Past Event
The Things We Forget To See — A Drawing Workshop with Jeffrey Wilson
Supporting the NYPL exhibition, Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism
14th Street Beauty, 2013, Jeffrey Wilson
Walking around the city, artist Jeffrey Wilson's eye catches on things forgotten. Forgotten buildings, forgotten stories. In this workshop, Wilson will lead curious minds on a journey through New York with paper and ink. Wilson will encourage young people to draw out their feelings and opinions on the everyday things they see in the world.
The Things We Forget To See — A Drawing Workshop with Jeffrey Wilson
Countee Cullen, 104 West 136th Street (near Lenox Ave.) 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:
Jeffrey Wilson is a quirky active artist with strong opinions about the world and art's ability to transform it. For information www.visitjeffrey.com
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.