Avid Learning Upcoming Events & Workshops in November 2026: Dubai and Mumbai
Author : Avid Learning | Published On : 31 Oct 2026
November 2026 brings an exciting cultural calendar from Avid Learning, with exhibitions, panel discussions, film screenings, art conversations, heritage programmes, and workshops taking place across Dubai and Mumbai. For audiences searching for upcoming events in Dubai, upcoming events in UAE, upcoming events in Mumbai, upcoming concerts in Mumbai, upcoming concerts, or upcoming workshops in Mumbai, Avid Learning’s November programme offers engaging opportunities centred on art, culture, heritage, design, technology, theatre, and storytelling.
From examining pastoral traditions at Dubai Design Week to celebrating the multidisciplinary legacy of Satish Gujral in Mumbai, the month connects audiences with artists, designers, researchers, cultural practitioners, and creative thinkers.
Upcoming Events in Dubai and UAE by Avid Learning ME
Avid Learning ME begins November with programmes that connect contemporary creative practice with cultural memory and living heritage.
RESONANCE: Solo Exhibition by Gemma Gallagher
Dates: 23 October – 22 November 2026
Venue: Avid Centre for Culture and Creative Expressions, Al Khayat Avenue, Warehouse 24, Al Quoz 1, Dubai
Entry: Free
Those looking for upcoming events in Dubai can visit RESONANCE, a solo exhibition by artist Gemma Gallagher. Through evocative paintings, Gallagher considers intangible human experiences including awe, wonder, transformation, faith, connection, and belonging.
Drawing from philosophy, literature, spiritual thought, and physics, her paintings combine handwritten text, pigments, textures, gestures, and movement. The exhibition positions each artwork as a space where the artist’s experiences meet the memories and interpretations of the viewer.
Herding the Unheard: Traces of an Unwritten Language
Dates: 3–8 November 2026
Venue: Dubai Design District (d3), Building 6, Unit R9
Entry: Free
Presented by Avid Learning ME and Dakhnii Diaries, Herding the Unheard: Traces of an Unwritten Language investigates communication between pastoralists and their animals.
The installation draws on ethnographic research into India’s indigenous pastoral communities, bringing oral histories, field recordings, traditional wool practices, sound, visual languages, and tactile artefacts together.
It also considers connections between pastoral cultures in India and the Arabian Peninsula, making it a significant addition to the upcoming events in UAE for audiences interested in heritage, design, sustainability, and cultural knowledge.
Pastoralism as Living Heritage
Date: 5 November 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM UAE
Venue: Dubai Design District (d3), Building 6, Unit R9
Entry: Free
This panel discussion considers pastoralism as more than animal rearing. It examines a way of life shaped by relationships between communities, animals, landscapes, crafts, songs, stories, and generations of accumulated knowledge.
Presented as part of Herding the Unheard at Dubai Design Week 2026, the session brings science, culture, design, and creative-industry perspectives together to discuss how pastoral knowledge and livelihoods can remain visible, valued, and sustainable.
Wool as a Memory: Needle-Felting Workshop
Dates: 6–7 November 2026
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM UAE
Venue: Dubai Design District (d3), Building 6, Unit R9
Entry: Free
Led by Varsha Rani Solanki, Founder of Dakhnii Diaries, this hands-on workshop invites participants to engage with Deccani wool as a material connected to memory, storytelling, heritage, and community knowledge.
Participants can engage with traditional craft practices while considering how materials can preserve and reinterpret cultural histories across generations.
BHED CHĀL (Herd Walk): A Film by Ankit Pogula
Date: 7 November 2026
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM UAE
Venue: Dubai Design District (d3), Building 6, Unit R9
Entry: Free
The award-winning documentary Bhed-Chal, directed by Ankit Pogula and written by Harsh Satya, follows Kuruba nomadic shepherds and their native Deccani sheep across the Deccan Plateau.
Through the voices of pastoral communities, the film addresses changing landscapes, climate pressures, shrinking grasslands, access to grazing areas, and disruptions to traditional migratory routes.
The screening forms part of Avid Learning ME and Dakhnii Diaries’ collaborative presentation at Dubai Design Week 2026.
Upcoming Events in Mumbai in November 2026
Avid Learning’s Mumbai calendar turns towards modern Indian art, immersive technology, public art, architecture, and theatre.
Art Mumbai – Satish Gujral: The Modernist and His Many Worlds
Date: 14 November 2026
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM IST
Venue: Art Mumbai, Member’s Enclosure, Mahalaxmi Racecourse
Entry: Applicable
This conversation celebrates the centenary of Satish Gujral and considers his remarkable multidisciplinary practice spanning painting, sculpture, murals, design, and architecture.
The discussion places Gujral’s work within Indian modernism while considering why the ideas and experimentation of modernist artists continue to matter for contemporary creative practice.
Art Mumbai – Enter the Art: How Immersive Tech Is Redrawing the Gallery Walls
Date: 14 November 2026
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM IST
Venue: Art Mumbai, Member’s Enclosure, Mahalaxmi Racecourse
Virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, projection mapping, spatial computing, and responsive environments are changing how audiences encounter art.
This panel brings together perspectives from art, technology, curation, and cultural practice to consider how immersive tools are reshaping galleries, artistic authorship, accessibility, and audience engagement.
While audiences searching for upcoming concerts in Mumbai and upcoming concerts may be interested in live cultural experiences, Avid Learning’s November calendar broadens the city’s offerings through conversations and participatory programmes spanning multiple creative disciplines.
Satish Gujral at 100: Celebrating a Multidisciplinary Legacy
Date: 19 November 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM IST
Venue: Sir J. J. School of Art, Architecture and Design, Fort, Mumbai
Entry: Free
This special centenary conversation revisits Satish Gujral’s journey across painting, sculpture, murals, and architecture.
The programme introduces students and creative audiences to the ideas, experiments, and decisions behind his multidisciplinary career while considering what his approach can offer emerging artists, architects, and designers.
Double Take: Public Art as a Living Archive
Date: 24 November 2026
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM IST
Venue: IFBE, Ballard Estate, Fort, Mumbai
Entry: Free
The fourth episode of Avid Learning’s Double Take series asks how cities can remember cultural places that have changed or disappeared.
Using Mumbai’s cinematic history and public art as key reference points, the programme considers murals, art districts, site-specific interventions, and Fragments of a Cinematic City at RMZ Nexus, Jogeshwari.
The conversation positions public art as a means of connecting Mumbai’s cultural past with its changing urban identity.
Upcoming Workshops in Mumbai: Adapting Stories for the Stage
Date: 28 November 2026
Time: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM IST
Venue: Essar House – Podium, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai
Fee: ₹2,000 including GST
For anyone searching for upcoming workshops in Mumbai, Avid Learning presents Adapting Stories for the Stage: A Theatre Workshop with Benjamin Poore, Professor of Theatre at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of York.
The workshop examines how stories move from page to stage. Using folktales, fables, and literary classics including Great Expectations and Pygmalion, participants will examine narrative structures and theatrical adaptation.
Practical exercises will allow participants to write, develop, and perform scenes while experimenting with shifts in time, location, and cultural context.
Avid Learning workshops are ISO 29993:2017 certified, an international standard for non-formal education and training services, and participants will receive a participation certificate.
Make November 2026 a Month of Culture and Creativity
Avid Learning’s November 2026 programme connects Dubai and Mumbai through art, heritage, design, film, technology, architecture, and theatre. Whether you are tracking upcoming events in Dubai, upcoming events in UAE, upcoming events in Mumbai, upcoming concerts in Mumbai, upcoming concerts, or upcoming workshops in Mumbai, the calendar offers multiple ways to engage with contemporary ideas and cultural conversations.
From pastoral heritage and Deccani wool in Dubai to Satish Gujral’s multidisciplinary legacy, public art, immersive technology, and theatrical adaptation in Mumbai, each programme creates a space for meaningful exchange.
With talks, exhibitions, screenings, and hands-on learning experiences scheduled throughout November, Avid Learning continues its commitment to bringing audiences, practitioners, and ideas together across disciplines and geographies.
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