Artmaking From Home: Creative Knots
Sat, May 30, 2020
3 pm
Alan Shields, J + K, 1972. Acrylic, thread, beads on canvas, 107 × 252 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (271.8 × 642.3 × 7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Paula Cooper 2017.165a-l
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Experiment with ordinary materials in new and creative ways with these online artmaking events designed for all ages. Each project explores artworks from the Whitney’s collection included in Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019, and invites participants to consider the relationship between artmaking and our domestic spaces. All events in this series are live, thirty-minute sessions taught by a Whitney educator.
This workshop takes inspiration from works by Lenore G. Tawney and Alan Shields to explore a range of techniques and approaches to working with string as an artistic medium.
Materials
- String of any variety (non-plastic rope is preferable, but string or rope of any thickness will do)
- A stick or dowel (could use a shower rod or chopsticks) to attach string to while you are working
Optional additional materials
- Felt or fabric
- Beads (pony beads or beads with a large opening work best for rope)
- Fabric markers or paint
Instructor: Stina Puotinen is an artist, educator, and occasional curator from New York City.