Family Art Workshops
Stop by the Albuquerque Museum School during your visit to make an art project. We welcome families to the Museum with opportunities to get creative together.
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September 5
Leaf Prints
Join us this weekend to create a mixed media collage inspired by nature. Using oil pastels and the museum’s special rubbing plates, you’ll make beautiful leaf prints on paper and fabric. Never used a rubbing plate before? No worries, it’s simple, easy, and a wonderful way to bring a touch of nature into your home.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal
September 19
Hello, Autumn!
The first day of autumn is September 22. Let’s welcome the season by making festive paper pumpkin garlands that participants can decorate, assemble, and take home. This is a fun way to explore color, pattern and seasonal decoration while creating something festive to display at home.
Instructor: Remy Sinegal
October 5
Torch of Enlightenment
Inspired by Eric J. Garcia’s mural Since 1776…, this workshop invites you to reflect on the meaning of the torch of enlightenment held by Lady Liberty. Participants will create a personalized torch that uplifts the stories, lives, and voices of their communities.
Instructor: Landis Pulido
October 17
Funny Fair Foods
Funnel cake, cotton candy, pretzels, and more—let’s get creative with clay and sculpt fun fair foods. Real or imaginary, anything goes, as long as it looks delicious!
Instructor: Remy Sinegal
Instructors
Landis Pulido is an artist, educator, and healing justice practitioner who believes in co-creating a learning environment which strives to meet each community member where they are. Through the lens of Popular Education, she works towards co-creating an inclusive and safe environment. She believes in bringing in the breath, movement, and healing into the arts and creative space to invite wholeness and imagination.
Remy Sinegal was born in California, coming to the University of New Mexico for college where she received a Bachelors in Art with a minor in Medieval Studies. She is a poet and illustrator, using a variety of media such as pencils, paints, pastels, sculpture and digital media. History both true and fictional inspire the themes of her work. Inspired by multicultural mythology, folklore, as well as modern influences like animated media, wildlife and how everyone's personal experiences shape the world around them. Believing that there is magic in embracing the mundanity of life she tries to create something exceptional and fun every time she picks up a pencil. The art of storytelling to pass on cultural superstitions inspires her to write, and illustrate her own fantastical tales, which she hopes to bring to life one day through graphic novels or animation.
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