Collage/Mixed Media for Families - Rainy Day Collages

Calling all Harlem families!

Come on out and join artist Elan Cadiz for her fun mixed-media classes designed for the whole family. We will build, cut, rip, draw, paste, and more. Join us every 4th Saturday of each month. Each class will highlight a topic, and participants will leave with a one-of-a-kind collage.

Sunday, May 24
Theme: Rainy Day Collages
April showers bring May flowers. In this specialized collage workshop, we will create playful layered watercolor collages.

Time: 1 to 3 pm
For: Families with children, but adults are welcome as well. Children must be accompanied by an adult. No drop-off allowed.
Fee: Pay-What-You-Can
Max participants: 18

Registration is required to participate:

Sunday, June 28
Theme: JUNETEENTH Quilt Project

In the celebration of Juneteenth, this specialized collage workshop will highlight the use of visual arts to tell stories. Each participant will construct a panel of our community quilt, illustrating a story of freedom through the use of fabric, markers and paint.

About Facilitator: Elan Cadiz

Art Education is an important part of Elan’s artistic practice. She has instructed young people in the arts for 25 years and taught for or was in collaboration with programs/institutions such as the Police Athletic League (P.A.L), Astoria Beacon Program, Young Adult Institute (Y.A.I), Casa Duarte, P.S. /I.S. 180, Say Yes To Education (affiliated with Columbia’s Teachers College), Harlem School of the Arts, Thurgood Marshall Upper and Lower Academies, Harlem Gems (Harlem Children Zone), No Longer Empty, Cool Culture, Bank Street College, Weeksville Heritage Center, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Historical Society, Center for Arts Education, Community Works NYC, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the Boys Club of New York City, Foster Pride, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, BridgeHampton Museum, Harlem NeedleArts, the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling and more.

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