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Sun, Sep 29, 2-4pm “Moon Glow Puppy” Private Houston Kids Painting Party
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HOST: Kate Bahrami
This kids painting party in Houston features step-by-step instruction to help you create a fun acrylic painting on a 16×20 stretched canvas. Bring your favorite beverages and snacks to our studio! A great, interactive social environment where no two paintings are the same! #makeityourown #artishappiness
Time: 2-4pm, doors open 30 minutes prior!
Breaks are every 30 minutes, to refill and socialize.
Registration: Each person must be paid to enter, no unpaid guests allowed. Advance online sign-up only, you will receive an auto-receipt in your email, no need to print out, you will be on the roster!
Ages: 4 and up welcome to attend!
Supplied: all art materials and tools, excellent art instruction, ice, cups, paper plates, napkins, plastic utensils. We use recyclable materials but you are welcome to bring your own party decorations and wine glasses. Complimentary cold bottled water in every class!
Bring: your favorite beverages and snacks.
Location: 1460 Eldridge Parkway,#120, Houston, TX 77077
Directions / Parking: Click here!
The Art Cellar of Houston – Wine & Painting BYOB Painting Classes in Houston – Private Painting Parties & Team Building for Houston, Energy Corridor, Memorial, Katy, Westchase, Bellaire, Sugarland, Rice
Paint and Sip: Lovely Lunar Glow (BOGO Drinks!)
In this paint and sip class, you’ll enjoy BOGO drinks as you fill your canvas with a glowing moon reflecting off shimmering water.
- No previous art experience is needed to leave class with something you love! Skilled instructors will provide easy-to-follow instructions throughout the event.
- NO outside alcohol will be permitted at this event. Plenty of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks will be available for purchase only.
- Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early to check in and purchase refreshments before class begins.
- Anyone under the age of 13 MUST be accompanied by a 21+ guardian.
- Minimum Guests 1
- Maximum Guests 25
- Event Duration 2 hours
- Labels Couples, Birthday Party
- This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.
Classpop! Guest Reviews for other experiences with Instructor AJ
I had an amazing time
Outside Reviews for Instructor AJ
Its a fun time and love how even though everyone is painting the picture they all come out a little different. great way to spend a couple hours unwinding with friends
Had the best time, so much fun, step by step instructions made it easy to follow.
This class does not have any dates.
Instructor AJ and her artsy team of encouraging instructors lead a vibrant paint and sip studio that helps friends connect in a carefree, creative environment. Let this fun-loving team help you create something you’re proud of as you enjoy a relaxing time with spirits and friends.
These Striking Photographs Highlight the Impact of Water Scarcity on Women
“I was interested in utilizing art as a form of advocacy,” photographer Aïda Muluneh tells me over the phone from Addis Ababa. We are discussing her commission for WaterAid, a charity that works to provide clean water and sanitation to communities across the globe. Muluneh made twelve images for the project, situating women against the landscapes of Dallol, in the Afar region of her native Ethiopia.
The women in Muluneh’s photographs are impassive and dignified and have a touch of glamour about them. In one of the most striking images, titled Star Shine, Moon Glow, the model sits cross-legged on the ground, a black and white striped path stretching out before her. She wears a bright blue dress and two lengths of red cloth fly up like wings. In the background, above the dramatic peaks, an enormous full moon rises in the sky. It might not look it at first glance, but this image is a subtle evocation of the water shortage on the African continent and its effect on women, but because of Muluneh’s unique vision, it avoids the usual clichés.
“Water is the foundation of everything in the household, but [obtaining it] is the burden of women”
She explains that many girls do not attend school while they are menstruating because of a lack of facilities and sanitation provision. The moon is symbolic of women’s monthly cycles and the red cloth rippling up in the breeze shows that the protagonist is a “caged bird, grounded” by her period. But there is hope; the striped path indicates a future route to success, a route she can take if things change, notably traditional domestic roles and the lack of readily available water. “Water is the foundation of everything in the household, but [obtaining it] is the burden of women and I’ve always found that surprising,” Muluneh tells me. “When you travel by car through the country you see long lines of women carrying it.”
Muluneh’s family left Ethiopia when she was just five years old, along with many others fleeing the country’s new communist regime. But after a peripatetic life spent in Yemen, Cyprus, the UK and Canada, she returned, eager to make a difference. “Coming back was really an educational process,” she tells me. “I think when we’re educated in the West we’re disconnected from our countries of birth and we come back with lofty ideas that don’t work, so that’s always a major challenge.”
Since her return around twelve years ago, Muluneh has been working hard to promote photography in Ethiopia, where, she says, most photographers make ends meet by covering weddings. “I only came for three months, but I realized that I would have to invest considerable time into sharing what I know in order to change things. It’s not enough to have exhibitions and do interviews, you have to be on the ground and be hands-on.” In 2010 she founded the Addis Photo Fest, the only such enterprise in East Africa. She also mentors young photographers, helping them build the skills and networks they need to succeed.
“Picasso took a lot from the continent, even though, at that time, the aesthetics of Africa were considered to be primitive”
Despite spending so long overseas, Muluneh never lost touch with the traditions of home. “In our house the culture was Ethiopian and it was important for my family to maintain that link.” That connection permeates her work with references to traditional art forms from across Africa. “Picasso took a lot from the continent,” she says, “even though, at that time, the aesthetics of Africa were considered to be primitive. To me they are highly sophisticated.” Muluneh borrows from Ethiopian fashions, too and styles from the 1930s and forties inspire the bright, billowing clothes worn by her models.
I ask Muluneh about the capes that appear in some of her images. They have pointed shoulders and standing collars and would not look out of place in a 1960s space odyssey. They, too, have their roots in Ethiopian trends of the last century, but her aim, she tells me, is to create a look that “transcends borders, geography, culture and class”, one that shows “the strength of women and the power we hold within”. Muluneh is conjuring a timeless world, but one that looks forward to the future. “I’m heavily influenced by science fiction,” she says, “and authors such as Octavia Butler, but most people can’t imagine a futurist Africa.”
Muluneh’s work can be understood within the genre of Afrofuturism, a term that encompasses music, film, fashion, art and literature. It merges aesthetics of the past and present with technologies and visions of the future. In the visual arts, two of the biggest names tied to the movement are British-Liberian painter Lina Iris Viktor and South African installation artist Mary Sibande; both have exhibitions in London this autumn. And it is women who are spearheading the rise in African art fairs, too. “The biggest asset the continent has, is its women,” Muluneh tells me, “but I don’t think we’ve realized that. The more educated our women become, the more our society will shift and development will move forward.”
