Memoria: Workshop - Making Art with Sacred Objects

200 North Davie Street,Greensboro NC 27401

15 March, 2022

Description

Come with a relic from your personal collection that you are willing to give up. We will be making artwork from these object and with them. Bring relics from your personal collection (that you are willing to let go of), and explore with Jordan ways to archive your story the art-making. From print-making to inscriptions to modeling. The objects you bring in the offering are for the construction of a community temple focused on preserving the stories of the people of Greensboro. About the Artist Jordan T. Robinson (He/They) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator based in North Carolina. As an artist, much of their work is focused on identity and navigation. In their practice as an artist, they investigate matters of the mind, heart, and spirit that influences the will of people and how that is oriented around life, and circumstances. It is their hope that, in mapping their own multi-layered facets, others can better navigate themselves and achieve self-mastery. They describe themself as stuck between worlds never really belonging in a particular one. However, they end up in this space where they build the bridges to connect these worlds together. About Memoria Memoria is an attempt for communities to tell their own narratives and is a process of healing, reconciliation, and remembrance. For the artist, who is letting go of these memorabilia and the baggage they carry, it is about giving these objects a new life and a chance to live on their own as he parts ways with them to make room for new memories. Memoria is a project that will result in a body of mix-media art, sculptures, and small shrines decorating the exhibition space as we decorate our home.