Side Street Studio Arts, Going Dutch, and the Elgin History Museum present an all-ages Paper, Print, and Map Making Workshop.

Get ready to dive into the world of creativity and cartography by learning the basics of paper and print making with special guest artists Kelly Cunningham, Christine Hands, and ShawnT! Wear clothes that you don’t mind getting a bit messy.

What you will learn:
-how to make your own paper from recycled materials
-block printing techniques
-simple map-making techniques

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Roadmaps: Meg Jordan, Kelly Ann Cunningham, Beizar Aradini, Nick Cartwright and Martha Lazarski

Sunday August 18th

Workshops: 3 to 5 p.m.

Reception 5 to 7 p.m.

Side Street Studio Artis pleased to present Roadmaps by Meg Jordan, Kelly Ann Cunningham, Nick Cartwright, and Martha Lazarski. Roadmaps is an art exhibition in two parts that aims to foster connections between the emerging artists in the local art scenes in the Chicagoland and Nashville areas. Five artists will be featured in this version of the show. Each artist’s contribution will focus on a theme they explore, for which they will offer a “roadmap.”

Harkening back to the physicality of a roadmap’s original form, the art on display in Roadmaps invites us to reconsider how the obsolescence of roadmap’s physical form functioned differently than its current linguistic use suggests. The art featured in this exhibit celebrates the roadmap as an enabling tool–one that allows us to explore a given terrain rather than fixate on arriving at a particular destination. The important questions this exhibition will explore include: How is navigating what is familiar different from navigating what is unfamiliar? How does art facilitate the process of navigating social change? What can local artists learn from their communities and what can communities learn from their local artists?

Side Street Studio Arts advances engagement in the arts by providing inclusive access to exhibition, performance, education, and advocacy resources, because art is important.

Going Dutch is a celebration of female and nonbinary voices in the arts.

Elgin History Museum: Inspiring historical discovery by preserving and sharing Elgin’s heritage.

This program is supported in part by the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission.