Summer Studio: Signs of Protest inspired by Cauleen Smith for kids ages 14–18  Fri, July 10, 2020, 11–11:40 am

Summer Studio: Signs of Protest inspired by Cauleen Smith for kids ages 14–18 

Fri, July 10, 2020
11–11:40 am

A black bird grasps two halves of a broken yellow pencil above a large diamond on a dark grey quilted banner.
A black bird grasps two halves of a broken yellow pencil above a large diamond on a dark grey quilted banner.

Cauleen Smith, I Have Nothing Left, 2017. Satin, poly-satin, quilted pleather, upholstery, wool felt, embroidery floss, metallic thread, satin cord, and sequins, overall: 74 × 51 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (188 × 131.1 × 3.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and the Director's Discretionary Fund 2018.36. © Cauleen Smith

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Online, via Zoom

For 14–18 year olds

Join Whitney educators for free weekly online art classes this summer. Participants will experiment, create, and learn together with at-home art materials.  

The artist Cauleen Smith creates works of art that speak out against injustices such as racism and police brutality. Smith designs her large, hand-sewn banners to either hang from the ceiling or to be carried in processions as a means of inspiring change. She says, “I think that art might be the only thing at this point . . . The only thing that could create conversation and dialogue or reconciliation or mediation.”

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