Family Studio Workshop: Mother’s Day Mosaics and Prints

Join us for a special two-part Mother’s Day workshop led by Matt MacFarland and instructors from Piece by Piece, the local nonprofit that supports the Skid Row and South LA communities through art programming. This event is free, however, reservations are recommended. Click here to register. About the Studio The first activity takes inspiration from Hauser & Wirth artist Lygia Pape’s ‘Tecelares’ print series. Participants will create their own geometric prints with blocks of foam and ink. Next, families will use colorful, recycled pieces of ceramic and stained glass to create mosaic frames for their prints with instructors from Piece by Piece. Afterwards, participants are invited to stay in the garden and enjoy cookies provided by Manuela, the gallery’s onsite restaurant. About Lygia Pape’s ‘Tecelares’ From early experimentations with printmaking, Pape developed her Tecelares principally between 1955 and 1959. These works reinterpreted the process of woodcut, casting aside the notion of the ‘multiple’ and creating individual works with an emphasis on the power of expression as opposed to premeditated modes of production. About Piece by Piece The mission of Piece by Piece is to provide low-income and formerly homeless people free mosaic art workshops using recycled materials to develop marketable skills, self-confidence, earned income, and an improved quality of life. Piece by Piece also produces large scale public artworks and community workshops and demos. Their retail ‘MosaicWares’ products can be found at the Gallery Shop. Photo: Noé Montes