Experiment with Paint Community Workshop with artist Jessica Mueller

Come experiment with paint! During this workshop we will explore different ways of working with acrylic paint including adding common household items. What happens to paint when you add dish soap? How can we create interesting textures with kitchen sponges, rags and our hands? Can we create our own spray paint? What does this all look like together on a canvas? Join us to explore the possibilities.

A zoom link will be provided to all who register and on this event page 30 minutes prior to workshop.

Free supply kits can be ordered for pickup or delivery at https://form.jotform.com/200387701427149.

Want to get your own supplies? Supply List:
Paint: Black, White, + 1 Neon Color (if you use the small plastic cups they will probably need 2 for the neon and white)
Kitchen sponge with rough side and soft side
Spray bottle (I have about 5 I can send you, or we can reuse spray bottles from household cleaners)
Rag
18×24 Canvas/Canvas panel (doesn’t have to be this exact size, but something large
Sandwich bag
Plate for paint

Jessica Mueller Artist Statement:
Jessica Mueller’s work provides visibility for experiences of motherhood that are less than glamorous, shows the absurdity and value in the domestic mundane within actions of care and service, and offers a space for collective thinking. Jessica investigates intersectionality as she experiences it while tending to her bicultural/dual-language /single-parent household, negotiating the world of academia and everything else, while toggling between individual making and collective making. Jessica’s work takes form through materials including embroidery, video, printmaking, performance, and sculpture.

Jessica Mueller is a faculty member in the Design Department at the American Academy of Art. Since 2004, she has been a teaching artist with Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE), After School Matters, Gallery 37, and Chicago Public Schools. Jessica holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She is a member of the Chicago ACT Collective and MotherArt: Revisited. She exhibits locally and nationally, and her work is part of the permanent collections at the School of the Art Institute’s Flaxman Library, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Columbia College’s Center for Book and Paper Arts, and the Library of Congress. Jessica is a recipient of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 2019 Heart of Gold Award and is a 3Arts 2021 Make A Wave grantee.