Animal Patterns

Sample prepared by Katie Parry, Museum Tour Manager. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

Go deep into the world of contemporary pattern design! Drawing from our extensive archive, including artist boxes in our collection, we'll explore hand-drawn pattern design techniques, tools, and themes inspired by the works of past Artists-in-Residence. At the end of this six-part class, leave with a portfolio of pattern studies and paper prints documenting the evolution of your own designs.

Week 3: Animal Patterns

Inspired by Laurie Anderson’s 2011 exhibition, Forty-Nine Days in the Bardo—a tender exploration of love and grief after the passing of her dog, Lolabelle— employ mixed media and a reductive drawing process to capture the spirit of a beloved animal. Then, learn to express memory and myth using transfer techniques and searching lines inspired by the sensitive line work in Kiki Smith’s sketches for her 2001 work, Familiars.