Workshops & Events
Workshops & Events
Addressing The Future: The Tanner House
Addressing the Future has expanded to assist in activating spaces and audiences to consider futures of specific locations. The event will be the unveiling of a mail receptacle I’ve built to receive messages from community members on how the space may be used.
In addition, there will be a collage and letter writing workshop to further stimulate ideas for the property.
“The Friends of the Tanner House, Inc, is an organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the historic Tanner family property at 2908 W. Diamond St. Through our heritage stewardship, the Friends of the Tanner House honors the growth, development and sustenance of the rich Black cultural life of North Philadelphia with family-centered artistic, intellectual, and cultural programming.”
Addressing the Future Opening at NextFab
Join me for the second opening of my exhibit Addressing the Future at its new location at NextFab. For the next year, the show will be on display and serve as a space for me host workshops and events.
Bring your skates.
Margaret Mead Film Festival
Some time ago, I worked on a few animation sequences for an incredible film titled Meanwhile. The film will premiere at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at The American Museum of Natural History.
“Directed by Catherine Gund. Author Jacqueline Woodson narrates Meanwhile, a docu-poem about white supremacy and a community of artists who share visions of resistance. The screening and live performances will feature in-process works by artists from the film, including music, dance, and poetry. Meanwhile is composed by Meshell Ndegeocello and produced by Erika Dilday.”
Plantain & Poetry
“Marte, a truly proud Afro-Latina, writes to us in English and Spanish about "self-love, nationalism, displacement, generational trauma, and ancestral knowledge."
Artist, Yannick Lowery is cooking us fried plantains to go with these nourishing, rich poems, and songs from around the world about—you guessed it—plantains.
Check out Plantains and Our Becoming at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Letters For Later
During this workshop participants will be reading the submitted letters from the Addressing The Future to inspire their collage compositions.
Addressing The Future
As part of my current residency with Da Vinci Art Alliance and NextFab, I’ll be leading a free collage workshop with a focus on visualizing the future of Philadelphia through paper collage.
Participants will be encouraged to think about Philadelphia’s shifting landscapes and how spaces can be utilized for a more balanced and susutainable future.
Materials will be provided.
Refreshments will be served.
COLLAGE & MIXED MEDIA
This course will explore collage techniques utilized and developed by visual artist, Yannick Lowery. Lowery will provide guidance and insight into his practice and encourage students to develop their own methods within the framework of the course.
Classes will typically start with a presentation and demonstration exploring a different technique every week. Students will illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed in each class. Classes will conclude with a low-pressure and constructive peer review of the daily exercise. Register HERE.