 Cultural organisations such as the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Institute for Advanced Study run events on geometric patterns and related aspects of Islamic art . In 2013 the Istanbul Center of Design and the Ensar Foundation ran what they claimed was the first ever symposium of Islamic Arts and Geometric Patterns , in Istanbul . The panel included the experts on Islamic geometric pattern Carol Bier , Jay Bonner , Eric Broug , Hacali Necefoğlu and Reza Sarhangi . In Britain , The Prince 's School of Traditional Arts runs a range of courses in Islamic art including geometry , calligraphy , and arabesque ( vegetal forms ) , tile @-@ making , and plaster carving . 
