Newton Free Library presents: Newton by Map
ONLINE United KingdomJoin the Leventhal Map and Education Center and the Newton Free Library for a deep dive into Newton historical geography! What was Newton like in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? What used to be on the sites of your favorite Newton landmarks? How has the city changed, and how has it stayed the…
New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesLearn the materials and methods to create your own original beautiful Mexican smalti mosaic. Mexican smalti is a high-quality handmade glass mosaic in a square to rectangular module that offers a broad range of colors from subtle skin tones to vibrant primaries. Students will bring a design for your choice for a 9” square. In…
Newton Free Library presents: Create Your Own Comics
ONLINE United KingdomDo you like Dogman, Narwhal & Jelly or the Babysitters Club? Come learn about how to make your own comics! We will meet on the first two Wednesdays evenings: February through June. Learn about the ways you can make your comics go KA-POW! as we write, draw, and share. Join us for this beginner's creative writing workshop for children in third and fourth grade. A…
Historic Newton presents: Voting Rights – Where Do We Go From Here?
ONLINE United KingdomJoin Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, author of "The Voting Rights War" for a session presented by Overdue in partnership with Historic Newton. Professor Browne-Marshall will examine laws posing challenges to American voters -- especially African-Americans -- from enslavement and woman’s suffrage through current controversies of voter suppression. She will also look ahead to challenges that future…
New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesAt about the same time as the invention of Cubism, Einstein was publishing his early papers on relativity; masks, artifacts and ritual objects from Africa were first exhibited in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was new. Cubism was invented, in part, as a way of examining and painting stationary objects to incorporate what the object…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Katherine Miller
ONLINE United KingdomJoin us on Zoom for our spring Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work explores community and public spaces. For Katherine Miller, painting is the most intuitive and effective form of communication. She believes that beauty lies in minimal complexity. She creates freedom within structure. Everything about nature and the landscape inspires Miller’s imagery.…
New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesLearn the materials and methods to create your own original beautiful Mexican smalti mosaic. Mexican smalti is a high-quality handmade glass mosaic in a square to rectangular module that offers a broad range of colors from subtle skin tones to vibrant primaries. Students will bring a design for your choice for a 9” square. In…
Newton Free Library: The Asian American Experience – Reflections of an Historian and an Artist
ONLINE United KingdomThe session will deepen our understanding of the Asian American experience through an interactive dialogue Lisong Liu and Wen-ti Tsen. They will cover: The historical perspective of Asian immigrants The complexities of the Asian-American experience Asian cultural heritage, community activism against racism and the cross-racial solidarity through art Lisong Liu is professor of history at Massachusetts…
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesWe have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop. In session one, students will explore dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and Japanese Shibori. Once students have chosen the colors for their fabrics, they will…
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesWe have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop. In session one, students will explore dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and Japanese Shibori. Once students have chosen the colors for their fabrics, they will…