Join artist Cara Marie Piazza for a guided workshop in which we will learn how to use natural materials as a medium for painting and dyeing techniques. Participants will explore various kinds of natural material such as earth pigments, botanicals, roots, and honey. For the beginning of the workshop, Piazza will lead an illustrative world-building exercise followed by a demonstration of how to shift colors with pH modifiers. Afterward, participants will create three 8.5 × 11" watercolor paintings on paper using plant and botanical materials.
This 90-minute, in-person program is free. This workshop takes place in person at MoMA. To keep the workshop intimate, capacity is limited. Preregistration is required.
Cara Marie Piazza is a natural dyer and artisan. She is the head of Calyx Studios in Brooklyn. Calyx studios offers natural dye applications for fashion, interior design, and the arts. We create our conscious colors by only using natural dyestuffs such as botanicals, plant matter, minerals, non-toxic metals, and food waste, transforming each project into its own unique story. By sharing this knowledge, our studio believes we can help empower and heal with creative play. We offer workshops on both the public and corporate scale for natural dyeing, curating unique experiences merging healing, color resonance, and art.
Accessibility
In order to serve visitors with hearing loss, the Crown Creativity Lab includes induction hearing loops for sound amplification. Visitors can turn their hearing aid or cochlear implant to T-coil mode to hear enhanced sound effortlessly. The loop system does not work with hearing aids without telecoil technology.
All-gender restrooms are located on Floors 1, 3W, 5, and T1.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and live captioning is available for public programs upon request with two weeks’ advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks’ notice. Please contact [email protected] to make a request for these accommodations.
The entrance to the Creativity Lab has a power-assist door.
Seating options include chairs with backs and mattresses at wheelchair height.
For more information on accessibility at MoMA, please visit moma.org/Access. For accessibility questions or accommodation requests please email [email protected] or call 212-708-9781.
The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.
Access and Community Programs are supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
Major funding is provided by Volkswagen of America, the Agnes Gund Education Endowment Fund for Public Programs, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art Endowment for Educational Programs, the Jeanne Thayer Young Scholars Fund, and the Annual Education Fund.