JULY....
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Summer of Youth/S.O.Y. Artista is Back! Tuesday
– Friday, July 14 through August 7, 2009 10 am – 1 pm....
S.O.Y. Artista Program (Summer of Youth Artist
Program) is a four-week summer art-training workshop for local youths 14-17
years old. S.O.Y. Artista serves high school students with a critical need for
summer programming while providing positive and alternative models for
creativity in an environment that is nurturing and reflective of their lives
and culture. The following will be
included in the program:....
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Monoprinting & Silkscreen Workshop Tuesday-
Thursday, July 14-16; 21-23, 10 am-1 pm....
Monoprinting
is the process of creating individual prints, using printing plates in
combination with inks. A monoprint
is a single print. Artists re-ink the plate and recreate an image each time you
want to pull (or make) a print.
The process is simple, spontaneous, and a fun way to introduce students
to printmaking. ....
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Relief Printmaking Workshop Tuesday
–Thursday, July 28- Aug 6, 10 am -1 pm....
In this workshop,
students will explore topics of identity and place using the medium of linocut.
Each student will produce a small edition of linocut prints and one linocut
kite. We will look at artists whom utilized the medium of linocut throughout
art history as well as contemporary artists using multiple media to create
identity-based art.....
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Wild
Card Fridays Fridays,
July 14 -Aug 7, 10 am – 1 pm....
As a part of SOY Artista, every Friday is a
surprise workshop to be announced on the day of. Inspired by issues in our
communidad and contemporary culture, Wild Card Fridays will tap into students’
improvisational and creative skills.....
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Hard in Da Paint Kick
Off: Saturday, July 18, 2-9 pm; Every Friday thereafter 6-9 pm....
Hard
in Da Paint
is a celebration of hiphop culture. Reuniting bboy'ing,
DJ'ing, graffitti and hiphop. In the tradition of Self-Help's mission to foster
emerging artists, Hard in Da Paint
features Friday night workshops and demo’s where youth and people of all ages
can learn how to breakdance, paint, silk screen, create digital arts, play
music and much more. Free for S.O.Y. Artista students; $5 at the door.....
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AUGUST ....
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Silk Screening with
Dewey Tafoya Saturday,
August 1st, 2009 10 am - 2 pm....
Learn the
silk-screening process using heat lights. Simple enough for anyone to easily do
at home! Come early spaces are limited. All supplies, including screens
will be provided for use in the workshop. Attendees are required to bring one
original image on transparency film no bigger than 8 1/2" X 11".
Bring a blank t-shirt or 2 to print your work of art on! Paper will also
be on hand for printing. Cost:
$10/per person.....
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Open Studio Drawing Mondays
starting August 3, 2009 7 – 10 pm....
Features a new model
and still life set up every week! Models, costumes, poses and still life scenes
will vary every week.....
This is an
uninstructed open studio. All artists are welcome to attend. Must provide all
supplies. $10.00 at the door.....
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16 Years Later, Femicides in Ciudad
Juarez
Saturday August
8, 2009 10:30 am to 4 pm; 7:00pm - Viewing; 7:30 pm -
Performance.
Participate
in a day of art activism related to the femicides in Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico. All ages and skill-levels
are welcome to take part in the re-purposing a protest tapestry This
day of community action presented by Self Help Graphics & Art will end in
an evening performance dialogue that will feature social concern for the
victims of Ciudad Juarez, whose deaths have found no resolution these past 16
years.....
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COMING
UP IN SEPTEMBER! Lino Reduction
Printing with Leslie Saiz Saturday,
September 5th, 2009 10 am - 2 pm....
Learn to create a 2-color
print using one piece of linoleum. Attendees will experience the process
of cutting down linoleum,
printing one color, then cutting further to print the last color. Known as a
"suicide" cut, there is no turning back once the cut is made. Please
bring prepared image or sketch no bigger than 4”x5”. Cost: $10/per person.....
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