Dec
28
to Jan 11
Filtering by: Workshop
Jan
18
to Jan 19
Jan
25
to Feb 15
Jan
27
to Jan 29
Feb
1
to Feb 2
Feb
4
to Feb 18
Feb
9
to Feb 23
Feb
9
to Feb 23
Mar
1
10:00 AM10:00
Mar
2
to Mar 23
Mar
9
to Mar 30
Intermediate Letterpress: Wee Books, Zines, and Greeting Cards
workshop with Mackie Garrett
Mar
15
10:00 AM10:00
Mar
30
to Apr 6
Nov
16
10:00 AM10:00
Nov
16
10:00 AM10:00
Majolica workshop / taller de Majolica -- full!
This workshop is full — email kalmia@publicspaceone.com to join the waitlist.
Join us for a hands-on bilingual workshop introduction to Majolica style glazed ceramics with Consuelo Diaz Vega and Enrique Vazquez Tejeda, traditional Talavera potters from Mexico.
This workshop is free to attend thanks to generous support from the University of Iowa, but spots are limited; please register in advance here: workshop is full!
Está invitado a un taller de introducción a la cerámica estilo majolica con Consuelo Díaz Vega y Enrique Vásquez Tejeda, alfareros tradicionales de Talavera de México.
Este taller es gratuito gracias al apoyo de la Universidad de Iowa, pero los asientos son limitadas; regístrese aquí:
Nov
10
to Nov 24
Nov
9
11:00 AM11:00
Second Saturday All Ages Art: Nature Printing
Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material!
November: Nature Printing
with Alex Ackerman
Create unique cards and artwork with printed leaves that grow in abundance in our Iowa City neighborhoods.
Explore color, texture, and pattern through a simple monoprint technique, while learning about our local plants and trees.
Drop in between 11a-1p
PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert).
Free to participate; donations are welcome.
All ages are welcome! Kiddos must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who is encouraged to participate as well!).
RSVP (encouraged but not required)
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by Hills Bank.
Oct
13
12:00 PM12:00
Oct
12
11:00 AM11:00
Second Saturday All Ages Art: Mail Art & M.A.G.I.C.
Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material!
October: Mail Art
We’re conjuring MAGIC! That is Mail Art Group Iowa City and making mail art!
We will have information about correspondence clubs (including the local MAGIC club), some books on postal art, and supplies (stamps, envelopes, typewriters, inspiration) to send your own!
Drop in between 11a-1p at PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert).
Free to participate; donations are welcome.
All ages are welcome! Kiddos must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who is encouraged to participate as well!).
RSVP (encouraged but not required)
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by: Hills Bank
Oct
12
to Oct 13
Oct
7
to Oct 17
Intro to Intaglio: Drypoint, Line Etch, & Aquatint - closed
workshop with Emily Edwards
Oct
6
to Oct 27
Sep
28
to Sep 29
Sep
15
to Sep 29
Sep
14
11:00 AM11:00
Second Saturday All Ages Art: Mini Mushroom Meadow
Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material!
September: Mini Mushroom Meadow
Drop in between 11a-1p at PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert).
Free to participate; donations are welcome.
All ages are welcome! Kiddos must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who is encouraged to participate as well!).
RSVP (encouraged but not required)
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by: Hills Bank
Sep
13
to Sep 14
Sep
9
6:00 PM18:00
Sep
8
10:30 AM10:30
Sep
1
1:00 PM13:00
Aug
31
to Sep 1
Aug
31
to Sep 7
Aug
10
11:00 AM11:00
Second Saturday All Ages Art: Draw Your Salad
Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material!
August: Draw Your Salad
Plein-air (outdoor) drawing and painting veggies and other edible plants from the Close House Gardens. We’ll experiment with different mark-making tools to create a colorful salad.
Snacking encouraged!
Drop in between 11a-1p OUTSIDE PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert).
Free to participate; donations are welcome.
All ages are welcome! Kiddos must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who is encouraged to participate as well!).
RSVP (encouraged but not required)
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by:
• the Community Foundation of Johnson County
• the Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Jul
14
1:00 PM13:00
Cyanotype workshop
Learn how to make Cyanotype photogram prints with artists Heather Steckler & Harper Folsom in this community workshop as part of their Hold On/Let Go project and exhibition. Participants will learn about the cyanotype process and expose and develop photogram prints. Bring your own objects– anything from trash to treasure– to use to create unique cyanotype compositions. This drop-in workshop is open to participants of all ages & no experience is necessary!
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is highly encouraged!
Jul
13
11:00 AM11:00
Second Saturday All Ages Art: Stick Weaving
Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material!
July: Stick Weaving
Drop in between 11a-1p OUTSIDE PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert).
Free to participate; donations are welcome.
All ages are welcome! Kiddos must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who is encouraged to participate as well!).
RSVP (encouraged but not required)
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by:
• the Community Foundation of Johnson County
• the Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Jul
6
2:00 PM14:00
Jun
30
to Jul 14
Intermediate Letterpress: Wee Books, Zines, & Greeting Cards -- full!
workshop with Mackie Garrett
Jun
25
to Jun 26
Jun
22
1:00 PM13:00
Recycled Papermaking workshop
Learn how to make handmade recycled paper with artists Heather Steckler & Harper Folsom in this community workshop as part of their Hold On/Let Go project and exhibition. Bring your junk mail, paper scraps, unwanted documents, and other paper you’d like to recycle. Learn how to make recycled pulp and pull your own sheets of handmade paper. Participants will have the chance to participate in a community-made artwork for display in the October Hold on/Let Go exhibition and make their own sheets of paper to bring home. This drop-in workshop is open to participants of all ages & no experience is necessary!
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is highly encouraged!
Jun
15
12:00 PM12:00
Tile Painting / Taller de pintura de azulejos -- full!
bilingual workshop with Javier Espinosa
Jun
9
to Jun 30
Intuitive Filmmaking - full!
This workshop is full! Please contact kalmia@publicspaceone.com to join the waitlist.
TEACHING ARTIST:
Clare Kinkaid trained in commercial filmmaking and achieved success locally, but became fed up with the rules of the industry, financial hoops and sexist enviorments. She decided to part ways from that path to travel & pursue her experimental dreams. Clare practices intuitive filmmaking; focusing on the relationships between everyone involved, the inherit exploitative power of the camera, accessibility and challenges what narratives look like in the modern age.
Jun
9
to Jun 30
Regenerative composition: expanded literature tactics -- full!
This workshop is full — please contact kalmia@publicspaceone.com to join the waitlist.
TEACHING ARTIST:
Nicolás Gerardi (Venezuela, 1989) is a multimedia writer and researcher. In 2012 he was part of the Experimental Curatorial Workshop with his exhibition Dynamics of Appropriation: Anthropophagy in the 2.0 era at the Centro de Arte Los Galpones (Caracas). In 2013 he organized together with Ionee Waterhouse the digital art encounter Señal Abierta at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas. In 2016, he twice organized the multimedia event Live Cinema that integrated poetry reading, with the revitalization of film archive and electronic music in real time. In 2019, he presented his piece Límite y Frontera at the Andrés Duque Cinema, as part of the Bogotá Young Art Salon. From 2019 he has been dedicated to conceptualize, design and print and artist books under the publishing house Limo (s)Ediciones del Caribe. Through this house he self-published his first work in book format, the photo poetry book Uy,uy,uy,uy,ur,ur,ur,ur (2019). With his project Poemas Unicode he was selected to be part of the II Jornada Internacional de Poesía Visual, at the Universidad Federal Fluminense (2023). He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Creative Writing in Spanish at the University of Iowa and is preparing an immersive exhibition about his own experience as a migrant and refugee.
Jun
8
11:00 AM11:00
Second Saturday All Ages Art: Rubber Stamps
Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material!
June: Rubber Stamps
Design, carve and print your own original stamp.
Drop in between 11a-1p at PS1 Close (538 S. Gilbert).
Free to participate; donations are welcome.
All ages are welcome! Kiddos must be accompanied by a parent/guardian (who is encouraged to participate as well!).
RSVP (encouraged but not required)
Free second Saturday workshops are made possible by:
• the Community Foundation of Johnson County
• the Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Jun
5
to Jun 19