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!
August 24
Mixed Media Animal Collages
The painting “The Burning of Bandhavgarh Forest” by Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, on view in the “Vivarium” exhibition, looks at the relationship between animals and their human controlled environments. Instructor Harley Kirschner will guide us in using beautiful printed paper and markers to create story-like collages full of animals.
Instructor: Harley Kirschner
August 31
Panorama Places
This week we are taking inspiration from the Photo Archives’ exhibition of panoramic photography showing places in and around Albuquerque. Instructor Remy Sinegal will guide us in making mini murals using colored pencil and markers, featuring yourself and your favorite places in Albuquerque.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal
Meet Your 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.