Open AIR Artist-Led Workshop
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About the workshop:
This workshop explores textured frottage, a simple but endlessly variable drawing technique developed by the surrealist Max Ernst. Captivated by the grain of an old wooden floor, Ernst used a soft pencil and a bit of paper to create rubbings of the fantastical forms he saw captured in the floor’s texture. Following his lead, we will build our surrealist-inspired drawings using materials found around the Moon Randolph Homestead. We will gather compelling textures, practice creating compositions, and record them on paper, experimenting with different substrates and media. All ages are welcome!
Audience: This workshop is suitable for all ages.
What to bring: All materials will be provided, but if you have favorite drawing tools, you are welcome to bring them!
Cost: The workshop is free, but a suggested donation is appreciated!
Registration: Registration is required and will close 24 hours before the workshop begins.
About the Artist:
Reilly Blum (b. 1998, Atlanta) is a Providence and Atlanta-based artist with a penchant for archival and observational research. Through her creative practice, which spans furniture-making, patchwork quilting, writing, time-based media, and curriculum design, she explores how objects can act as agents of memory. Reilly aims to study public agencies' influence over individual and cultural recollection. She is particularly interested in the policies that drive cultural preservation surrounding heritage crafts, architectural heritage sites, and protected landscapes, such as national parks. Her creative process allows her to investigate what she perceives as a disregard for the transitional landscapes that form the boundaries of these spaces. Through her work, she sheds light on the limitations of human development by exploring what happens when infrastructure starts to fray, architecture fails, nature reclaims territory, amnesia sets in, and the change from one state of being to another begins. Reilly cites Interstate 20, flash floods, and kudzu, three omnipresent features of Atlanta’s landscape, as core influences on her studio work. Reilly earned her BFA in Furniture Design at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2021.
Cancellation: If you are registered and cannot attend the workshop, please let us know at program@openairmt.org so we can open the spot for another participant!
Questions? Email program@openairmt.org