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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

January 4: Breath of Fresh Air

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” a section of the exhibition “Good in Everything,” is inspired by the poem of the same name by Shel Silverstine. Taking a cue from the poem and exhibition, remember the positive, healing, and relaxing energy of nature and make a mini nature scene using watercolor paints, colored pencils, and decorative paper.

Instructor: Remy Sinegal

January 11: Mixed Media Bug Collages

Inspired by Patrick McGrath Muñiz’s painting “Insectnificant” in the”Vivarium” exhibition, create house-shaped, mixed media works using paper, foil tape, paint, and marker.

Instructor: Harley Kirschner

January 18: Blue and Silver Mobiles

“Astral Sea” by Tsedaye Makonnen in the “Broken Boxes” exhibition is an installation with flowing fabric and reflective mirrors. Inspired by this work of art, create your own hand-painted paper and cut shapes and use them to make mobiles capturing the light and shadows of the season.

Instructor: Shelly Korte

January 25: Lunar New Year Embossed Snake

Lunar New Year begins January 29th and is the year of the snake. The City of Albuquerque is home to many events to celebrate, including a yearly event at the Chinese Culture Center, which is beautifully captured by Frank Dominguez in “All the World's a Stage,” a section of the Photo Archives exhibition “Good in Everything.” Using foil and Sharpie marker, create an embossed snake to welcome the new year!

Instructor: Harley Kirschner

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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