FREE! 2-Part Air Dry Clay Workshop, Make A Coat of Arms

Visual artist, Helen Quinn, will lead a FREE, two-part workshop at Art Retail Therapy, 84-26 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, for folks ages 10+ and adults. Participants will first be asked to draw a coat of arms that represents themselves, their family, their culture. We will then form the emblems out of self drying clay using shield-shaped cookie cutters and rolling pins. Once the clay has dried fully, the students will paint their crests and attach a wire/string for hanging.

Bio

Helen Quinn is a visual artist living in Jackson Heights, Queens working in a variety of media such as silkscreen, gouache, and clay. Helen has shown her work internationally including the Czech Republic and Norway. She is the recipient of three New Works Grants from the Queens Council of the Arts in 2020, 2022 and 2025. She has attended numerous residencies including a year-long program in Japan with the Henry Luce Foundation and more recently at Poco a Poco in Oaxaca, Mexico. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

This show and workshop is made possible (in part) with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.

Donations welcome but not required and not refundable.

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