No prior experience is necessary. All materials will be provided, and participants will leave with a completed woven paper piece and a new appreciation for the art of paper weaving.

Registration: Click the link to register for the workshop. Please email anna.doll@rbi.gatech.edu for questions or more information.

Instructor Bio: Rhiannon ‘Skye’ Tafoya (Eastern Band Cherokee and Santa Clara Pueblo) employs printmaking, digital design, and basketry techniques in creating her artist’s books, prints, and paper weavings. Both of her Tribal heritages, cultures, and lineages are manifested in her two- and three-dimensional artworks that range in size from a few inches to a few feet. She is inspired by her family history of basketry and observing her father and maternal grandmother weave baskets from red willow, honeysuckle vine, and white oak. While her inspiration comes, in part, from Cherokee traditions, her artworks are decidedly contemporary, featuring sharp lines and bold colors. Skye creates to preserve, archive, and share personal and familial stories, Indigenous cultural teachings, and the Cherokee language. Her work is housed in many special collections, including the US Library of Congress, the Met library, and Self Help Graphics

All materials and guidance are provided, and attendees will leave with a finished paper sculpture that’s uniquely theirs.

Registration: Click the link to register for the workshop. Please email anna.doll@rbi.gatech.edu for questions or more information.

Instructor Bio: Claude-Gerard Jean is a multi-disciplinary artist residing in Atlanta. Claude has exhibited his work in group and solo shows throughout Georgia. As a registered nurse and self-taught artist, his work reflects his appreciation for the complexity of individuality. Through the use of sculpture, paintings, and murals, his works intend to initiate dialogue surrounding the topics of mental health, consciousness, and counter-culture.