We invite both the parent + child to embark on a super hands-on 3D art making experience that’ll result in a fantastic and collaborative sculptural art piece. Artists young and older will have the chance to work with clay and activate all their senses while learning and applying real clay building techniques. Join us for this fun family workshop and together create a beautiful clay bubble bowl and flower!

Tickets are sold in pairs for one parent and one child. Additional tickets for parents and children can be purchased. This workshop is designed for ages 5-12 and a parent/guardian.

Instructor: Renée Boyette

Are you an Artspace member or ambassador? Email Danny Peña, Director of Education at dpena@artspacenc.org for your one-time promo code and receive your discount.

About Artspace //

Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org

Parking and Accessibility

Free street parking is available on Davie Street. Parking decks with free weekend parking include:

• City Center Deck, 429 S. Wilmington St.
• Moore Square Deck, 233 S. Wilmington St.
• Municipal Complex Deck, 201 W. Morgan St.
• Wilmington Street Station Deck, 117 S. Wilmington St.

Explore accessibility information with our Know Before You Go Guide.

Join huiyin zhou for a workshop exploring the intimate interplay between text and image. We will look at examples of different artists’ work that interweaves personal writing with photography, with a focus on queer kinship, diaspora, and memory work. Participants will learn techniques for crafting personal stories through generative prompts and hands-on practice. Participants will leave with pieces of text + image art they create.

Bring 3-6 physical photos you feel connected to, whether from personal archives, family albums, or found objects (copies are encouraged). We will provide other materials for writing, crafting, and collaging. If you require these photos to be printed, feel free to email them to Danny Peña at dpena@artspacenc.org at least 2 days prior to the workshop.

Are you an Artspace member or ambassador? Email Danny Peña, Director of Education + Community Programs at dpena@artspacenc.org for your one-time promo code and receive your discount.

About the instructor

Born and raised in the industrial hub of Dongguan, China, huiyin zhou 徽音 (they/ta/她) is a transnational queer feminist organizer and community-based photographer, writer, multimedia artist and cultural producer. A diasporic bird constantly up- and re-rooting themselves, they are currently based in Durham, NC, and NYC. They work with digital and analog photography, text, installation, and performance with a relational, reciprocal praxis. Creating with intimate and tender sensibilities, huiyin explores themes related to queer feminism, intimacy, memory, diaspora, and community building. They are currently a studio artist at Queen Street Magic Boat, a surrealist artist-led space.

About Artspace //

Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org

Parking and Accessibility

Free street parking is available on Davie Street. Parking decks with free weekend parking include:

• City Center Deck, 429 S. Wilmington St.
• Moore Square Deck, 233 S. Wilmington St.
• Municipal Complex Deck, 201 W. Morgan St.
• Wilmington Street Station Deck, 117 S. Wilmington St.

Explore accessibility information with our Know Before You Go Guide.

Facilitated by Leticia Clementina Thomas, this artist talk with Laura Dudu and huiyin zhou dives into the personal stories and collaborative processes that birthed their multimedia exhibit, 辫 (biān) / 彼岸 (bǐ àn）— “for those of us who live at the shoreline”(Audre Lorde, A Litany for Survival). Topics include collaborative image-making and writing, queer kinship, diasporic home making, and cultural organizing. Following the talk, audience will have time to explore the exhibition and ask the artists questions during the closing reception.

About the exhibition

Through photography, family archives, ephemera, writing, collage, installation, and participatory art, 辫（biān) /彼岸（bǐ àn）embraces both the artists and their works as at once the shore and the water. The standing shores — individual legacies of (im)migration and wars their families endured — are braided by tender waters: the intimacy and care they share as collaborators and chosen family.

This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

About Artspace

Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org

Parking and Accessibility

Free street parking is available on Davie Street. There is also free parking available in 5 city-owned parking decks. Metered parking is available on adjacent streets. Explore accessibility information with our Know Before You Go Guide.

This is a two-part workshop that will meet on Saturday October 4th + 11th (1-4pm).

This workshop series focuses on the techniques and approaches needed to accurately render diverse facial features and hair textures. Participants will learn how to illustrate dark skin tones, monolids, broad noses, and a variety of hair types including kinky, coily, curly, braids, and locs. Through guided demonstrations and hands-on practice, the class will explore shading, proportion, and texture techniques that bring out the beauty and individuality of every subject. Open to ages 16+ and all skill levels—whether you’re new to portraiture or looking to expand your artistic range.

Are you an Artspace member or ambassador? Email Danny Peña, Director of Education + Community Programs at dpena@artspacenc.org for your one-time promo code and receive your discount.

About the artist

MARION TISDALE – Artspace HBCU Artist in Resident Marion Tisdale IV is an artist who creates work for the forgotten. A resident of Raleigh for nearly twenty years, Tisdale has been making art since childhood. He earned his BA in Art from Morehouse College while interning at 311 Gallery. Afterward, he began exhibiting throughout the Triangle and completed a residency at Lump Gallery. His current work explores themes of gentrification, queer identity, and body horror, drawing inspiration from ideas surrounding respectability, and queerness as monstrosity.

About Artspace //

Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org

Parking and Accessibility

Free street parking is available on Davie Street. Parking decks with free weekend parking include:

• City Center Deck, 429 S. Wilmington St.
• Moore Square Deck, 233 S. Wilmington St.
• Municipal Complex Deck, 201 W. Morgan St.
• Wilmington Street Station Deck, 117 S. Wilmington St.

Explore accessibility information with our Know Before You Go Guide.