This is a free workshop designed as a collaborative effort between Peace Paper and the Torpedo Factory Art Center's Target Gallery and our Art in Public Spaces Program.
Peace Paper facilitators Drew Matot and Margaret Mahan, along with art therapist Arielle Matthews, will bring a portable paper-making studio to the Torpedo Factory and lead this workshop from July 7th through July 11th. Workshop participants will be comprised of Torpedo Factory artists as well as survivors of trauma – including war veterans, cancer survivors, and family members of those who have lost someone to a traumatic event.
Through making paper from their own clothing and prints from their own images, workshop participants will utilize both traditional and contemporary applications of the paper arts as a means to tell their individual stories. The workshop will culminate with an exhibit of handmade paper, pulp paintings, pulp prints and broadsides made throughout the workshop.
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While parts of this workshop are private due to the personal nature of the traumatic events participants have gone through, other parts will be done in the public space of the art center so that visitors can get a glimpse into what goes in to paper-making and the importance of art as an outlet for healing.
This workshop is completely free to participants. Funding was made possible through Target Gallery’s annual exhibition fundraiser in which money is raised specifically for outreach projects such as Peace Paper Project, and our upcoming exhibition of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the end of July. Additional funding support was made possible through the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
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Artwork created during this workshop will be on exhibit from June 12th through 29th, with a special reception on June 12th, during the art center’s monthly 2nd Thursday Art Night.
This is a free workshop, but space is very limited. For more information about registering for the workshop, please email Allison Nance at anance@torpedofactory.org.
Workshop Schedule: July 7th - 11th, 10am to 4pm
Saturday, July 7th: Introduction to handmade paper
Sunday, July 8th: Paper production day using your own fiber/clothing
Monday, July 9th: Creative sheet forming - add color to wet paper pulp and use it to create compositions.
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10th-11th: Book-binding and screen printing workshop.
Exhibition: July 12- 29, 2012 in Site 2 & 3 Galleries at the Torpedo Factory Art Center
Reception: 2nd Thursday Art Night, July 12th, 6-8pm
