Liz Goldberg Drawing Class

1400 North American Street,Philadelphia PA 19122

09 April, 2022

Description

Please join us at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 9th for a fashion drawing workshop with artist Liz Goldberg. Accompanied by a live fashion model, Goldberg will guide participants through four, 15-minute speed-round tutorials on the art of drawing fashion illustrations. Stop by the InLiquid Gallery for one session or stay for all four! Either way, you'll have the chance to create your own drawings surrounded by Liz Goldberg's Cuban Queens series for inspiration. All experience levels are welcome, paper and basic drawing materials will be provided. Please note: Parking in the neighborhood is limited. We recommend using rideshare or public transit. The Crane Building is a 10-minute walk from the Girard stop on the Market Frankford subway line. This workshop is conducted in conjunction with the current exhibition at the InLiquid Gallery, Cuban Queens, running from March 9 through April 16. Throughout her career, Liz Goldberg’s work has explored the theme of the “diva” – the flamboyantly uninhibited woman and the personal and political empowerment she represents. On a 2016 trip to Cuba, Goldberg, inspired by the vibrant colors, energy, and people she met, drew hundreds of live sketches on the streets of Havana. The paintings in the series were created based on the drawings of a group of women Goldberg got to know while in Cuba. Since then, her Cuban Queens have been an ongoing focus of her work. Collaboration and shared inspiration are threads that run throughout Goldberg’s artistic practice. And the Cuban Queens paintings have sparked inspiration in artists of various mediums. Also included in the exhibition are the award-winning, experimental animated film created in partnership with Warren Bass and Lowell Boston, and printed textiles made by designer Jaeyoon Jeong. Shown together create a dialogue between the three mediums. At play are the relationships between light, color, texture, movement, sound, and the energy and vibrancy that first inspired Goldberg in the streets of Havana— all in celebration of the archetype of the diva.