Creating Faces Through Collage – An Artist Workshop with Carmine Santaniello

New works by artist Carmine Santaniello often begin through collage. He creates faces using collected images of eyes, lips, nostrils, eyebrows, cheekbones and other features. In the process a personality on paper emerges, as does a new way of seeing faces. In this interactive workshop Santaniello will lead participants through the process of creating faces through collage.

Creating Faces Through Collage – An Artist Workshop by Carmine Santaniello
Fort Washington New York Public Library 535 West 179th Street New York, NY

Programs are free and begin at 3:30pm.
No previous art experience is required.
Materials will be provided.
Ages 12 to 18

ABOUT:
Carmine Santaniello was born in New York. His formal education includes the High School of Art and Design and The School of Visual Arts, and he holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design. After years as a graphic designer and as owner and art director of a design studio, Carmine Santaniello has put that behind him and started to follow his real passion- fine art. In 2000 he started to explore printmaking, since then he has exhibited nationally and internationally, had several one man shows and made his debut as a curator in 2006.

Visual AIDS teams up with the New York Public Library to present a series of artist workshops for young adults in conjunction with their exhibition, WHY WE FIGHT: Remembering AIDS Activism. This series of interactive workshops, lead by artists living with HIV, will take place at library branches across Manhattan and the Bronx. Participants will gain artistic and creative skills, and learn more about HIV/AIDS history and activism.

MAC AIDS Fund is the Lead Corporate Sponsor of the Why We Fight exhibition and related programming.This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney, with additional support from the LGBT Initiative of The New York Public Library. Time Warner is a founding supporter of the LGBT Initiative.Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman.