ArtLab
Registration will open two weeks prior.
Each month (September - April), participants will be introduced to one of the Museum’s exhibitions in a fun and interactive way. ArtLabs are led by professional artists and art educators who will engage participants of all ages and skills in their own unique experience relating to an exhibition on display in the Museum.
Lauren Austin, ‘Our Vision of his Transition,’ 2021, 76”L x 150”W.
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Life in Quilts with Lauren Austin
Lab starts at 10:30am
Free for Members, $5 per Non-Member
Pre-registration is required.
Join artist Lauren Austin as she shares quilting techniques utilized to develop her work in the Life in Quilts exhibition. Lauren will demonstrate her technique of quilt drawing to produce the detailed designs, symbols, and figures in her signature story quilts, as well as share her quilt life stories. Participants will be given an opportunity to try their hand at the techniques on a small quilt sample and are encouraged to ask questions about her work and its inspirations.
All materials will be provided.
About Lauren Austin:
I am an African American quilter with over 30 years of art quilt making experience. I use family photos and my own hand-dyed, hand-painted fabric to make fabric portraits of African American work and life. I made my first quilt at 7 years old, and many quilts since that time. I studied anthropology, Latin American literature and Spanish language as an undergraduate. I studied and practiced law after a stint with the US Foreign Service before becoming an artist full time.
I am currently working on a series of quilts about black people and the natural world, and another series about International Human Rights. I work in collaboration with various groups to make community art. I have completed community projects in the US, the Bahamas, China, and Kenya. I live in Maitland, Florida.