwait City

Try a class in fine art, music, theatre or movement.

Design District, Shuwaikh

See an exhibition, then browse the art bookshop and public library.

Arabian Gulf Street, Kuwait City

Move between local art, a book and a sea view.

Arabian Gulf Street, Qibla

Study the colours, patterns and logic of traditional weaving.

Qadsiya

A visual overload that makes an ordinary house feel unfamiliar. Book first.

Jabriya

Pick one object and study its calligraphy, pattern or material closely.

Arabian Gulf Street, Qibla

See Islamic art inside a restored piece of Kuwait's history.

Shaab

Choose the museum you know least: space, science, nature or art.

Kuwait City

Walk for twenty minutes without headphones and notice what you usually miss.

Salmiya

Use the aquarium or the sea walk to reset your attention.

Kuwait City

Observe the signs, stalls, conversations and tiny business decisions.

Dasman

See the city from above and change the scale of the problem in your head.

Qibla

Choose a shelf you would never normally visit and open three books.

Kuwait City

See a performance, explore the architecture or attend a public programme.

Sharq

Step into an old Kuwait story and look at the city through another time.