Workshops

Risograph Workshop: Your Feminist Icon

Learn the process of risograph printing in the BAMPFA Art Lab as we make a collaborative poster celebrating feminist icons. Bring a photograph, book, magazine, or printout of your selected icon.

A Watercolor Painting Date with Leslie Baum

Translate an interior scene or outside view into a watercolor at this online “painting date”

with Chicago-based artist Leslie Baum, a shared art-making experience for ages 10 and up.

Say It Like You Mean It: Textile Collage as Storytelling

Join artist and educator Sara Knight to explore storytelling through textile collage in this workshop for all ages and skill levels.

Art Lab Studio Session with Nat Russell

In the spirit of the BAMPFA Art Lab, let’s hang out and make some art together. Guest artist Nat Russell joins us from his studio to share work and chat about recent inspirations.

Workshop: Community Quiltmaking

Celebrate quilting as a communal act and collaborate on a patchwork quilt in this virtual workshop for all ages, led by artist Nelli Astvatsatrian. Register in advance to receive materials in the mail; after the workshop, your piece will become part of a finished community quilt.

Virtual Art Lab Drop-In Session

Do you miss the experience of making art in a collaborative, companionable space? In the spirit of BAMPFA’s Art Lab, join facilitator Alayna Boots Tinney for a free-form, all-ages drop-in art session, using any materials and techniques you choose.

Workshop: Painting to Relax

Psychotherapist Dana Dart-McLean shares techniques for using painting to relax, explore, and express yourself.

Mask Makeover Workshop

Use fabric scraps and found materials to turn an ordinary face mask into a one-of-a-kind accessory in this Zoom workshop with artist Janie Radler.

Zine Workshop with Sydney Barnett

Tap into the history of zines as vehicles for DIY underground storytelling, activism, and information sharing and learn to make your own in this Zoom workshop with artist Sydney Barnett.