Family Art Workshops

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March 1:
Plantable Clay Sculptures
Inspired by the beautiful gardens and meadows re-awakening in March, make small sculptures that, when ready, melt into the earth and grow lovely native wildflowers.
Instructor: Harley Kirschner

March 8:
Celebrate Women Artists
Celebrate women artists in our collection during International Women’s Month. Take a scavenger hunt around the Common Ground exhibition and look for works by women artists. Pick a few favorites and make your own piece inspired by what you found. 
Instructor: Shelly Korte

March 15:
Mini Dog Sculptures
Celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Good Dogs. Make mini dog sculptures out of clay and paint them with tempera paints. Every dog is a good dog, and sculpture is a fun way to commemorate them.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal

March 22:
Butterfly Garlands
To celebrate the first day of spring (March 20), create decorative butterfly garlands. Butterflies symbolize the rebirth of spring. Have fun making them out of design papers and string.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal

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

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 Harley Kirschner (detail)

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