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Past Events
Open House + Beebots & Bells Workshop
This open house asked critical questions through artmaking about honeybees, such as: How do we make space for listening, for communicating, and fostering relationships during difficult times? What would it mean to revitalize pre-industrial traditions such as “telling the bees” and to value our non-human familiars as co-beings, or even as teachers? The event was led by SWARM, an artist collective based out of the greenhouse artlab that grapples with disentangling human-nonhuman intra-actions and the impact of human influence on ecosystems to consider how we might forge new ways of being and relating to each other amidst ecological crises.
Two Part GIF-Making Workshop with Matea Radic
This workshop was offered in conjunction with the exhibit, “Not the Camera, But the Filing Cabinet: Performative Body Archives in Contemporary Art,” curated by Noor Bhangu. Gallery 1C03, The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies, and the greenhouse artlab presented this workshop with artist Matea Radic.
This was a two-part workshop for women and non-binary folks. We learned how to create a looping, gif-style, walk cycle animation. Participants contributed by drawing individual frames that were later photographed and assembled in Photoshop. We then used the Timeline feature to animate our walk cycle.
Body Image: Explorations of the Self with Leesa Streifer
This workshop was offered in conjunction with the exhibit, “Not the Camera, But the Filing Cabinet: Performative Body Archives in Contemporary Art,” curated by Noor Bhangu. Gallery 1C03, The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies, and the greenhouse artlab presented this workshop with artist Leesa Streifler.
This workshop was based on the premise that body image is a complex phenomenon and everyone’s journey is completely unique. We are at a point where society is somewhat more accepting of non-binary gender expression; however, we are far from where we need to be. When gender expression does not follow the dominant culture, the impact can be devastating, and life-defining. Even for those who basically identify with a gender binary, the representation and expectations of that gender in media and within communities may be stifling and the basis for non-acceptance, confusion, anger, suffering and rebellion. In this workshop Leesa Sreifler presented an artist talk and prompts to write and collage.
Return Atacama: Open Studio + Happening
the greenhouse artlab hosted CONSTELACIONES art collective for a residency from January 13 to January 31. During this time CONSTELACIONES shared their works-in-process and reflective remains from their trans-hemispheric performances: “Lake Winnipeg,” “Wrapping Atacama,” “Return Atacama,” and “Echoes: North…North.”