Clay Workshop with Nurgül Rodriguez
Saturday, February 25th | 4:00-5:30 PM
Clay tablets are one of the most ancient writing mediums, serving as the earliest historical documents. In this workshop, Nurgül Rodriguez prompts us to think about immigration documents in general and the ‘Landing Paper’ that is issued to new immigrants in particular.
The workshop will involve making one’s own clay tablet, with each participant choosing a word or collection of words that resonate most with their sense of identity.
This workshop has been developed as an extension of Rodriguez’s installation- In a New Land… Be Longing, which is currently on view in the exhibition Human Capital.
Materials will be provided.
This workshop is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Human Capital, on view until April 16, 2023.
Saturday, February 25th
4:00-5:30pm
For adults ages 18+
Members: $10 /person
Non-members: $20 /person
About the artist,
Nurgül Rodriguez (she/her)
Nurgül Rodriguez is an artist with an interdisciplinary practice and a PhD student at Werklund School of Education. She has an active individual practice of disciplines and media including porcelain, installation, handmade paper, printmaking, three-dimensional pieces, and more recently socially engaged and collaborative projects. Her work is social, political and personal with a focus on issues of immigration, diasporas, borders and cultures. She explores becoming a diasporic individual during identity formation within a new culture. Nurgul settled in Calgary in 2009 after many nomadic years of living in Turkey, the United States and Spain with her family. She currently lives in Calgary making, writing, teaching, collaborating and always learning.