Community Tile Glazing Workshop

21c Museum Hotel St. Louis and Laumeier Sculpture Park invite you to join artist Renata Cassiano Alvarez for a free workshop to design and create a tile for a final sculpture, entitled "Passage" which will be on view at Laumeier later in the year. This is a drop-in workshop. Attendees are able to explore the Pop Stars!exhibition currently on display at 21c St. Louis.

"I would like for people to think about a moment in their lives (or a time, or a season) that marked a new beginning or stage," says Cassiano Alvarez. "A moment that changed their lives significantly. As if they had entered a portal into a different version of their life. I think this prompt opens itself to having different points of entry, so that everyone that participates has something to contribute, regardless of their context or background."

This event is free but RSVP is requested. Guests will participate in limited capacity tile-making sessions from 11am to 1pm in our main gallery space on the second floor. A coffee station will be available or guests are invited to order crafted drinks from Good Press Cafe or brunch at Idol Wolf.

Renata Cassiano Alvarez is a Mexican Italian artist and interpreter born in Mexico City. She received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and her BFA from the Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, México. Her practice has extended to the interpreting field, where she functions as a bridge for non-English speakers. Her work can be found in public and private collections in Mexico, Estonia, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, China, USA and Slovenia. Her exhibitions include Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR; Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA; Casa de Cultura, Coatepec, México; Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa, México; Centre Culturel d’Andenne, Andenne, Belgium Gallery Stalden, Bisserup, Denmark; New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis among many others. She works between her studio in Veracruz, Mexico and Springdale, Arkansas.

The Visiting Artist In Residence program at Laumeier Sculpture Park creates an opportunity for accomplished artists from outside the region to conduct research, meet St. Louis community members, and explore issues of importance to this region. During the year of residency, the chosen artist engages the community through lectures, group discussion, art activities, and/or volunteer work. It culminates in an exhibition or special project that is shaped or conceived by this research and time spent in the community. The Visiting Artist In Residence program showcases foreign-born artists based in the United States. This commitment allows Laumeier to present a globally inflected program and highlight the many cultural contributions of immigrant artists. Renata Cassiano Alvarez and the Visiting Artist in Residence Program are supported by Windgate Foundation. The Visiting Artist in Residence Program is sponsored by 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis.

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