Team Building in Amman: Art Workshops for Companies, NGOs & Embassies
More than a team building day — real creative decompression for your staff
Your team arrives at a heritage house in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh, leaves the laptops in the car, and spends the next two or three hours making something with their hands.
There is no facilitator with a flipchart and there are no trust falls. People sit around a long table, pick a workshop, and get shown how by someone who does this for a living. The conversation happens sideways, the way it does when hands are busy — which is usually the point.
Everyone leaves with the thing they made. Most people put it on their desk.
Why art beats sports days and escape rooms for mixed teams
Sports days and escape rooms reward the loudest and the fittest. Art does not. A senior director and a new graduate start a Kintsugi bowl at exactly the same level of ignorance — which is rarer inside an office than it sounds.
Focus Area | Benefit to Your Team | Signature Workshop Example |
|---|---|---|
Resilience Building | Kintsugi repairs broken pottery with gold instead of hiding the crack. Teams coming out of a hard quarter tend to sit with that one for a while. | Kintsugi (The Golden Repair): Fixing broken ceramics with gold, celebrating scars as history. |
Tactile Focus & Detox | A real break from screens. Clay is unforgiving of divided attention, so people stop checking their phones without being asked to. | Kurinuki (Japanese Carving): Meditative carving of clay from a solid block. |
Team Bonding & Morale | Low stakes and slightly messy. People who never speak in meetings talk easily across a table when everyone’s hands are covered in clay. | Ceramic Bonding Retreats / Pottery Painting: Engaging creative outlets resulting in a tangible keepsake. |
🏛️ The Lweibdeh Heritage Retreat — our premium staff offsite in Amman
To maximize impact, we offer a dedicated Staff Retreat experience at our unique heritage home in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh.
This premium offering is designed as a genuine incentive for staff and includes:
A Creative Sanctuary: Escaping the office to engage in meaningful art in one of Amman’s most historic and beautiful settings.
Customizable Sessions: Choose from Kurinuki, Kintsugi, Stained Glass, or an easy-entry Pottery Painting session.
Executive Catering: Elevate the experience with a rich coffee break, local Jordanian meals, and premium options like an outdoor barbecue.
Note: We can also deliver any of our workshops on-site at your company or school location for larger groups or logistical convenience.
Trusted by PwC, USAID, ICRC, Talabat and MenaITech
Humanitarian and finance teams book us most often, usually after a heavy period.
We are proud to have facilitated programs for:
Financial & Corporate Leaders: PwC, MenaITech, Talabat
Humanitarian & Development Organizations: USAID, ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Community Engagement: URI (United Religions Initiative)
Team building activities we run for groups
- Japanese Pottery workshops.
- Glass Painting.
- Stained Glass Workshops.
- Kintsugi.
- Drama exercises.
- Outdoor activities (barbecues, movie screenings).
- All of our team building activities at Gilgamesh for Creative Arts are designed to promote teamwork, creativity, and a positive work environment.
Occasions we host for teams
Companies, NGOs, embassies and schools book us for all kinds of moments in the working year. If yours is not on this list, ask us — we build the session around what you need.
- End-of-year and holiday staff partiesAn alternative to a restaurant dinner: everyone makes something and takes it home.
- Staff offsites and away daysHalf or full day at our heritage house, or delivered on-site at your own office.
- Onboarding new joinersA relaxed ice-breaker that helps new employees meet colleagues without forced games.
- Department and cross-team bondingMixed-ability groups work well — nobody sits out for being unathletic or shy.
- Conference and training break-outsA creative session between sessions to reset everyone's attention.
- Staff appreciation and employee recognitionA real reward rather than a certificate.
- CSR and community engagement daysGroup art projects, including pieces made for donation.
- Farewells and retirementsA collective handmade gift for someone leaving.
- Wellbeing and burnout recovery daysEspecially for humanitarian, medical and finance teams under sustained pressure.
- Remote and hybrid team meet-upsFor distributed teams gathering in Amman.
Groups run from a small department to a full staff body, in Arabic or English, at our Jabal Al-Lweibdeh studio or at your venue anywhere in Amman.
Frequently Asked Questions
Amman offers everything from outdoor and sports activities to creative, hands-on experiences. At Gilgamesh for Creative Arts we specialise in art-based team building — Kintsugi, pottery, glass painting and more — a calm, meaningful alternative to high-energy sports days that suits mixed teams of all ages and abilities.
Yes. We run corporate team building and staff-wellbeing sessions for companies, NGOs, embassies and institutions across Amman. We have facilitated programs for PwC, MenaITech, Talabat, USAID, ICRC, IRC and URI.
Sports and outdoor days are great for energy, but they can leave quieter or less-active team members on the sidelines. Art-based team building is inclusive by design: everyone participates equally, stress levels drop, and each person leaves with a handmade keepsake.
We host up to 40 participants per rotation, and can run multiple rotations for larger groups — from a small department to a full company day.
Both. You can visit our heritage home in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh, Amman, or we bring the full experience on-site to your office, school or venue.
A typical session runs 2–3 hours, and can be extended into a half-day or full-day retreat with catering, a coffee break or an outdoor barbecue.
Kintsugi (the golden repair), Kurinuki (Japanese carving), Raku, pottery painting, glass painting and stained glass, plus optional drama exercises and outdoor add-ons like barbecues and movie screenings.
Yes — we facilitate in both Arabic and English, so mixed local and international teams are fully comfortable.
Absolutely. We regularly work with embassies, UN agencies and humanitarian organisations, and handle logistics, scheduling and confidentiality to a professional standard.
Contact us to plan your session. Pricing is inclusive with no added taxes, and options include catering, a coffee break, local Jordanian meals, live music and certificates. Tell us your team size and preferred date and we will build the right package.
Bringing students rather than staff? We also run School Art Programs for schools in Amman — the same workshops, shaped around IB CAS Creativity and student wellbeing, at the studio or at your school.
“We spent a great moment doing stained glass, had a great meal. Spent 7h instead of 2h. Highly recommend it.”Google review
The practical details
- Up to 40 people per rotation, and more across multiple rotations — a single department or a whole company day
- Two to three hours, extendable to a half or full day with a coffee break, a Jordanian lunch or an outdoor barbecue
- At our house in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh, or we bring everything to your office or venue
- Run in Arabic or English
- Unlimited drinks and snacks throughout
- Choose from Kintsugi, Kurinuki, Raku, pottery painting, glass painting or stained glass
Pricing depends on group size and the workshop you choose. Send us your numbers and your date and we will quote.
Trusted by teams at
- PwC
- USAID
- ICRC
- IRC
- Talabat
- MenaITech
- URI
Request a team building quote
Tell us a little about your team and we will come back with options, pricing and available dates — usually the same day.
We reply from +962 79 809 8773 · Gilgamesh for Creative Arts, 26 Al-Farazdaq St, Jabal Al-Lweibdeh, Amman