Construct an assemblage sculpture using wood, stone, and leather, based on artist Jas Mardis’s work. Then, participate in a collective decision-making process to transform the piece, taking cues from Hugh Hayden’s reimagining of a Dallas area playground. Explore the exhibition Hugh Hayden: Homecoming and join a conversation about the social issues of inclusion, exclusion, and social responsibility.
This workshop is designed for adults ages 18+. Learn something new, have a bite to eat, and get creative.
Registration is $15 for Nasher Members; $20 for Non-members. Ticket price includes drinks, snacks, and all art-making supplies. Advance registration required.
About Jas Mardis
Jas Mardis is an award-winning writer and Multidisciplinary visual artist. Mardis works with leather pyrography portraiture, fabric art quilt making and digital prints. Mardis is an inductee to the Texas Literary Hall of Fame and GRIOT Awards winner from The National Association of Black Journalist. He has also been awarded the Pushcart Prize for poetry and was selected Editor of KenteCloth: Southwest Voices of the African Diaspora for the University of North Texas Press/Center for Texas Studies. Jas Mardis fabric art and portraiture has appeared in various exhibitions, both locally, statewide, nationally and abroad. In 2018, Mardis was selected as one of twelve quilters for, A Response to Gees Bend by Swarthmore College.
Jas Mardis is recognized as a dynamic storyteller and orator with assignments for the Dallas Museum of Arts, Arts and Letters LIVE series, Morning Edition Radio Commentaries, City of Dallas’, “Neighborhood Touring Program: The Family Story Project”, Dallas Public Library, “20 Minutes With A Living Book”, “Genealogy for Seniors” and “The Family Story Project for Seniors” a collaboration with MET Life Healthcare and the Dallas Public Library.