PASSPORT TO CUBA: The Big Island
Monday-Tuesday
December 30 & 31, 2024
PASSPORT TO HAITI: The Pearl of the Antilles
Thursday-Friday
January 2 & 3 2025
Week One: CUBA – The Big Island
Mon-Tues December 30 & 31, 2024
TEXTILES
• 9-10:05 AM
Marvelous Muñecas
Long before store-bought action figures and dolls, kids had to make their own toys. One of the most common crafts of colonial Cuba was the yarn figure. Work with artist Julie Boada to create your own exciting action figure or doll from yarn, fabric, and reuse doo-dads.
PUPPETRY
• 10:10-11:10
Island Frolics
Cuba has a long history of puppetry inspired by animal and trickster folktales from the Spaniards, Africans, and Indigenous people who inhabit the “Big Island.” Join artist Gustavo Boada and create your own one-of-a-kind rod puppet character sparked by Cuban tales. Then amuse your family and friends with your own made-up silly stories!
PAINTING & DRAWING
• 11:10-12:15
Beautiful Birds & Beasts
Cuba has some amazing wildlife, and features some unique creatures that are rare in other parts of the world. For instance, the bee hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world, lives in Cuba. The island is also home to the tiny Mount Iberia frog, which is just one centimeter long! Join Karen Anderson to learn about some of these creatures and paint one of the unique creatures that call Cuba home.
Week Two: HAITI – The Pearl of the Antilles
Thurs– Fri January 2 – 3 2025
METAL WORK
• 9-10:05 AM
Dreams in Silver
Brought to Latin America by the Spanish, repujado or repoussé is a metalworking technique. Get inspired by Haitian metal relief art, and then work with artist Gustavo Boada to learn the techniques of metal tooling to create a beautiful silver foiled picture.
CONSTRUCTION ARTS
• 10:10-11:10
Terrific Tap-Tap
Art Buses and trucks are the main form of public transportation in Haiti. Called tap-taps, because people tap on the side of the vehicle to signal when they need a ride, they have colorful designs and all over them. Work with artist Laurie Witzkowski to decorate your very own art bus, using all sorts of reuse materials.
MIXED MEDIA
• 11:10-12:15
Spectacular Sequin Bottles
Haiti is famous for its sparkling and vivid folk art, often made with recycled and “found” materials such as old bottles and cans. Join artist Julie Boada as you create your own fantastic vessel decorated with sequins, buttons, and other reuse materials.
