Contemporary Kids: The Process Behind Painting

The free onsite Contemporary Kids programs invite children to learn about modern and contemporary art through unique and engaging art activities. 

Beginning with looking at the painting re-grounding, 2011 by Marigold Santos, children are encouraged to explore painting with different tools and techniques. This will allow them to explore textures and patterns like scraping, repetitive mark-making, sponge art, fork art etc.

Sunday, Jan 22, 2022 | 12:00-2:00 PM

For children ages 4-12.

Maximum group of 30 children, with one guardian per child. 
Snacks and workshop supplies will be provided.

About the artist: Marigold Santos

Marigold Santos pursues an interdisciplinary art practice involving drawn, painted, and printed works, sculpture, tattooing, and sound. Her work explores self-hood and identity that embraces multiplicity, fragmentation and empowerment, as informed by diasporic experiences. She holds a BFA from the University of Calgary, and an MFA from Concordia University. As a recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, she continues to exhibit widely across Canada. Marigold Santos lives and works in Mohkinstsis/Calgary.