Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free series of facilitated art-making workshops inspired by outsider and self-taught art and artists from the museum’s collections and exhibitions. This month, museum educator Mayra Palafox will facilitate a workshop inspired by artist L.V. Hull. In the in-person workshop, participants will embellish and repurpose found objects into works of art by painting them in the signature style of the Mississippi artist.
Materials at Intuit
- Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Glue
- Hot glue
- Shoes
- Found objects
Art After Work is for everyone, including beginners and people who say they “are not artists.” We can all be artists! It is a guided workshop, and instruction will begin at 5 p.m. in the museum’s performance space.
Please contact Lindsey Wurz at lindsey@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.
Art After Work is free to join! To show your support to Intuit, please consider the pay-what-you-can option when you complete your reservation. Your contributions help ensure the sustainability of our public programs and support guest lecturers and teaching artists.
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Art After Work is funded in part by the Alphawood Foundation, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Illinois Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Prince Charitable Trust, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations from Intuit members and supporters.
Meet Mayra Palafox
Mayra Cecilia Palafox is a museum educator and administrator who works at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago as Manager of Learning, Students and Families. She is an alumna of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago—developing alumni events in the city—and has worked in museums and cultural institutions in Chicago, New York and Berkeley. Palafox serves on the auxiliary board at the National Museum of Mexican Art, where she is co-chair of the engagement committee. Before joining the MCA, she held positions at the Smart Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Historical Society. In her free time, she enjoys working with plants, repotting and playing with her dog, Scrunchie.
