Family Art Workshops

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All ages will enjoy our family art projects. Work on a new project each week. Try your hand working with a variety of art mediums — all materials supplied. Child and grown-up friendly! 

November 30: Cave Landscapes

In the “Common Ground” exhibition, there are three beautiful interpretations of the Carlsbad Caverns by Raymond Jonson. For this project, instructor Remy Sinegal will guide us in making our own stencils focusing on shape and colors as we reimagine our version of a cave landscape.

Instructor:   Remy Sinegal

December 7: Stellar Winter Spiders

Inspired by Eliza Naranjo Morse’s bug murals in the Vivarium exhibition as well as Ukrainian stories of the origin of tinsel, these sculptures bring sparkle to your home on the shortest days. Made from aluminum foil, tape, wire, air dry clay and tempera paint.

Instructor: Harley Kirschner

December 14: Swoon Snowflakes

Inspired by Swoon’s film, Cicada in the exhibition Broken Boxes, these double-sided snowflakes are crafted from cardboard, paper, sharpie and paint markers.

Instructor:  Harley Kirschner

December 21: Solstice Yarn Art

This Family Art Workshop is inspired by Rufino Tamayo's yarn piece, Primavera, on view in Gallery 4. Working on canvas panels, participants create a colorful design using twistable crayons and bring the piece to life by covering the designs with strands of yarn. Images of winter solstice art are available for inspiration.

Instructor:  Shelly Korte

December 28: Fabric Friends

The giant wolf sculpture in the Broken Boxes exhibition, titled Each/Other by Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, is made with hundreds of bandanas from all over the world. Make mini sculptures of your favorite animal using cardboard, fabric, scissors, and glue. 

Instructor: Remy Sinegal

Harley Kirschner is a mixed media artist and art instructor. He has a passion for mixed media, incorporating many different techniques into each object he makes. Although his roots are in collage and painting, he has been exploring place-based art for over a decade with students and has created permanent installations on his own. This is where his passion for garden art comes in. In addition to creating magical worlds, Harley has a passion for textiles and is always exploring new techniques to enliven fabric.

Michelle (Shelly) Korte is a multimedia artist—painting, drawing, sculpting, collaging, writing, printmaking, and performing. She is fascinated by the ways in which ecology, industry and ceremony interest - defining the role of humans as animals, consumers, and healers. As a curious traveler and investigator, Shelly has taught and shown her work around the world for over 20 years. As an educator, she also allows art to be a conduit of self-inquiry, expression, and problem solving. She has lived in the Manzano Mountains of Tijeras, NM with her young son since 2014 where she has been growing a creative, communal arts and healing space.

Remy Sinegal was born in California, coming to the University of New Mexico for college where she received a Bachelors in Art with a minor in Medieval Studies. She is a poet and illustrator, using a variety of media such as pencils, paints, pastels, sculpture and digital media. History both true and fictional inspire the themes of her work. Inspired by multicultural mythology, folklore, as well as modern influences like animated media, wildlife and how everyone's personal experiences shape the world around them. Believing that there is magic in embracing the mundanity of life she tries to create something exceptional and fun every time she picks up a pencil. The art of storytelling to pass on cultural superstitions inspires her to write, and illustrate her own fantastical tales, which she hopes to bring to life one day through graphic novels or animation.

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