Family Art Workshops

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March 29:
Mini Watercolor Stamp Paintings
Inspired by exhibition Good Dogs, make mini stamp-like paintings of our own good dogs. Feel free to use your own dog’s photo for inspiration or the cuties on display.
Instructor: Harley Kirschner

April 5:
Colorful Connection
Spring is the time to get creative with color. Learn how to make a classic paper people chain with just pencil and Sharpie. This craft is great for flowers, hearts, or any connections you want to make.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal

April 12:
Spring Paper Mosaics
Inspired by the beautiful mosaic floor piece, The Pathway by Beverley Magennis and Robert Stout (on view in the West Sculpture Garden of the museum), create paper cut designs to celebrate the coming of Spring. 
Instructor: Shelly Korte

April 19:
Rainbow Glow
Using a rainbow array of bleeding tissue paper, paint pens, and color pencils, make a magical glowing mixed media work. Draw gems, stars, or lights. Everything looks good in rainbow colors. 
Instructor: Remy Sinegal

April 26:
Pipe Cleaner Sculptures
Inspired by the new exhibition Light, Space and the Shape of Time, make pipe cleaner sculptures and fill in the gaps with tissue paper that cast rainbow shadows when held up to the sunlight. These are perfect for hanging up outside.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal

INSTRUCTORS:

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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Workshop sample image by Remy Sinegal (detail)

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