LeWorkshop and Exhibition on Saturday, April 6, 4 to 6 p.m.
Open Studio on Sunday, April 7, 2 to 6 p.m.
Compound Yellow, 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302 (map)
Join Polish artist Kamila Wolszczak for a new iteration of her ongoing workshop series Walking Fingers. Wolszczak will take children and adults of all ages on an archeological walk around Oak Park to forage abandoned objects and give them a new life. In this workshop, participants will create a series of hybrid sculptures and mini spatial installations made with clay, earth, wood, and the found foraged objects. This exercise is intended to spark critical reflection on the present and future in a creative atmosphere. After the sculptures are done, they will be integrated into the works exhibited in the studio, alongside previous pieces the artist brought from her home in Amsterdam.
On Sunday, visitors will have the chance to have tea and coffee with Wolszczak and get to know her project more in-depth.
Kamila Wolszczak is a Netherlands-based Polish visual artist and researcher. She works with found materials that are socially perceived as waste. She creates installations, material-based performances, and “walkshops” that explore the relations between urban spaces, artifacts, and human traces. She enjoys collaborative projects and co-creation, as she blends facts with speculation. Wolszczak received a BA in Painting, an MA in Art Education in Poland, and an MA in Performing Public Space Artistic Research in the Netherlands.
