Papel Picado Making Workshop (Community)
Join us for a vibrant and engaging Papel Picado Workshop, where you’ll dive into the rich history and intricate art of traditional Mexican paper cutting. Facilitated by members of the Dia de los Muertos Collective, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to create beautiful papel picado designs that will become a part of our upcoming exhibition “Beyond the Vanishing Maya: Voices of a Land in Resistance.”
Workshop Overview:
Discover the origins and practices of papel picado in Mexico. Learn about the tools and motifs used in this traditional art form and explore its connection to our upcoming exhibition, “Beyond the Vanishing Maya: Voices of a Land in Resistance.” Experience a step-by-step journey through the creation of your own papel picado.
Contribute to the Community Art Piece:
As a special feature of this workshop, participants are invited to contribute their creations to a larger papel picado banner. This collaborative piece will be displayed as part of our upcoming exhibition. Each participant’s unique designs will come together to form a vibrant and meaningful banner, reflecting the community’s creativity and connection to the exhibition themes.
Please Note: This workshop is open to community members.
Related celebration:
Join the Dia de los Muertos Collective in the Museum’s Pop-up Shop (formerly the Gift Shop) as of October 23 for a Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Facilitators:
Jess De Vitt (she/they) is a queer Mexican-Italian artist and community arts mentor based in T’karonto (Treaty 13). With a focus on frameworks that support community practices, accessibility, and transformative justice, Jess has extensive experience facilitating instructional workshops across a variety of mediums and techniques, both digitally and in person. They teach watercolour, acrylic, oil, image transfer, charcoal, resin, jewelry making, bookbinding, soft pastels, embroidery, knitting, and more. Jess is dedicated to challenging notions of scarcity within the arts and community, searching for ways of connecting with each other with intention and care.
Bio image description: The image features Jess looking forward with their hand on their face. Jess is wearing red lipstick and posing against a red wall. Jess is wearing a ceramic bee necklace.
Photo by Tyler J. Sloan
Jesus Mora was born in 1971 in Naucalpan, Mexico. In 1997 he moved to Canada and was
enrolled in TSA and later, in 2004 in OCADU. Mora has facilitated workshops in several communities in Canada, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras and has collaborated artistically with different art organizations in Canada such as Red Pepper Spectacle Arts (as an associate artist), ANDPVA, Centro Cultural Casa Maiz, LCCA, Art Starts, SAVAC, Art City, Urban Arts and LACAP among others. Mora’s work has been recognized by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, Pollock and Krasner Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Arts Council and CONACULTA. He is the founder and co-director of the Day of the Dead celebration at Wychwood Barns in Toronto, Canada.
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