Artist, activist and teacher Nayda A. Cuevas will foster a safe and welcoming space for Concord-area families and students to creatively and constructively explore themes of race and racial justice.

Nayda will share examples of how the concepts of race and identity have been explored in contemporary art, with attention to the absence of representation and stereotyping, as compared to works by BIPOC artists and about BIPOC figures. Families or individual students will then select a figure of their choice to create a portrait. Nayda will provide an easy step-by-step guidance to make this artistic process fun for all ages. Possible mediums to use: Acrylic, watercolor, pencil and collage.

Note: Artwork does not have to be completed during a workshop session; students may take works home to complete, or return to work on them in additional family workshops. Workshops will conclude in an exhibition at The Umbrella Arts Center to be hung in April 2023. For more information, contact stephanie@theumbrellaarts.org.