Workshops to Inspire Public Art

Storytelling Art Workshops at Austin Public Library: Tell your family’s story! Bring your cherished family photos and write about your Austin story to be considered for inclusion as painted portraits for the new public art project at Austin History Center by artist, Suzy Gonzalez. Portrait collage art workshop included for in-person attendees. Join Suzy González, resident public artist with Austin Art in Public Places at the Austin History Center, for a series of free, public, and all-ages storytelling and art-making workshops in collaboration with Austin History Center representatives. Participants are encouraged to bring meaningful family photos to foster creative storytelling through the written word. Prompts will relate to both individual and family heritage, culture, migration, and identity. González’s public artwork will take influence from the migration of people to Austin and how each facet of Austin’s development has been influenced by this multitude of cultures in relationship to the Indigenous peoples and the land. Her goal is to uplift community members by providing a creative platform to share their stories. Family photos from the Austin community will offer inspiration to painted elements of a new public artwork encompassing past and present histories that celebrate the city of Austin and the people that call it home. Agenda: • Introduction to the Austin History Center and the importance of archives. • Introduction to artist, Suzy González, her previous public artworks, and her vision for the new project. • Sharing of family photos that participants have brought. • Storytelling Workshop and Photo Share that engages with individual and family histories that ask why, how, and when did you and/or your family arrive to the land that is Austin. • Collage-making Workshop to create a work of art from scans of participant photos and writing. • Takeaway handouts will be provided instructing workshop attendees how to create altars at home to honor their ancestors with their photos. Workshops will be provided at various Austin Public Library locations to engage with a diversity of audiences. The schedule and locations are as follows: · Wednesday, June 12th | 2:00 – 4:00pm | Spicewood Springs Branch Public Library, 8637 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX, 78759 · Thursday, June 13th | 5:30 – 7:30pm | Yarborough Branch Public Library, 2200 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX, 78756 · Saturday, June 15th | 2:00 – 4:00pm |Willie Mae Kirk Public Library, 3101 Oak Springs Dr, Austin, TX, 78702 · Thursday, June 20th| 10:00am – 12:00pm | Menchaca Road Branch Public Library, 5500 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX, 78745 · Saturday June 22nd | 2:00 – 4:00pm | Ruiz Branch Public Library, 1600 Grove Blvd, Austin, TX, 78741 · Wednesday, June 26th | 4:30 - 6:30 | Carver Branch Public Library, 1161 Angelina St, Austin, TX, 78702

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