Service Description

Material Encounters with Dorothy Akpene Amenuke (Ghana) Two Part Workshop: Saturday, November 7 & Saturday, November 14 Time: 10:00am–12:00pm; lunch break 1:00pm -3:00 pm Location: CMCArts Tent Ages: 10-Adults **Under 15 accompanied by Guardian (morning session only) Price: $10/ $5 youths & members This workshop is inspired by the method of the Reparative Encounters group, which we term “working alongside one another”. Through this method, we experiment with each artist’s materials, local to the context we are in (St Croix, Nuuk, Ghana), such as seal skin, madras fabric, feathers, and hair, to create new imagery. In this workshop we will experiment with Dorothy Amenuke’s technique of making Scrolls – large scale fabric tableaus stitched together by fragments of textiles and other materials. Each participant will work on composing a “landscape” of their own or in a group of approx 1 m x 1 m, using the materials they are inspired by. The landscape can be imaginary or real. The landscapes created during the workshops will be stitched together into a scroll and shown at the premises of CMCArts. Participants are asked to bring: *A piece of fabric that has special meaning to them to incorporate into their scroll. *A photograph of a landscape that is meaningful to them for the first day of class. OR email landscape photograph to kaden@cmcarts.org in advance who will print it for you. *Lunch Break: Participants are responsible for their own lunch. Bring bag lunch or plan to eat at one of Frederiksted's restaurants About the Instructor: Dorothy Akpene Amenuke (Ghana) IG handle: @dotamenuke Website: https://www.amenukedorothy.com/ b. 1968 is a Ghanaian artist who lives and works from Kumasi, Ghana. Amenuke holds a PhD in Sculpture from the Department of Painting and Sculpture, in the College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST, Kumasi, where she is Senior Lecturer. Through her artistic and academic practice, she contributes meaningfully to critical conversations around contemporary African art and spatial aesthetics. Working with fibres, textiles, fabrics, and found materials, Amenuke creates large-scale soft sculptures and immersive installations. Amenuke is a member of blaxTARLINES, the groundbreaking art incubator group from Kumasi.