The CCC presents a year-round calendar of exhibitions, workshops, networking mixers, and its flagship annual artist residency—initiatives that foster creative exchange, build community, and invite meaningful artistic engagement.
The CCC Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program offers artists dedicated time, space, and resources to develop their practice. Through mentorship, collaboration, and public engagement, residents are encouraged to push creative boundaries and deepen their artistic impact.
Art Every: July is a monthly open call inviting emerging artists to submit artworks for the chance to be selected and acquired as part of the COLABS in-house art collection. The initiative offers visibility, financial support, and contributes to the COLABS art collection.
Art Every: July
A monthly networking event bringing together artists, creatives, and cultural practitioners to connect, share, and grow the local creative community. Hosted at COLABS by CCC, the Mixer offers an open and informal space for collaboration and dialogue.
CCC Mixer
The CCC Gallery is a mobile art gallery that aims to make art more accessible and connect artists with everyday people. The debut showcase, titled Portrait of a Home, featured 30 artworks and 25 artists. It found its home out of the COLABS Pop-Up in COLABS, DHA, and had a great turnout.
The CCC Gallery
A hands-on mobile photography masterclass led by Natasha Zubair, where participants learned practical techniques for capturing compelling images using just their phones. The session focused on composition, lighting, and creative direction, offering insight into Natasha’s distinctive visual style.
Photography Masterclass
Design by Design: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp was a collaborative initiative between CCC and BNU, aimed at equipping young creatives with the tools to navigate the intersection of design and entrepreneurship. The bootcamp featured insightful sessions, including a talk by Sadia Hameed, who shared her journey and expertise in building creative ventures.
Design by Design: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
A hands-on printmaking workshop led by artist Saad Ahmad at our Gulberg branch. Participants explored a range of print techniques under Saad’s guidance, gaining insight into the process of creating layered, textural works. The session offered a creative space for both beginners and enthusiasts to experiment and engage with the art of printmaking.
Printmaking Workshop
An art store pop-up hosted at our JT branch, featuring original works by emerging artists. The event offered visitors a chance to browse and purchase affordable, curated pieces—supporting local talent while making art accessible to a wider audience.
Art Shop
Between Flesh and Memory was a pop-up exhibition presented in collaboration with COLABS Live, which provided a live music experience to accompany the show. The exhibition explored themes of embodiment, memory, and emotion, creating a multi-sensory atmosphere where sound and visual art converged.
Between Flesh & Memory
Seen From Another Life was a CCC exhibition marking the close of Chapter 1 of our residency program, showcasing work produced by the artists over the four-month residency. The show explored the blurred boundaries between nature, culture, and technology in the urban landscape, inviting viewers to rethink the divide between the organic and the constructed.
Seen From Another Life
A special exhibition hosted at COLABS as part of the Lahore Biennale, featuring selected works that engaged with contemporary artistic practices and critical dialogue. The show brought the spirit of the Biennale into the COLABS space, fostering accessibility, conversation, and community around visual art.
Lahore Biennale 2018
XY Art Exhibit was a curated showcase at COLABS exploring architectural expression through visual art. The exhibition brought together works that examined structure, space, and the built environment, highlighting the intersection of art and architecture in contemporary creative practice.
XY ART EXHIBIT
An exhibition held at COLABS showcasing the work of Salman Basharat, with a special focus on his striking 64-foot tall sculpture, Falling Cubes — a monumental piece that explores form, balance, and spatial tension through scale and structure.
MiM Objects - Chapter One
A mini exhibition marking the launch of our new COLABS branch in Phase 6, brought together selected works from the CCC Art Bank to celebrate creativity and set the tone for the space’s cultural and artistic identity.
COLABS DHA Launch