Free with registration.

Expand your creative skills. Join is on a fun, quick outcome prompt-based drawing workshop with artist Asser Saint-Val. This workshop is a stand-alone beginner level suitable for a range of abilities and is ideal for beginners who are interested in drawing and developing a visual language.

 Asser Saint-Val is a Miami-based artist and a native of Haiti. He earned BFAs in painting and graphic design from the New World School of the Arts and University of Florida. His art has been exhibited throughout the US and the Caribbean. He is represented in numerous private collections, including those of the Rubell Family Collection, Arturo Mosquera & Lisa Collection, Mireille Chancy Gonzalez, and Francie Bishop Good. Saint-Val has twice received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Award in 2006 and 2012, the DVCAI Award, and numerous Community Grant Awards for his ARTINTHESKY project, a series of multi-sensory interactive public art installations. Saint-Val’s work explores spirituality, self-consciousness, and Neuromelanin with an interest in his own identity.

Materials:

• Graphite pencils
• Colored and pastel pencils
• Charcoal sticks
• Graphite sticks
• Craft knife, erasers, stumps, and sharpener
• Paper

Beginner level. Program recommended for adults or for ages 15 and up. Capacity is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note there are no refunds or exchanges.

Please be advised that audio and video recording during this program is prohibited without written consent from HistoryMiami Museum.

 

Closed Captioning available.

 

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To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any disability accommodation, please contact Hana Squires, Accessibility Coordinator, at accessibility@historymiami.org or call (305) 375-1621 at least two weeks in advance of your visit to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service.)

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Image Courtesy of  Asser Saint-Val.