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+ Educators can receive 6 hours of CPE credits for this program. For details contact our Education and Public Programs Manager at Juan@Contemporarysa.org

Learn about the possibilities of portrait painting in a workshop with exhibiting artist Leeanna Chipana. Following a presentation and demonstration, students will transfer an image of a Moche portrait vessel to a canvas. Using earth oil paint, participants will learn how to paint onto the canvas with an “old master” underpainting technique known as “grisaille” painting and finish their piece in full color.

Materials and light lunch will be provided.

About the Artist
Leeanna Chipana was born on Long Island, NY to an immigrant Quechuan-Peruvian father and American mother. She studied classical drawing at the Grand Central Atelier and received her MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art in 2017. She has participated in group exhibitions at the Long Island Museum, the Heckscher Museum, Southampton Arts Center, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery of SUNY Old Westbury, and the Wilkinson Gallery.

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Celebrate our exhibition, Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers | Soñadores + Creadores del Cambio, and fund a bus during the Big Give at our Westside Lotería Night! The Big Give is a 24-hour fundraising event hosted by the Nonprofit Council, connecting nonprofits, like the Contemporary, in south central Texas with new and existing donors.

Join us for an evening of Westside Lotería, a game created by Xicanx featured artist Juan Miguel Ramos. This special event gives you a chance to win incredible art prizes from Xicanx artists while helping fund bus transportation for school tours and visits to the Contemporary.

Pay what you can at the door (suggested donation: $5) to get your card and join the game. All are welcome! We look forward to seeing you there and making a difference together!

Can’t make it? You can still support us by helping is spread the word or by donating directly to our Big Give page, located here.