Explore your creativity in this free textile art workshop at FiftyForward Martin Center, presented in partnership with the Frist Art Museum and supported by E. A. Michelson Philanthropy.
In this art class, participants will incorporate storytelling with elements of quilting, collage, and a variety of gluing and stitching techniques to create a finished artwork. The course includes a guided visit to the Frist Art Museum to draw inspiration from the Venice and the Ottoman Empire exhibition. By the end of the course, students will have completed a textile work.
The workshop consists of seven 90-minute art-making sessions, a group visit to the Frist Art Museum, and a culminating reception and celebration. Participants also receive a complimentary one-year membership to the Frist. All materials are provided, and there is no charge for the class.
All skill levels are welcome. To register, contact Liz Smith at 615.376.4330.
About the Instructor: Alice Aida Ayers
Alice Aida spent over two decades living and working between the Americas and Africa. She holds a bachelor of art degree, and master’s degree in Art Education. Her professional career has involved working in America, Europe, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, and Tanzania. She has served as a resident artist in theatre, visual art, art therapy and as an adjunct professor in Kenya, Tanzania and the United States. A teaching artist since 1989, she has held residencies in over three hundred schools, colleges, community centers, and libraries.
Aida’s current work in textile art brings traditional practices from her childhood into the world of modern-day artistic interpretations. She is drawn to the art of creating texture through layering found objects and stitching.
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