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Saturday, May 6, 2023

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Cyanotype Workshop with Creativity Coach Angela Johnson

Cyanotype Workshop with Creativity Coach Angela Johnson

Studio
Saturday, May 6, 10:00am to 1:00pm

This workshop will explore the history of cyanotypes (a camera-less photography process) as well as offer lots of time for hands-on exploration of this media. Pre-treated fabric will be used to create single and dual sided imagery, using a variety of materials for inspiration including leaves, flowers, stencils and more.

Feel free to bring your own inspirational items from home to use (lace doily, pressed flowers, or other FLAT or translucent materials).

Limited space available - registration opens 2 weeks before this event, on April 22.  Will take place in the Pinney Studio and outdoor Patio.

This workshop is geared towards older teens, adults, and seniors.

Instructor Bio:

Angela Johnson is an artist and educator with a creative spirit. Her teaching career started as a 5th grade Language Arts teacher. No matter the classroom, her teaching philosophy remains the same – give students the tools to grow from learner to leader in both art and life. When not making work, teaching, or working with individuals, groups, and organizations as a creative coach, Angela can be found meditating, kayaking, or scuba diving. She earned her Masters in Art Education and MFA from UW-Madison.

Studio
 
1pm
1:00pm to 3:00pm
We are all Artists: Sketchbook Saturday with Artist-in-Residence Mars Patterson

We are all Artists: Sketchbook Saturday with Artist-in-Residence Mars Patterson

Bubbler
Saturday, May 6, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

This workshop provides a supportive space to explore your artistry! Participants in the workshop will create one Giant Community Sketchbook as well as several small sketchbooks for all to contribute+add to through responses to daily prompts. This workshop is geared towards artists excited to dabble in a variety of mediums including written word, drawn images, and collage!

All ages welcome, youth must be accompanied by an adult
15 participants max; registration required

Bubbler
 
2pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Serendipity Saturday with the Bubbler

Serendipity Saturday with the Bubbler

Youth Program Room
Saturday, May 6, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Join us in the youth services area on the lower level of Central Library for an afternoon of maker fun! Will you make a cardboard instrument? Explore pastels or watercolors? Or build something out of wood? That’s the joy of serendipity - you never know until you get there! Drop in anytime to enjoy fun hands-on art and maker activities for kids of all ages. 

Youth Program Room
 
2pm
2:30pm to 4:00pm
Artful Felt at the Library: Meet the Artists Reception

Artful Felt at the Library: Meet the Artists Reception

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Saturday, May 6, 2:30pm to 4:00pm

Come and meet the artists behind the amazing felted pieces on display at Sequoya Library from April 5-May 30! Be sure to stop by the Sequoya Squares interactive felt display to create your own design or pattern. We'll also enjoy light refreshments.

The Madison Area Felters' Guild provides a supportive community for felters to advance their skills, inspire their artistry working with fiber, and educate others about the many forms of this fiber art. Contact them on Facebook @MadisonAreaFelters. Click here for a list of all demonstrations and classes associated with the Artful Felt at the Library exhibit.

This activity coincides with the Artful Felt at the Library exhibit by the Madison Area Felters’ Guild, April 5 to May 30. Artful Felt at the Library is made possible with support from the Friends of Sequoya.

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined