• Rose D’Amato: Star Market, 2024; acrylic and airbrush on canvas; photo © 2024 Yubo Dong.


Included with admission: Free for kids 18 and under and for one adult per child 13 and under


Gallery + Studio—Your Name on the Sign

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

  • Workshop led by
    Marcela Florez

    Marcela Florez holds an MFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute and has taught at Southern Exposure, LA Commons, the de Young Museum, and BAMPFA. In her own practice, she makes drawings, collages, and prints of historical texts, maps, and imaginary geographies.

Artist Rose D’Amato is a second-generation sign painter and pinstriper who lives in San Francisco. For BAMPFA’s Art Wall, she reinterpreted a historic hand-painted commercial sign that was recently exposed during a construction project in the city—a billboard for Mission Service Chevrolet. With D’Amato’s mural as your inspiration, develop a billboard-like design based on your name and other personal symbols. Apply sign-painting techniques such as stenciling and image layering, along with folding and pattern painting, to create a pop-up folded page that’s all about you.

About Gallery + Studio

Each of these two-part workshops integrates an interactive gallery tour with a related art project; each session lasts about an hour and a half. Sign up in the Art Lab ten minutes ahead of the session, in time to join us for the tour that starts at 11:30.

Event Accessibility

If you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us at bampfa@berkeley.edu or call us at (510) 642-1412 (during open hours) with as much advance notice as possible. More information on accessibility services.