Virtual Workshop: Create a Personal Flag

Event Details

Event Date and Time

Sat, May 01, 2021
1 to 3 pm

Tickets and Reservations

This event is sold out. Email reservations@nmwa.org to be added to the wait list.

Location

Online

A horizontal, rectangular fabric artwork, made of woven strips of silk and cotton. The colors of the horizontal fabric strips are red, white, and blue, reminiscent of the American flag, while interwoven the vertical strips are shades of yellow, orange and green.
Sold Out. Join NMWA and Project Create to explore the exhibition "Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend" through making.

Event Description

Explore our newest exhibition through a hands-on art project.

During this virtual workshop, participants will design a flag inspired by the art of Sonya Clark (b. 1967). After an introduction to the artist and her flag-based works featured in the NMWA exhibition Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend, makers will draw inspiration from Clark and their own lives to create an original work of art. Teaching artist Evie Tobias will guide learners through the project and share her own technique of paper collage on canvas, which can be adapted for the project using colorful magazine pages.

Registration is limited to 20 participants. This project was designed for makers ages 14 and up.

Prior to the program, registrants will receive a Zoom meeting link and an extended project description, including a list of the easy-to-find art supplies needed to complete the project.

Guest Instructor: Evie Tobias

From singing to dancing to drawing, Evie Tobias has a passion for everything art. Born in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, she earned a B.A. in fine arts from Howard University and then began traveling, studying, and performing in Maryland, New York, and California. Several years ago, she began teaching art through Project Create, combining her passion for the arts with her love for children. Her ultimate goal is to inspire and ignite a passion for the arts throughout the world.