We’ve partnered with Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts incubator to offer a unique Canvas Bag Image Transfer Workshop as part of their current exhibition Depth of Identity: Art as Memory and Archive.
Lead by Miami-based artists Iggy and Jean Font, this two-hour event features instruction and materials for image transfer, collage, stitching, painting and more to create a meaningful and personal artwork with a focus on identity: where you come from; where you call home; what places, people, and cultures are important to your journey.
Iggy will guide you through the process of transferring images from paper (like magazines, calendars, books, and newspapers) onto fabric using specific materials.
Jean will invite you to explore the generations of your identity, past, present, and future. Do you know who your ancestors are? What questions do you have for them? What wisdom do they hold for you?
Each attendee will receive a canvas bag to create on, using it to develop a personal story through image transfer of family photographs, magazine images, newspaper and book pages, and more. Collage, stitching, mark making and painting will be available to enhance your work.
All necessary materials provided.
SPACE IS LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Ignacio Font and Jean Blackwell Font are an artist couple operating Warehouse 4726, a studio space in Miami, Florida. They have just launched collaboARTive, a new nonprofit initiative that offers flexible time and space for developing an artistic practice.
Iggy received his MFA from SVA and has been an arts educator for more than 25 years. He creates thought provoking works in oil, pastel, and mixed media.
Jean Blackwell Font works with paper, fabric, and found objects in assemblage and collage. Currently the Creative Director for Font Squared Arts Marketing, Jean has worked in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Miami for more than 25 years.
ABOUT DIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR
Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc. (DVCAI) is a Miami-based 501(c)3 organization. The mission of DVCAI is to promote, nurture and cultivate the vision and diverse talent of emerging artists from the Caribbean and Latin Diaspora through our exhibition programs, artist-in-residence programs, international exchange programs and educational and outreach activities that celebrate Miami-Dade’s rich cultural and social fabric. For more information, please visit their website www.dvcai.org.