Creative Aging: Memory Collages
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 1–4:30 pm
Free for anyone 55 and better!
Registration Required
Explore the exhibition salt 16: Arleene Correa Valencia and create your own artwork inspired by a photograph or a memory. Use acrylic paint, Amate paper, mulberry paper, embroidery floss, and fabric to bring your inspiration to life!
Arleene Correa Valencia is an emerging contemporary artist interested in migration, family, and the visibility/invisibility of undocumented people in the United States. Born in Michoacán, Mexico, Correa Valencia fled with her family to the United States at age three and grew up in Napa Valley. The prolonged experience of separation when her father left to find work made a profound impact on Correa Valencia’s childhood and outlook. Her artistic practice continues to explore the grief, anxieties, and fears of repeated separation alongside the joys of reunited life together.
All materials provided. If you would like to bring photographs, fabrics, clothing or any materials to incorporate into your collage, you are encouraged to do so.
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.
For more information or questions please contact Laura Sharp Wilson, manager of studio programs, at laura.wilson@umfa.utah.edu | 801.585.6176.
Image: Arleene Correa Valencia, Mexican American, born 1993, El Arbol / The Tree, 2024, Textiles, acrylic, and thread on Amate paper made by, Jose Daniel Santos de la Puerta, Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, Photograph by Adrian Osnaya
