Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

This workshop invites you to look at the materials in your life and re-imagine them in new and generative ways. From our canvas (a toilet or paper towel roll) to our medium (newspaper, old magazines, or product packaging), we will observe and account for our “stuff” and transform it into something beautiful. Materials needed: Toilet paper roll, liquid white school glue, paint brush (or fingers), a bowl of water, old magazines or recycled paper, and your imagination.

About the speaker: Grace L. Sanders Johnson is a visual artist, historian, and co-founder of Harriet’s Hike – an ecological literacy program for black girls and elder women in North Philadelphia. She has practiced collaging for two and a half decades, including study at Fleisher Art Memorial and exhibits at IMPERFECT Gallery (2019).She is also an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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