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Image by Danni O'Brien

Cyborg Cyanotypes with Danni O’Brien

In this workshop, participants will explore cyanotype, one of the oldest photographic printing techniques. This camera-less process involves placing objects or images onto paper coated with a UV-sensitive solution, then exposing it to sunlight. You’ll have access to a variety of found objects—both natural and manmade—as well as clear film to create drawings or collages, and images of diagrams collected by the artist, for printing. The goal is to produce cyborg-inspired images that combine different forms and textures, blending the natural and synthetic, mechanical and organic, found and homemade. The final images, in striking and high contrasting blue and white, will uniquely capture the assembled composition and passage of time.
This workshop is in conjunction with Danni O’Brien’s current exhibition, Toning Systems. (Concourse Gallery)

About the Artist

Danni O’Brien (b. 1992, Virginia) is a sculptor based in Baltimore, Maryland. O’Brien scavenges and collects discarded materials, creating enigmatic assemblages through continuous acts of deconstruction and reconstruction. Their work incorporates assemblage, gardening, paper-making, ceramic handbuilding, woodworking, and casting.

O’Brien’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions with Ortega y Gasset Projects, The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and Tephra ICA. They have exhibited in group exhibitions with Asya Geisberg, Pazo Fine Art, Current Space, Hamiltonian Gallery, and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.

In addition to having been awarded residencies with PLOP, Art Farm, Wassaic Project, Proyecto Ace, and the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, O’Brien is a 2024 Maryland State Arts Council Grant recipient and a 2022 Belle Foundation Grant winner. They are looking forward to returning for a residency with the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony this summer and to being the Windgate Craft Artist Fellow with the Vermont Studio Center this fall.

$18 | Ages 14+

All materials will be provided. 

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Details

Start
September 21 @ 11:00 am
End
September 21 @ 1:00 pm
Cost:
$18

Venue

Outside VisArts on Gibbs Street
Medium
Drawing, Multimedia, Painting,
Frequency
Class, Half-Day Morning, One-Time Workshop,
Ages
14+,