Fall Public Programs: Workshop Series 2024Relational Reconstruction: Modeling Memory Spaces with Jeffrey Yoo Warren
Virtual workshop with KAAC member @unterbahn 2 sessions for BIPOC artists only; spots are limited. Oct. 8 & 10, 6-9 pm EST. Free Making Lotus-fold Artist Books with Haerim Lee Virtual workshop with friend of KAAC @rimlee_art Oct. 20, 3-4 pm CST/4-5 pm EST Free Get Help Writing Your Artist’s Statement! with Hannah Bae Virtual workshop with KAAC member @hannahbae For BIPOC artists only. Oct. 27, 2-3 pm EST. Free |
Relational Reconstruction: Modeling Memory Spaces | Jeffrey Yoo WarrenDate: Oct. 8 & 10, 6-9 pm EST. 2 sessions; spots are limited.
Description: Unpack and explore family and community memories through virtual worldbuilding. This will not be your usual SketchUp course – we'll be breaking all the rules, no straight lines, and you'll be working from an old family or archival photo to craft yourself into a memory. This workshop is for Asian American artists and other artists of color to unpack and explore family and community memories through virtual worldbuilding. No 3D experience necessary, I'll be helping and supporting you each step of the way Materials List for Participants: computer, SketchUp app, Cost: Free, All donations will go towards supporting the work of KAAC. Ages: 18+ Artist Bio: Jeffrey Yoo Warren (he/him) is a Korean American artist educator, illustrator, community scientist and researcher in Providence, RI, whose recent work combines ancestral craft practices and creative work with diasporic memory through virtual collaborative worldbuilding. He has spent years creating collaborative community science projects which decenter dominant culture in environmental knowledge production. Jeff is an educator with Movement Education Outdoors and AS220, and part of the New Old art collective with Aisha Jandosova, hosting art-making and storytelling events with older adults; he is also the 2023 Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress for his ongoing project Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational reconstructions of erased historic neighborhoods of color. His current artistic practice investigates how people build identity and strength through their interactions with artifacts and histories, and the ways that objects can tell stories that people can be part of in the present. Artist Website: www. unterbahn.com To sign up, please head Here. Making Lotus-fold Artist Books | Haerim LeeDate: Oct. 20, 3-4 pm CST/4-5 pm EST
Description: Join us in creating your own lotus-fold artist book that can tell your personal story. During this 1-hour virtual workshop, we will explore a new book format ideal for personal storytelling. Artist Haerim Lee will guide you through the folding process, step-by-step. By the end of the session, you'll have a beautifully crafted book that reflects your own narrative and is ready to share! Materials List for Participants: paper, magazine, ruler, glue stick, and drawing materials (colored pencils, pencils, markers, etc.) Cost: Free. All donations will go towards supporting the work of KAAC. Ages: 16+ Artist Bio: Haerim Lee is a Chicago-based artist and educator originally from South Korea. Her ethnographical research investigates the histories of architectural sites and translates them into paintings, public murals, ceramics, artist books, and photography. Lee has had solo exhibitions at Woodland Pattern, Parlour and Ramp, Gallery Noone, Kasia Kay Art Project, and Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art. She has received awards, including the Ignite Fund from the Andy Warhol Foundation and 3 Arts. Lee has participated in artist talks and conferences at institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Illinois State University. Artist Website: rimlee.com To sign up, please head to Eventbrite. Get Help Writing Your Artists Statement| Hannah BaeDate: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2-3 pm EST
Description: Join journalist and creative nonfiction writer Hannah Bae for this participatory, hourlong workshop for BIPOC artists that will offer successful examples and tips for getting your artist's statement down on the page in an approachable way. Feel free to bring a draft of your own statement to work on (but it's not necessary), and come with questions. This event is limited to BIPOC artists. Artists in any medium are welcome. Cost: Free. Donations are welcome and will go toward supporting KAAC's work Age: 18+ Artist Bio: Hannah Bae is a Korean American freelance journalist, nonfiction writer and illustrator who is at work on a memoir. She is a 2024 grantee in literature for the New York State Council on the Arts, a 2024 juror in nonfiction for The Kirkus Prize, and a 2020 winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. She has been hired to teach creative writing for Indiana University’s Writers Conference, Kundiman, Kweli International Literary Festival, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and The Resort LIC. She has received residencies from the Ragdale Foundation, The Peter Bullough Foundation, The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow and The Sue-Je Lee Gage Sunlit Residency. Artist Website: www.hannahbae.com To sign up, please head to Eventbrite. |