Creative Aging: Artist Mediums and MethodsThursdays, October 30, November 6, 13, 20, and December 4, 11 | 1–4 pm | Free for artists 55+Registration Required

Explore new art mediums and methods at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Join fellow artists 55 and better for this 6-session Creative Aging workshop inspired by the exhibition Relative Truths. Guest artists and faculty from the University of Utah Art Department: Emily Tipps, Beth Krensky and Sydney Porter Williams will guide you through three art making experiences including altered books, altered texts, identity reliquaries and magic wands!

Creative Aging at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts:

All materials provided. This workshop is free for anyone 55+, registration is required. We know things come up, but please plan carefully so we can keep this programming free! Please do not reserve a ticket if you cannot attend.

This fall, the UMFA Creative Aging program is offering three workshops taught by guest artist educators: Offerings of Memory (4 sessions), Shibori with Jane DeGroff (two sessions), and Artist Mediums and Methods (6 sessions). In addition, there will be two workshops, Linoleum Prints and The Adorned Portrait (two sessions each), taught by UMFA Manager of Studio Programs Laura Sharp Wilson.

This program has bloomed with more folks interested in signing up. We kindly ask that you only register for one of the guest artist workshops: Offerings of Memory, Shibori with Jane DeGroff, or Artist Mediums and Methods. In addition, you may also sign up for either Linoleum Prints or The Adorned Portrait, only one of these two per person. We appreciate your understanding so that we can accommodate all those who are interested in joining creative aging programming. For more information or questions please contact Laura Sharp Wilson, manager of studio programs, at laura.wilson@umfa.utah.edu | 801.585.6176.

Meet the Artists/Educators:

Emily Tipps is a Librarian and the Program Manager for the Book Arts Program and the lead binder for the Red Butte Press. She is also the proprietor of High5 Press, which publishes innovative writing in the form of handmade artist's books. She holds a BA in English from Wesleyan University, an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado, and an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama. Emily's work is exhibited and held in collections nationally.

Sydney Porter Williams is a community-based teaching artist who utilizes art as a form of transformation in classrooms and communities. She is an adjunct professor and the Program Director for the Community Arts Program in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Utah. She is also the Artist in Residence at the Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, supporting research on stroke, arts, and quality of life. Porter Williams holds a Master of Fine Arts in Community-Based Art Education and an Honors BFA in Art Teaching, both from the University of Utah.

Beth Krensky is a Utah-based artist who traverses the borderlands between spirit and matter. She is Distinguished Professor of Art Teaching in the Department of Art & Art History who received her formal art training from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies.

This program is made possible by the Hearst Foundations and E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.