Author and cultural scholar Valorie Thomas will talk with painter Candida Alvarez and artist/film maker Cauleen Smith about their artwork. Both artists are exhibiting their work concurrently in solo exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center. Thomas’s recent essay “Live from Mambo Mountain” will be published in the catalog for Candida Alvarez’s exhibition to be […]
Face Masks: Eyes, Mouth, Nose and Circles, Rectangle, Triangle Express your emotions, mood and self through colors and shapes. Build an abstract face mask inspired by your own face and the colors and shapes found in the paintings by Cándida Alvarez’s mambomountain exhibition. We will learn how to depict a face with abstract imagery shapes and how […]
Create shapes using paper to create a collage. Also you will be able to embellish using other materials. You are also welcome to cut photos from magazines and create a collage. Students will be asked to walk through Cándida Alvarez’s exhibition mambomountain for inspiration before beginning to create the collage. Paper Marbling – Create colorful patterns […]
An ARTastic happy hour…with a twist. A new ARTventure for creative adults, ARTBAR features live music, a cash bar, and art making workshops like clay hand building, screen printing, and darkroom photography. This quarter’s ARTBAR includes a mambomountain dance party to celebrate Cándida Alvarez’s exhibition, with DJ Ramonster spinning danceable tunes. And when you need a breather […]
Exhibition Opening Reception for Bette Cerf Hill: string theory; Twelve Galleries Project presents Quarterly Site #12: EPIC SOMETHING and Candida Alvarez’s solo exhibition. The exhibition titled string theory, presents the artist Bette Cerf Hill’s view of how the universe is tied together with random views depicted in an installation including fluid drawings made with thread and cotton cord, […]
