Embrace your dark side in a scratch paper workshop—a popular ninth-century reproduction technique from Great Britain and France. In this workshop, participants scratch abstract self-portraits to life using assorted collage materials on the black paper. As each stroke illuminates the darkness, what will be uncovered?

Tara Ani Baghdassarian is a local interdisciplinary artist and activist of Armenian descent who works with film, illustration, shadow theater, music, and other experimental media.