Service Description

Age 10-Adults 1:00-3:00pm Instructor: Waldemar "Waldy" Brodhurst Special rate Age 10-18: $50 $55 CMCArts Members/ $65 Ticket This workshop begins with a personal tour of Wire Art/Crucian Stories, the current exhibition by artist Waldemar Brodhurst. Participants will then learn to create their own Moko Jumbie. Waldemar will guide you through constructing a 16-inch wire armature before adding vibrant madras fabric, bringing to life this legendary icon of the U.S. Virgin Islands. About the Instructor: Waldemar Brodhurst is an artist born and raised on St. Croix whose artwork is made from wire and found and recycled materials. His subjects, human, animal and folkloric, are infused with their own unique vitality and expressions. Brodhurst first began expressing himself through art after his mother's death. He found the ability to channel and release his emotions into sculptures. His work, and the man himself, are a testament to the transformative power of art.​ Waldemar is a fourth generation Brodhurst of Danish, Puerto Rican, German and Afro-Caribbean decent. His work is deeply rooted in and created from stories derived from his lived experience as a Crucian community member with deep roots in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Cultural and historical icons appear regularly in life sized forms and in small table-top iterations. Revered environmental favorites such as turtles, birds, and sea creatures are celebrated through thoughtful forms with glimmering eyes and scales made of shells. Figures appear in glimpses of play and life-sized depictions of beauty and sensuality or embodying the Moko Jumbie demanding respect and honor.