Saturday, November 21
1:00 - 5:00 PMPapercutting is rooted in craftsmanship and story telling. From the Han Dynasty China to kitchen-table art made for weddings and holidays to large-scale papercut installations, it has remained a universal, relevant, and innovative artform for thousands of years.
Artist Yang Pulongbarit Cuevo uses this artform to explore culture, anatomy, and human sentiments. Her work explores light and shadow (and how they are inherently intertwined) as formal and conceptual elements.
Join Yang for a hands-on experience tracing the lineage of papercut art from centuries-old folk traditions to the layered, narrative work she and others create today. With just a precision blade and sheets of paper, Yang will guide us through using negative space to create an image, building depth through layering, and translating a memory into silhouette.
Guest Artist Workshop is a curated series that invites contemporary artists to share their practice. Workshop includes an artist talk and a hands-on project. Topics range from technical printmaking skills to the bigger ideas printmaking can carry, reflecting our interest in the medium as craft, tool, and mode of expression.