Paper Dolls and Identity Play with 2025 Resident Artist Jocelyn Salaz
Schedule
Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 07 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Harwood Art Center | Albuquerque, NM
About this Event
While at their inception paper dolls were intended to teach children gender roles, people can subvert strict gender ideologies by playing with, creating and changing paper doll clothing, even as adults. In Slate Magazine’s “The Hidden Queer History of Paper Dolls,” Benjamin Frisch and Willa Paskin (2018) assert that the playfulness and freedom of dressing paper dolls appeals especially to queer people.
People of all orientations, identities and backgrounds are invited to attend this workshop. Participants will create paper dolls through the process of figure study and collage, and be asked to think about how they dress themselves for functional and aesthetic purposes and explore different facets of their own identities. Workshop participants will be introduced to artists who create paper dolls, and fashion designers from diverse backgrounds.
Participants will be able to include their work from this workshop in the culminating exhibition of Salaz’s Art and Social Justice Artist Residency show, opening in September 2025. This is a unique opportunity to learn from and collaborate with our Resident Artist and exhibit with Harwood Art Center! Participants are not required to include their works in the exhibition.
When
Saturday & Sunday 9a-4p
September 6,7
Where
This class will be indoors in the Dining Hall in the main Harwood Building; 1114 7th St. NW 87102.
Accessibility: Harwood is a 1925 registered historic building. The Dining Hall is fully ADA accessible, via a ramp to our main entrance. Access to the darkroom is limited. From our main entrance the darkroom is accessible via two sets of stairs; from a private entrance, available upon request, accessible via one set of stairs. General parking is available on the South side of the building in a lit lot; accessible parking is reserved in front of the main entrance. Armless chairs are available in the Dining Hall. Bathroom access is down the hall from the Dining Hall.
Who
YOU are welcome!
This class is open to adults ages 18 and up, teens under the age of 18 with parent permission (please email [email protected]). This workshop is appropriate for people of all experience levels.
What to Bring
All materials will be provided. As this workshop connects with other Harwood programming, we are subsidizing materials costs for all participants to encourage collaboration with our Resident Artist. Participants may bring supplemental materials from home on the second day of the workshop to support their personal connection with their final artwork.
Illness Policy
If you are feeling ill, please do not come to this class. This class is held in a large indoor space, participants are welcome to wear masks.
Questions?
If you have any questions please email [email protected]
Refund Policy
Class Fee refunds will be issued on a case-by-case basis, Harwood will retain a 10% administrative fee. Requests must be emailed to Hallee ([email protected]) at least ten days prior to the start date of the class.
The Class Fees will not be refunded if students request to withdraw from the workshop less than ten days before the start date of the class or after the class has begun.
If the class is canceled by Harwood Art Center for any reason, Harwood will offer you two options: either refund the Class Fee in full OR issue a class credit in the full amount paid to be used within a year towards a Harwood Art School workshop.
About the Teaching Artist :
Jocelyn Salaz explores familial relationships and national politics in her art. She has exhibited in New Mexico and California, attended Arquetopia’s Artist Residency in Mexico, and received her BAFA in Art History and MA in Art Education from UNM.
Website : jocelynsalaz.com
Where is it happening?
Harwood Art Center, 1114 7th Street Northwest, Albuquerque, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 95.00 to USD 125.00
