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The workshop was hosted by Stacy Ash, education coordinator in the Mulvane Art Museum, who began creating art as a child and earned a BFA in sculpture from the University of Kansas 21 years ago in 2003. She has worked in the field of Art Education from 2015 until now.
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The Painting Workshop celebrated the Mulvane Art Museum’s 100th anniversary March 6 in the Garvey Fine Arts Center. Each participant creates a small painting in response to the theme of community and belonging for the 2024 WUmester.
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Ash enjoys working with other artists such as Sanaa because it is inspiring. The workshop invited instructors based on existing relationships the hosts had with high-quality teaching artists from the Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City areas.
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The audience uses art tools like color, pencils, and papers that had already been prepared for the workshop. Some alumni who went to the workshop are Takima Sellars, who graduated with a BBA, and Jaquita Clark, who graduated in Social Work with in 2023.
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Sanaa plans on creating a multi-media artwork piece from the participants’ works and it will become part of the Mulvane Art Museum’s collection for the public to enjoy. She spoke of wanting to unveil it to the public in late April in the Rita Blitt Gallery.
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The main instructor and speaker who led the workshop was Aisha Imani Sanaa, mixed- media Topeka local artist. Ash did the workshops back-to-back to keep the audience fresh, inspired and to create the materials needed for Sanaa to complete a final collaborative artwork using the poems and paintings from each workshop.
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The art museum hosts events every couple of months, such as an exhibition, a workshop, or an art pop-up. Mulvane staff was very busy creating programming both for the public and for Washburn students.
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This workshop was free, but the audience needed to register before getting in because of the limited space. The audience members are people who love art and want to explore their creative side and try art-based learning.
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The Painting Workshop is in the basement, so when the audience got into the Garvey Fine Arts Center, they would see the direction sign to the workshop location. The Topeka community plans on creating a larger collaborative artwork piece throughout the spring semester.
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Ash’s favorite thing about art is that it allows a path for creative thinking, self-expression and socio-emotional learning. She made a plan to re-open the main galleries in May after renovations, and then she will throw the Mulvane Art Fair on campus June 1-2 with over 90 artists, children’s art activities, music and food.
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The workshop was hosted by Stacy Ash, education coordinator in the Mulvane Art Museum, who began creating art as a child and earned a BFA in sculpture from the University of Kansas 21 years ago in 2003. She has worked in the field of Art Education from 2015 until now.
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The Painting Workshop celebrated the Mulvane Art Museum’s 100th anniversary March 6 in the Garvey Fine Arts Center. Each participant creates a small painting in response to the theme of community and belonging for the 2024 WUmester.
Edited by Stuti Khadka and Jayme Thompson