Marwen | Courses & Workshops

Find Your Passion

Marwen's FREE summer courses are 100% virtual this year!

Registration is now closed for classes that began the week of July 6. See all course offerings below. More workshops to be announced soon!

In this experimental lab for artistic growth and environmental and food justice, you will learn composting, harvesting, natural dyeing, mapmaking, and bookmaking to create your own home garden and bind a book of botanicals. No outside space required.

Roots & Sprouts: Gardens and Textiles that Connect Us

Sarita Garcia; Janet López

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Fri

1 PM - 3 PM

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Explore how art is utilized as a tool for healing. Engage in drawing, jewelry making, sculpture, and zine making to harness the power of your creativity to create spaces of rest, resilience, and justice for yourself and your community.

Healing Forms: Rest & Resilience Through Making

Melissa Cook; Salim Moore

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Wed

11 AM - 1 PM

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Healing Forms: Rest & Resilience Through Making

Celebrate gender expression through plushie characters! Create soft 3D characters using fabric, embellishments, and basic sewing. No previous sewing experience needed. Interpret your world through cute, complex, and squishy character creation.

Queer Plushie: Reimagining Gender through Character Design

Angel Heard; Mikey Anderson

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Tue

6 PM - 7:30 PM

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Work in 2D and 3D mediums to re-envision worlds that work for everyone. Utilize photography, collage, and sustainable sculpture as visual storytelling. Explore how artists shape communities, challenge injustice, and craft futures where we all thrive.

Envisioning Emergent Worlds: Interdisciplinary Art

Jose Alejandro Corcoles; Sydney Anderson

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Tue

4 PM - 5:30 PM

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If I was alive in 2020, what would I do? Sharpen your filmmaking skills utilizing smartphone apps, and explore the basics of cutting, audio, and building a video story. Learn powerful storytelling, and shape the narrative of this historic moment.

Essential Voices: Reclaim Your Narrative Through Digital Storytelling

Rosalia Marzullo; Eason Bragg

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mon, Wed

4 PM - 5 PM

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Reflect on the role that portraits have in shifting and shaping history and explore the power of framing a subject. Create your own self portraits and/or portraits of family members through digital photography.

Powerful Personas: Portraits as Storytelling

Alyssa V Almore; Victoria M Williamson

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mon

5 PM - 7 PM

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Inspired by the imagination and beauty of Black people, Science Fiction, and Afro-Futurism, this observational drawing course will build your drawing skills. Explore illustration, painting, and 2D mixed media with pencil, acrylic paints, found objects, and more.

Science Fiction and Afro-Futurism: Drawing Our World Transformed

Gabriela Escovar; Allen Moore

Grade: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Thu

4 PM - 5:30 PM

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