Imagine Flora with Valerie Asiimwe Amani
Description:
Join us for a workshop inspired by gardens and flora with Valerie Asiimwe Amani! Learn to create abstract floral arrangements using recycled paper, old newspaper, and discarded fabric. Explore the art of collage with guidance from Valerie, as she guides you through how she uses paper in her own practice, considering composition and the organic shapes we encounter in nature. The workshop will be accompanied by garden stories that incorporate the symbolism and histories associated with different local and foreign plants.
Materials used:
- Old magazines/newspapers/scrap papers
- 2 plain A3 sheets of recycled paper per person
- Glue Stick
- Gold pen
Valerie Asiimwe Amani
Valerie Asiimwe Amani is a Tanzanian visual artist and writer. Her practice interrogates the ways in which body erotics, language, place and perceived reality are used to situate (or isolate) the self within community.