3 ways to make art this weekend
Bad Art Club, Art for LGBTQ+ Rights, and Tarot Art classes: all running this weekend!
This weekend in art:
TJ and I are teaching 3 times this weekend and we would love to see you. Spots are open in all classes. Classes range from $0-40 sliding scale.
Art for LGBTQ+ Rights - Saturday Oct. 28, 10am - 1pm | Hillsborough, NC
This class is a space dedicated to LGBTQ+ people's existence, resistance, processing, play, learning, and creativity. Join us to learn about queer art and art that focuses on queer identities and rights. Open to LGBTQ+ folks and allies!
Bad Art Club - Saturday, Oct. 28, 2-5 pm | Hillsborough, NC
At October’s Bad Art Club we will focus on tarot, oracle, and playing card inspired art. We will also try Inktober drawing activities. This is our last non-mask-required class of the year. November and December BACs will be masked only to increase access for all. No guest artist this month.
5 spots left!
Tarot Art Class - Sunday, Oct. 29, 2pm - 5pm | Raleigh, NC
Using paper, collage, acrylic paint, drawing, and coloring, we will create our own visual representations of the tarot. Participants are encouraged to bring their own tarot deck for inspiration, or for sharing with others.
I cut up an entire Taschen Astrology Encyclopedia for us to collage with!
Reading backwards and upside down
Over the next few newsletters, I will share excerpts from my week at the John C. Campbell Folk School learning printmaking and letterpress.
The first full layout we completed in JCCFS’s printmaking class was a haiku. I learned a bit about haiku from Gideon Young at Bad Art Club, and was up at 6 am that morning to see the sunrise for inspiration, so that part came easily enough.
The harder part was picking type. The type is laid out in a type tray, which is a wooden box with slots holding type made of lead (lead type) including upper and lowercase letters, puctuation, and spacing.
Trays have different layouts and one standard is the California-style layout. Just like learning to type on a keyboard or typewriter, we had to learn to pull type from the correct slots. We were each given a diagram and slowly began pulling letters to put in our composing tray. The letters are printed backwards and have to go in the tray upside down. After a long day of reading backwards, regular facing words and letters began to look strange.
Eventually, I pulled all my letters and spacers and ran a proof print, typcially done on scrap or inexpensive paper to see if there are any misspellings, backwards letters, or other issues. You can also practice printing smoothly. In addition to the words, I added an ornamental feature of an owl sitting on a crescent moon in the middle of my name.
“one moon, two stars / inky black and plum / dripping into the sunrise”
-my haiku
Bad Art Market Participant Information
The Bad Art Market was beyond what I hoped for and I had an amazing day working with the following artists, and getting to know those who came out. If you were able to make it to the event, thank you!! You made it a success.
A huge thank you to all the participating artists who worked hard to bring their art to the public.
🌀 TJ Mundy
🪴 Terri Kimzey
🪨 James Kimzey
Photos from the market to come!