Overview:



Learn how to create your own tin art piece in this workshop led by Seattle artist Eileen Jimenez



About the Artist:



Eileen’s mother is Maria Cruz, her grandmother is Eloisa, and her great-grandmother is Ysidora, matriarchs of the Ñätho (Otomi Peoples of Michoacan/Guanajuato, Mexico). As an IndigiQueer leader, community member, educator and as an artist, everything she does and creates is influenced by her many intersecting identities and lived experiences.



Eileen uses printmaking and mixed-media techniques to develop her own ways of telling stories within the complex layers in which they exist, as well as to demonstrate how we are connected to the Land and to each other. In her current body of work, she focuses on the embodiment of the divine, manifested through our bodies and, specifically, our hands. In her work, you will also see her commitment to centering the stories of joy that flow through our communities.



About ACES:



ACES // Artists of Color Expo and Symposium is BIPOC-led program produced by Shunpike that creates space for BIPOC artists to be bold and create through experimentation and community intention. ACES is supported by 4Culture, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods .



Shunpike envisions a community where independent artists and arts groups thrive creatively and economically, and where their work is widely valued as fundamental to the cultural, social, and economic well-being of Washington state.



Shunpike is committed to the following statement of equity. Inclusion means my voice is heard. Diversity means I am reflected and represented in the organization at every level. Equity means I am supported by systems and policies that ensure I succeed, despite historic patterns of hindered success.