Instant Pop-Up Book - DIY Virtual Art Workshop Series

KAAC presents 'DIY Virtual Art Workshop Series' for AAPI Heritage Month. These virtual one-hour art workshops will be hosted on Saturdays featuring our very own Korean American Artist Collective artists. Payment is on a sliding scale basis (pay what you can) with suggested donation listed. All donations will go towards supporting the work of KAAC.

WORKSHOP #3 out of 3 - MAY 21, 2022

INSTANT POP-UP BOOK with ANDRE LEE BASSUET

Instructor: Andre Lee Bassuet @andreleebassuet

Description: Learn how to make an instant pop-up book and illustrate Korean dokkaebi with the artist. Described as playful and mischievous spirits, dokkaebi are shape-shifting creatures found throughout Korean folklore. All ages are welcome but younger children should be supervised by an adult.

Suggested Donation: Sliding scale: $20-40; pay what you can!

Materials to Bring:

• Paper
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Crayons or markers

Age: All ages. Children under 7 should be accompanied by an adult.

Artist Bio: Andre Lee Bassuet is a book artist living in Rhode Island. She was born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in South Korea and both west and east coasts of America. She graduated from New York University with a B.S. in Graphic Communications as well as taking extra classes at SVA and Parsons. Andre fell in love with bookarts at a RISD intensive summer course with Jan Baker and went on to study design and printmaking at Osaka University of Arts on a Monbusho scholarship and independent papermaking at Seika University in Kyoto. On her return to New York, she became an artist member and graphic designer at the Center for Book Arts and continued to take numerous bookbinding workshops.

Andre is currently teaching bookarts and printmaking at AS220 Industries in Providence and is Chair of the Education Committee there. She also teaches elementary Korean to children at Rhode Island Korean School Friday nights. She has participated in artist residencies at AS220 and Manhattan Graphics Center and exhibited in New York, Providence, Michigan, Florida, Seattle, Red Lodge, Kyoto, Osaka, and Shanghai. Her bookarts is in the Columbia University Libraries, MassArt Libraries, RISD Fleet Library collection, Western Michigan University’s Special Collections as well as private collections.

Artist Website: andreleebassuet.com