Art After Work: Charles Williams

Artist and museum educator Mayra Palafox guides an art-making workshop inspired by Charles Williams.

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About this event

Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free series of facilitated art-making workshops inspired by outsider and self-taught art and artists from the museum's collections and exhibitions. This month, artist and museum educator Mayra Palafox will lead a discussion and facilitate a workshop inspired by artist Charles Williams, who found inspiration in comic books, pop culture and his lived experiences to create new superheroes. In the virtual workshop, participants will explore the process of mixed media to create their own superheroes!

Image: Installation photograph by Cheri Eisenberg of two superhero pieces by Charles Williams

Suggested materials

• Pencils and color pencils
• Markers
• Watercolor paints
• Paintbrushes
• Water
• Collage materials (e.g., magazine and newspaper clippings)
• Glue stick
• Paper (e.g., computer paper, notebook paper, carboard)

Art After Work is for everyone, including beginners and people who say they "are not artists." We can all be artists! It is a guided workshop, and instruction will begin at 5 p.m. central.

Closed captions will be available at the virtual program. Please contact Lindsey Wurz at lindsey@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.

Art After Work is free to join! To show your support to Intuit, please consider the pay-what-you-can option when you complete your reservation. Your contributions help ensure the sustainability of our public programs and support guest lecturers and teaching artists.

Two hours before the event, Intuit will email the Zoom link to those who RSVP on Eventbrite. Please check your junk folder; unfortunately, these emails are sent there sometimes.

Art After Work is funded in part by the Alphawood Foundation, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Illinois Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Prince Charitable Trust, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations from Intuit members and supporters.

Meet Mayra Palafox

Mayra C. Palafox is an artist and arts administrator from Michoacan, Mexico, now based in Chicago. She is an alumna from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an advocate for IDEA work in museums. Mayra worked at the Field Museum of Natural History, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the New York Historical Society before joining the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago as a lead museum educator.