Rodin in My Backyard was an 8-week sculpture workshop where adult students learned about basic mold making and created their own casts. Together we had explored and finished 3 projects including plaster stamps, 2-part mold making, and making alginate molds from our … Continue reading Rodin in my Backyard
HUMBERTO CHÁVEZ My Objects, my History and my Rituals “WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHO ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?” Paul Gauguin “WHERE DO I COME FROM? WHO AM I? WHERE AM I GOING?” Humberto Chávez I AM … Continue reading HUMBERTO CHÁVEZ
NICOLÁS DUMIT ESTÉVEZ Art six years from then Six years ago Sara Angel Guerrero-Rippberger approached me about engaging students of the most diverse backgrounds in an art and life workshop at the Queens Museum of Art. Six years later … Continue reading NICOLÁS DUMIT ESTÉVEZ
Drawing eyes and nose @ Jackson Heights library: Ana Sandoval, Angelo Mendez, Daisy Rangel, Dora Moncada, Eloisa Velasquez, Esther Diaz, Frank Rangel, Giovanni Quinche, Gisselle Juarez, Jairo Balcero, Jose Gomez, Katty Tadde, Leticia Lucero, Lina Nasr, Lucia Neuman, Luis Sanchez, … Continue reading Dibujo del Retrato, 9/27/14 Eyes and Nose
ROSAMOND S. KING TransTemporal Jamette As a performance artist, I am often concerned with the many ways the body can speak and be understood – outside of simply talking. The first exercise in the course Life as Material for … Continue reading ROSAMOND S. KING
FRANCHESKA ALCÁNTARA The Quince Game For The Quince Game performance I explore the tradition of the quinceañera, a popular heteronormative coming of age celebration within the Latino/a community that takes place when a young girl turns 15 years of age. … Continue reading FRANCHESKA ALCÁNTARA
Around the middle / end of July I was contacted by the unstoppable Jose Rodriquez (Queens Museum / New New Yorkers) and asked to teach an 8 week circuit bending workshop at the museum. So, I quickly put together a … Continue reading Circuit Bending
The Adventures of Troll Creek picnic Mackenzie Reide came to do a reading from her young adult novel. For homework they read the first chapter, Mackenzie read the second chapter and for the third chapter they acted out possible … Continue reading ESOL Workshop (Atc Food)
Tibetan verb scavenger hunt Students divided into two groups. Each group takes one room of the Tibetan exhibit. Each group given a list of 15 phrases from the wall text, each phrase starts with a verb. Students are to work … Continue reading ESOL Workshop (Tibetan Verb Scavenger Hunt)
