About the Workshop

This workshop is for anyone tired of making “good” art instead of their art. Each day starts with quick prompts that push you past your internal hall monitor and into unapologetic mark-making. We’ll use synectic triggers, unlikely pairings, and your own love/hate aesthetics to expose what you actually see to get you to stop self censoring. The class is generative with short group check-ins and direct, honest feedback. Expect to experiment, get outside of your comfort zone, and develop a point of view that feels unmistakably yours. You’ll leave with new drawings and a sharper, more authentic way of creating.

To the first class, students should bring full page printouts of imagery they love and hate (one of each). These can be pulled from any source (including books or magazines) but must be physical copies (not digital).  

About the Instructor

Autumn Wallace (b. 1996, Philadelphia, PA) graduated from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2018. Wallace is a cross-disciplinary artist whose work examines myth, gender, sexuality and the Black-femme experience. Their work draws on a diverse range of material and research including early 90’s cartoons, Byzantine aesthetics, “low-quality adult materials”, anthropology and zoology, crafting unique stories and characters which reoccur and evolve throughout their practice. Through this eclectic methodology, Wallace creates alternative narratives which facilitate entryways for excluded voices.