ArtSpeak: Playing with Vines and Flowers Workshop with Tekla Tamoria

Join the Ateneo Art Gallery for an ArtSpeak program and workshop with Ateneo Art Awards 2023 Shortlisted Artist Tekla Tamoria

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | LIMITED SLOTS ONLY

2 December 2023, Saturday

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Ben Chan ArtSuite, 2F Ateneo Art Gallery

Soledad V Pangilinan Arts Wing, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University

REGISTER at https://go.ateneo.net/AAA2023ArtSpeak

Deadline on or before 11:59 PM of 1 December 2023

Join Tekla Tamoria in a workshop wherein participants can create flowering vines out of discarded textiles. The workshop will be prefaced by a short talk wherein Tamoria will share her experiences from her recently-concluded artist's residency in Japan.

The practice of visual and performance artist Tekla Tamoria involves modifying discarded everyday materials such as paper and textile into new forms. Her creations often take on a more playful turn, with works that range from public installations to wearable art. In her AAA 2023 exhibition Kiliti Ng Taong Nakaupo Sa May Tabi, Tamoria draws inspiration from her personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. She presents a series of works that portray that mix of anticipation and nervous laughter that marked the height of the pandemic and the uncertainties that directly followed it.

*Workshop participants are required to bring a sewing kit and old clothes, preferably green fabric and other floral colors. Other materials will be provided during the day of the program.

This ArtSpeak program is organized in line with the Ateneo Art Awards 2023 exhibition, on-view until 02 December 2023 at the Fredesvinda Almeda Consunji Gallery, Ambeth R Ocampo Gallery, Elizabeth Gokongwei Gallery, and Alicia P Lorenzo Gallery, 3F Ateneo Art Gallery, Soledad V Pangilinan Arts Wing, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University.

For inquiries, email aag@ateneo.edu