Making the Invisible Visible

In partnership with Bethany Center and San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living

This series of abstract works on paper reflect the expressive and emotive power of color, movement, and spontaneity. Participants started with creating a large painted foundation using large expressive brushstrokes and bold marks, filling the whole space of the background paper with rich saturated colors. The paintings were then deconstructed and reinterpreted into a three-dimensional sculptural surface through collage, stitching, and weaving of cut and torn strips of paper. On several of the artworks, written words or words cut from magazines are layered on top of the woven paper. These words include expressions of emotion: happy, sad, envy, anger, and also words and phrases such as “community”, “do good” and “dream big”. The resulting works are textured, dimensional, layered, and nuanced, just like our emotions. Created in partnership with teaching artist Monica Lee. 

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