Date: Friday 20th, Saturday 21st, & Sunday 22nd, January 2023
Times: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: $350
Level: All Levels
Workshop Description
The Up-cycled Nursery: Make your own fiddle leaf fig from recycled objects!
About the Artist
Emily Quinn Loughlin is a Park City, Utah native. Loughlin received her B.F.A., with honors, in Fibers from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2015. Loughlin is driven to digest the waste materials of her community, using reclaimed materials from local businesses in her fine art pieces. Through these as well as her installation and styling projects, Loughlin seeks to create healing within herself and in her community.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
The goal of my practice is to create objects that spark that courage, curiosity, and joy. I use recycled materials and found objects to show how we can find magic in unexpected places--like the mundane and cast aside. Such visions build the foundation for a courageous, curious, and joyful life. I use the theme of interconnectedness as a tool to illuminate seeds of joy and curiosity in those who engage with my work. Since I conceive of existence as a single body, and us as moving parts within it, my work encourages the viewer to internalize of how we treat one another, as well as the environment in which we reside. If we can conceive of existence as a single living body, it helps us understand and apply the golden rule literally. Looking through this lens with courage, curiosity and joy, it becomes natural to seek ways to build a better world together.