Join Intuit at Arts of Life for an outdoor artmaking workshop facilitated by Arts of Life artist Carol Pyes.

Workshop Description

Create unique cyanotypes on fabric using objects and natural materials!

Artist Carol Pyes will guide you through the process of making cyanotypes, a chemical process that requires exposure to UV light to create prints. Beads, leaves, flowers and more will be placed on top of fabric during sun exposure to create resist images that appear white – a beautiful contrast between the deep blue of the cyanotype chemicals.

Upcycle used fabric or make your own patches to refresh old items such as stained t-shirts.

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-after-work-cyanotypes-with-arts-of-lifes-carol-pyes-tickets-923972646057?aff=erelpanelorg

Art After Work is pay what you choose. Your contributions help ensure the sustainability of our public programs and support guest lecturers and teaching artists.

Materials at Arts of Life

Textiles – Materials will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring in items you wish to use, as well as garments you’d like to repurpose!
Cyanotype chemicals
Everyday objects such as beads, letters, sequins, glass jars, flowers and leaves
Needles and thread

Access Information

Arts of Life’s facility is wheelchair accessible, with a ramp at the entrance of the building and an accessible bathroom. There is also a break room with sensory objects and noise cancelling headphones available.

Masks are encouraged but not required at this hybrid outdoor/indoor event.

Meet Carol Pyes

(b.1958) Whimsy, charm, and joy are consistent across Carol Pyes’ representational drawings. She moves adeptly across a variety of mediums—often mixing them to increase the depth and complexity of her artwork. With focus and dedication, her personal artistic style emerges through softly rendered hues within pared-down settings. More recently, Pyes has been experimenting with collage while staying true to her preferred subjects: loved ones, moments of joy, and most importantly, cats. “Well I like cats a lot. I’m a cat person. They make me feel good inside… warm inside. They’re so cuddly!” Pyes is driven by her unique gift for routine to revisit consistent subject matter in similar ways. This process is supported by her methodological approach. She gives insight into this process while she’s working by talking through each step of her plan. “It makes me feel good because I enjoy it. It makes the time go by.”

About Arts of Life

Founded in 2000 by artist Veronica Cuculich, two co-directors and nine individuals with developmental disabilities, Arts of Life is a nonprofit studio and gallery with a vision to create a working, person-centric artistic community while providing a work environment of equality in Chicago. Its vision grew from a passion for artistic expression and a need for an alternative system.

Art After Work is a series of hands-on artmaking workshops facilitated by Chicago-based artists. Every month participants are invited to explore new inventive ways to use common, inexpensive and salvaged materials to create your own unique work of art. Each workshop is designed for you to connect with your creativity and each other!

Please contact Accessibility Coordinator, Dani Wieder, at dani@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.

Your participation in an Intuit program constitutes implied consent to be photographed, and for those images to be utilized by Intuit for educational, fundraising and marketing purposes. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a staff member know and we’ll be happy to respect your wishes.

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.

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