Creative Aging: For the Future
About this Event
Free 8 Session Workshop: Wednesdays, 5:30 pm– 7:30 pm
- October 14, 28
- November 11
- December 2, 9, 16
- January 6, and 13
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is celebrating 25 years in the Marcia and John Price Museum building with a special exhibition, . Museums like the Utah Museum of Fine Arts develop their collections deliberately, strategically, and gradually over time. The UMFA’s extensive collection represents a remarkable range of global artistic expression that is unique in our region. The Museum is the only institution in the state that collects, exhibits, interprets, and cares for artworks representing global cultures from the ancient to the contemporary.
In this eight-session workshop you will find inspiration in the UMFA collection and create your own masterpieces. Three artist educators, Michelle Wentling, Vicky Lowe K’ulub, and Carrie Poulsen will guide you through art making inspired by works on view in For the Future.
You’ll create a mapping project inspired by Spencer Finch, experiment with weaving using natural dyes connected to the work of Melissa Cody, and tranform a garment with inspiration from Angela Ellsworth’s Seer Bonnet!
(From left to Right) Spencer Finch, American, born 1962, Great Salt Lake and Vicinity (Pantone Observations), 2018, Collage of ready-made Pantone chips on printed map on paper, Gift of the artist, UMFA2018.4.2 | Melissa Cody, Diné, born 1983, Scaling the Caverns, 2023, Jacquard wool tapestry and aniline dyed wool fringe, Purchased with funds from the Phyllis Cannon Wattis Endowment Fund, UMFA2024.4.1 | Angela Ellsworth, American, born 1964, Seer Bonnet X, 2010 Pearl corsage pins, fabric, and steel, Purchased with funds from the UMFA Young Benefactors and the Phyllis Cannon Wattis Endowment Fund, UMFA2010.16.1.
Meet the Artist Educators:
Michelle Wentling grew up in rural Ohio and currently lives in Salt Lake City, UT. She is an artist and grant writer with a background studying Environmental Humanities. Her practice traces ecological and cultural histories of place through material exploration, craft, and text. Working primarily with processes of weaving, writing, and papermaking, she derives material and meaning from landscapes marked by industrialization and disturbance.
Vicky Lowe K’ulub is a Maya Tseltal artist and educator from Chiapas, Mexico, now based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her multidisciplinary practice explores family memory, cultural continuity, and community through painting, handcrafted paper, foodways, and weaving. For the past two years, she has been learning backstrap weaving, a family practice passed down through generations. She is the curator of Weaving Memories and creates programs that connect communities through art, storytelling, and intergenerational learning.
Carrie Poulsen de Azevedo is a master needle felter and textile artist based in Salt Lake City. Carrie has extensive experience teaching all ages throughout the Salt Lake valley as well as exhibiting her finely honed creations.
This workshop is for all skill levels and all materials are provided. Registration is required, free for everyone 55 and better!
For more information or questions please contact Laura Sharp Wilson, manager of studio programs, at [email protected] | 801.585.6176.
umfa.utah.edu
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