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The Blueprint: Cyanotype Workshop w/ Gabriela Garcia-Luna

The Blueprint: Cyanotype Workshop w/ Gabriela García-Luna
Saturday, August 17, 12–3 pm
PAVED Arts Production Centre, 424 20th St. W. Saskatoon

In this workshop, participants will interact with and reflect on their relationship with the natural environment through the creation of photograms using the ancient photographic process of cyanotypes. Participants will be provided with historical references and practical tools for a hands-on session to produce cyanotype photograms on both paper and fabric.

The artist will lead a discussion on the historical background of cyanotype photography for botanical records. Then participants will go on a nature walk to collect plants for their own photogram. They will learn about the technical process of making a cyanotype, and leave the workshop with their own cyanotype print. There will be time for discussion and feedback with Gabriela García-Luna.

To cover the cost of materials, this workshop will be $10 for PAVED Arts members and $30 for non-members.

Please email program@pavedarts.ca to register for this workshop.

Participants outside during a cyanotype photogram workshop
Leaves and fabric hanging during the process of making cyanotype photograms
Hands arranging plants on paper while creating a cyanotype photogram

Artist Bio

Gabriela García-Luna is a photo-based multimedia artist born in Mexico City  and living in Treaty Six Territory/ Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her artistic practice started with photography and expands into digital work, printmaking, drawing, video and installation. In her work, she explores her relationships with and indexes of her personal history to investigate ideas of unity, separation, fragility, resilience, presence and absence and the points of contact of different realities to be seen.

García-Luna attended national and international artistic residencies. She has exhibited in multiple solo and group exhibitions in Mexico, Canada, UK and India, and she has received grants and awards from FONCA (National Foundation for Culture and Art Fellowship in Mexico, The Saskatchewan Arts Board and Canada Council of the Arts among others. Her work is part of public and private national and international collections Including the Galería Libertad and Coleccion Omnilife, Mexico, TD Bank, Saskatchewan Arts Board, MacKenzie Art Gallery and Global Affairs Canada.

She has been involved in teaching, mentoring and leading community projects in Mexico, Canada and India. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Saskatchewan and a BDes from the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM) in Mexico City. Her work is represented by Slate Fine Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan.