Mexica New Years Workshops 2007
In addition to the 1 day celebration on March 17, Self Help Graphics will sponsors 4 weeks
of workshops for the whole family as a preparation for the Mexica New Year!
What would a celebration be without a piñata? Learn to make a traditional 5-pointed constellation piñata----just in time for the Mexica New Year Celebration! This group project (open to all ages) will give students the basics on designing a piñata base, adhering layers of newspaper with a gluing medium and decorating the finished beautiful star with tissue and paint. All are encouraged to drop-in at any point of the construction or attend every session. Hmmmm….we wonder what goodies Dewey will fill the piñata with? Wear work clothes---great art can be a little messy. All supplies provided.
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Instructor: Dewey Tafoya Ages: All |
Join legendary artist and community activist, Leo Limon for teachings on the Mexica Calendar, culture and art. Leo Limón was born and still resides in East Los Angeles and has been called the “Alley River Cat Artist" for the cat faces he painted on the cement walls channeling the Los Angeles River. Leo’s work on paper deals mostly with the indigenous ideals of "corazón" and uses many Aztec symbols. His contribution to the Self Help Graphic’s landscape was by helping, along with other ELA artists, in the development of the annual Day of the Dead celebration and the atelier printmaking program.
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Instructor: Leo Limón Ages: All |
Join us in making Self Help Graphics' history. We are making the FIRST FLAG to be flown over our home of art in ELA! Everyone in the family is invited to help create this flag to commemorate the Mexica year of the Acatl (reed). All supplies will be provided during these 2 Saturday workshops. We each will help design, cut and pin pieces of material together, which will be sewn by our workshop leader into a beautiful flag. Mark your calendar for the lifting of our flag on March 17, 2007. Together, everything is possible!
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Instructor: Leslie Gutierrez Saiz Ages: All |
Join us in making a special/one of a kind quilt composed of found objects, greens or flowers and scraps. Everyone in the family is welcome to bring things or use things contributed by the workshop leader, Irina Contreras. Each object will be sealed in plastic and ultimately sewn together to form a narrative of our community. This will be a time to chat, have snacks from Irina's garden and make art! Irina is an artist and activist currently living in Elysian/Echo Park but dreadfully missing the days of playing in the sprinklers in B.H.
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Instructor: Irina Contreras Ages: All |
Learn the ancient secret of paper making using our own local flora. Cynthia Rivera is collecting reeds from the LA River for this fun, easy and delightful project. You won’t be making printer-quality type paper---you will learn to create a personal and distinctive high quality paper that you can use in your art or use for making special greeting cards or letters. Join us for this 1-day workshop that will teach you the beauty of recycling and get you looking at scraps of paper, string and lint as treasures to distinguish your handmade papers. Open to all ages. All supplies provided. You will get wet, so please dress accordingly.
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Instructor: Cynthia Rivera Ages: All |
Daisy Tonantzin is a community activist artist, as well as Program Developer and Organizer for Proyecto Jardin Community Garden in Boyle Heights. She was also the Director of Yerberia Mayahuel where she promoted and preserved traditional forms of healing, medicine and nutrition. She currently advocates on issues of fresh food access and all matters ecological. Recycled Earth is her first eco-class at Self Help Graphics. Come learn to become a caretaker of our mother-earth through this interesting and fun surprise project. Open to all ages.
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Instructor: Daisy Tonantzin Ages: All |
Designer Dariana Cruz specializes in designing beautiful unique paper crafts with a colorful and creative flair. She is a returning workshop leader to Self Help Graphics---her card making class at Day of the Dead was not only fun, but a great additional skill to the beginning and advanced artists’ arsenal. This is first time Dariana will teach box making for Self Help Graphics students. In this workshop, students will learn to construct a simple box and lid, which can be decorated---another great skill to have! Requirement: Students must be 12 years-old and older. All supplies provided.
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Instructor: Dariana Cruz Ages: 12 years and older |
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