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Culture Days 2024: Printmaking in the Garden

  • All Ages
  • Art Making Activity
  • September 21 - September 22, 2024

    Location: Richmond Cultural Centre Rooftop Garden

    Above: Vegetable prints by Marlene Yuen, 2024. Bottom: Tatakizome Workshop participant and sample print with Fernanda Mascarenhas, 2024.

    As part of Culture Days weekend launch, the Gallery hosts free drop-in art-making workshops at the Cultural Centre Rooftop Garden* for all ages on Saturday and Sunday! These workshops are the final sessions of the Rooftop Garden Series.

    Saturday, September 21
    Play With Your Food! Printmaking with Marlene Yuen
    Drop in anytime between 1:00 – 4:00 pm

    Experiment with making prints using various fruits and vegetables. Guest artist Marlene Yuen will host this family-friendly event throughout the afternoon.
    All materials  and equipment provided.
    Children must be accompanied by an adult.
    Seating is limited to 12 participants at one time working for approximately 20-30 minutes.


    Sunday, September 22

    Printing with Plants: Tatakizome with Fernanda Mascarenhas
    Drop in every 30 minutes:
    1:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 3:30 pm

    Learn to imprint fabrics with leaves, flowers and seeds. Tatakizome translates to ‘dyeing with hammers’, basically pounding natural materials into the fabric to create an imprint. Be prepared for a noisy workshop! Guest artist Mascarenhas will host drop-in sessions that being every half hour from 1:00 – 3:30 pm.
    All materials and equipment provided.
    Children must be accompanied by an adult.
    Seating is limited to 12 participants at one time, working for approximately 20-30 minutes.

    *In case of inclement weather, these activities will move into the Richmond Art Gallery Program Room.


    About the Guest Artists:

    Marlene Yuen is a Vancouver-based artist who received her bachelor’s of studio arts in 1998 from the University of British Columbia. Marlene has exhibited at galleries, artist-run centers, and cultural events in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Japan. Although she is a multidisciplinary artist, her current focus is on handmade books; her artist books have been retained in special collections nationally and internationally. Her works will be featured in the upcoming group exhibition, FOODWAYS, at the Richmond Art Gallery from October 19 – December 31, 2024.

    Fernanda Mascarenhas is a textile artist, natural dyer, dance performer, and longtime Zen-Buddhist practitioner from Brazil. When she was developing a costume for her performance work, she discovered the textile world and fell irrevocably in love with natural dyeing. This costume won a prize, which enabled her to travel to Japan to learn more about this technique. Engaging with the slow process of natural dyeing in urban areas and with locally grown plants, she has respected the cycles of nature while intending to reclaim the ancestral power of plants, such as their medicinal use. Besides teaching, Fernanda has run a studio to create one-of-a-kind textile pieces. She also writes the Plants and Colours blog to share her passions and experiences.

      

    About the Rooftop Garden:
    Richmond’s Rooftop Garden is located on the 2nd floor of the Richmond Library/Cultural Centre, open from April – October. It features a variety of floral and food plants maintained by the Richmond Garden Club, with a long picnic table to host small group workshops or events, and a big chess game for players of all ages. To access the garden, climb the stairs in the Cultural Centre Rotunda and it is the door on your right. If taking the elevator, walk past the Textile Studio to find the door on your left.

    About the RAGA Rooftop Garden Series:
    In the months leading up to our FOODWAYS exhibition this fall, Richmond Art Gallery is hosting a variety of outdoor workshops and events at the Cultural Centre Rooftop Garden during the summer/early fall growing and harvest season. These sessions at Culture Days are the final workshops of the program.

    About Culture Days:
    Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture, with free participatory arts and culture events happening all across the country. Visit the Culture Days website to see what events are happening throughout Richmond: https://culturedays.ca/en

     

    Rooftop Garden Series program supported by the 2024 City of Richmond Arts and Culture Grant. 

    Above: Vegetable prints by Marlene Yuen, 2024. Bottom: Tatakizome Workshop participant and sample print with Fernanda Mascarenhas, 2024.

    Hours

    Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Monday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    Tuesday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    Wednesday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    Thursday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    Friday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    Saturday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Closed on statutory holidays.

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    Richmond Cultural Centre
    7700 Minoru Gate
    Richmond, BC  V6Y 1R8
    Canada Line Station: Richmond-Brighouse

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