A multifaceted mural workshop incorporating classroom and studio practices as part of an arts program culminating with a collaborative mural made on site.
Introduce basic map-reading skills using Japanese paper marbling.
Artist introduces the students to the Warli tribal art and then guides them through the process of collaboratively discussing the mural design and painting it.
Students build, set up, and weave a strip on their own backstrap loom in 5 days while they learn all about weaving and fibers. Short residencies (1-2 day) feature weaving and spinning demonstrations.
Students weave a project on a treadle loom or their own backstrap loom. Residencies feature weaving activities adapted to specialized classrooms.
