re: presentations | cc: self{extended} ⇢ a collage + identity workshop w/ the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
This drop-in collage workshop provides space, instruction, and inspiration for acts of visual remix toward personal and political expression. Inspired by Afro-Brazilian artist Domitila de Paulo, come cut and paste our collection of materials (or bring your own) to create a personal visual narrative that engages with memory and identity.
Participants will leave with their works of art, and the knowledge of how to continue the practice with creative resources on campus or on their own.
Speakers
Yereni Butcher is a Senior undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park double majoring in Environmental Science (concentrated in Natural Resource Management), and Latin American/Caribbean History. She works at AADHum as an intern assistant in digital repair and development, with training sprouting from soldering and rewiring motherboards and video game systems. A few digital projects she’s taken on are archiving methods for oral history and CDs as well as resurrecting recycled computers enroute to landfills. She also assists in MITH workshops covering circuitry, inspired...
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