Non-toxic Printmaking Monotype workshop with Julio Valdez
Resilience & Uncertainty: 6 contemporary artists whose work shows us how essential art can be in overcoming adversity and difficult times.
In this workshop you will learn how to make a monotype print with Akua Kolors. Explore the painterly qualities of monotype using Akua Kolor and Akua Intaglio water-based inks while working with Julio Valdez. We encourage you to take inspiration on the exhibition's theme of Resilience and Uncertainty while creating your monotypes!
Space is limited, please reserve your space no later than March 28
Photo identification is required to enter the building. All persons must wear a mask at all times while indoors.
Resilience and Uncertainty brings together the work of six (6) contemporary artists from Washington, DC and New York City whose works shows us how essential art can be in overcoming adversity and difficult times. Working in printmaking, textiles, photography, ceramic installation and painting, their work addresses notions of resilience and uncertainty, both in the Caribbean and the United States.
Artists:
Felix Angel, Dominie Nash, Eric Finzi, Patricia Encarnacion, Mildor Chevalier, Ezequiel Taveras
Exhibition:
This exhibition presents how these six artists from different generations and cultural backgrounds are coping with the turbulent times we are all experiencing since early 2020. They have overcome adversity and inner conflict, channeling these trials into amazing works of art. The selection of works exemplifies how the artists have turned the uncertainty of recent times into an incredibly prolific creative period. These works pay attention to the richness and variety of technical, conceptual and personal styles that each artist brings to the exploration of the exhibition’s theme in their chosen medium.
Made possible by an Art Exhibition (Curatorial) Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Resilience & Uncertainty: 6 contemporary artists whose work shows us how essential art can be in overcoming adversity and difficult times.
In this workshop you will learn how to make a monotype print with Akua Kolors. Explore the painterly qualities of monotype using Akua Kolor and Akua Intaglio water-based inks while working with Julio Valdez. We encourage you to take inspiration on the exhibition's theme of Resilience and Uncertainty while creating your monotypes!
Space is limited, please reserve your space no later than March 28
Photo identification is required to enter the building. All persons must wear a mask at all times while indoors.
Resilience and Uncertainty brings together the work of six (6) contemporary artists from Washington, DC and New York City whose works shows us how essential art can be in overcoming adversity and difficult times. Working in printmaking, textiles, photography, ceramic installation and painting, their work addresses notions of resilience and uncertainty, both in the Caribbean and the United States.
Artists:
Felix Angel, Dominie Nash, Eric Finzi, Patricia Encarnacion, Mildor Chevalier, Ezequiel Taveras
Exhibition:
This exhibition presents how these six artists from different generations and cultural backgrounds are coping with the turbulent times we are all experiencing since early 2020. They have overcome adversity and inner conflict, channeling these trials into amazing works of art. The selection of works exemplifies how the artists have turned the uncertainty of recent times into an incredibly prolific creative period. These works pay attention to the richness and variety of technical, conceptual and personal styles that each artist brings to the exploration of the exhibition’s theme in their chosen medium.
Made possible by an Art Exhibition (Curatorial) Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.