Pop Portraits

Participants will use Andy Warhol’s under-painting and layering techniques to create their own collaged Pop Portrait. Mimicking the photographic silkscreen process that Warhol used, participants will use acetate and collage materials to explore the way a repeated image can be made unique. Choose from a wide selection of celebrity portraits ranging from Warhol’s superstars to contemporary pop icons.

Shoe Stamping Party

Through a combination of stamping and collage techniques, participants will design their own shoe drawings and advertisements. Based on Andy Warhol’s blotted line and stamped illustrations of shoes, as seen in his Basket of Flowers, Stamped Shoes, and The wonderful world of Fleming-Joffe, participants will explore concepts of pattern, texture, and color experimentation.

Opaque Projector Mural

Participants will create a collaborative mural using an opaque projector, photographic source images, and acrylic paint. Simulating Andy Warhol’s early Pop paintings and collaborations with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, participants will manipulate images from Pop culture while exploring layering and enlarging techniques used by Warhol.

Blotted Line Drawings

Participants will create a drawing of an image from popular culture using Warhol’s “blotted line” drawing technique using magazine images, ink, watercolors, and gold leaf. Warhol used blotted line to create his famous commercial illustrations from the 1950’s such as his 25 Cats Name Sam, A is for Alphabet, and I. Miller shoe illustrations.

Projected Light Polaroid

Participants will create their own Polaroid portraits in the style of Andy Warhol using projected light, slide images, and Polaroid cameras. Based on Warhol’s experimental photography and other projected light techniques used in his film Chelsea Girls and multimedia event the Exploding Plastic Inevitable; participants will discuss how Warhol revolutionized how we experience live shows and multimedia events.

Pop Paper Dolls

Participants will create Pop inspired fashions for their own Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe paper dolls. Andy Warhol loved paper dolls as a child and had a lifelong interest in fashion. Participants will use rubberstamps, markers and collage paper to create their own unique fashions.