FREE Art Class for Adults Returns!

By DNDA Staff | January 28, 2022

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We are excited to announce the return of our FREE Adult Art Class, celebrating Black History Month! In this round of classes, we have two amazing Seattle-based Black visual artists who will walk us through painting on themes relating to Black culture. Use what you’ve got at home, and no special skills are required! (Artists will be using acrylic paint.)
Sign up below.

Art Class for Adults Class Registration

 

 

Questions? Please email us.

 

Class 1: Storytelling through Fabric Design with Rae Akino

When: Thursday, February 17th, 2022, 5:45 – 7:45p

Location: Online – Zoom (link provided after registration)

Age: This class is designed for adults (18+ years old), but young family members welcome

Description: In this class, we’ll explore storytelling through African fabric design – the meanings, traditions, and its presence and importance in modern Black culture and pop culture.

Materials: Recommended materials list below, but a writing or drawing tool and a surface to create on are all you need.

Tools/Supplies: Acrylic paint, markers, scissors, pastels, pen, pencils, crayons
Surfaces: paper, construction paper, canvas, cardboard

This class is free to the community, but donations are appreciated. Donate

About the Artist: Rae Akino
Rae is a Seattle-based, DC-born self-taught visual artist who tells stories of self-identity, sexuality,
Afrocentrism, spirituality, mental health, and more, through their work.
“Telling stories that are unheard or undervalued gives greater meaning to any work.” -RA
Learn more about Rae

 

 

 

 

 

Class 2: Black Mental Health with Mujale Chisebuka

When: Thursday, February 24th, 2022, 5:45 – 7:45p

Location: Online – Zoom (link provided after registration)

Age: This class is designed for adults (18+ years old), but young family members welcome

Description: In this class, we will visually explore the theme of Mental Health, in observation of the National Black History Month 2022 theme of Black Health & Wellness.

Materials: Recommended materials list below, but a writing or drawing tool and a surface to create on are all you need.

Tools/Supplies: Acrylic paint, markers, scissors, pastels, pen, pencils, crayons
Surfaces: paper, construction paper, canvas, cardboard

This class is free to the community, but donations are appreciated. Donate

 

About the Artist: Mujale Chisebuka
As an artist, I love creating art that speaks to myself and others about life and all the things it encompasses. Beauty, culture, special moments, nature, fear, triumph, ups the downs. Life is an amazing and mysterious miracle that I can only try to attempt to understand but I love the adventure of trying to capture it and turning it into art. Learn more about Mujale.