The Watermill Center is partnering with OLA of Eastern Long Island to present workshops engaging Latin American artists of the East End with the Hamptons community

[Debbie Rodriguez]

This March, The Watermill Center is excited to partner with OLA of Eastern Long Island to present a series of workshops at The Watermill Center engaging Latin American artists of the East End with the Hamptons community. President and Co-Founder of OLA, Isabel Sepulveda-de Scanlon is a long-time member of The Watermill Center Community Council and is working to bridge the gap between the Spanish and English-speaking communities on the East End.

Free and open to the public, these workshops will highlight the creative process of artists Walter Purizaca, professional flute maker and composer, Darlene Charneco, contemporary mixed-media artist, and Constance Sepulveda-Manias and Zaida Adriana, textile artists. Space is limited and a reservation is required. For more information please contact Public Programs Manager, Kirstin Kapustik at [e-mail] 

THE WATERMILL CENTER: Kids Workshops Led by East End Latin-American Artists in partnership with OLA of Eastern Long Island

March 15, 2014 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

March 22, 2014 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm

March 29, 2014 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

March 30, 2014 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

Flute Building Workshop with Walter Purizaca
Saturday March 15th, 12pm-4pm. For children ages 10+
Children will have the opportunity to build their own flutes of bamboo brought from South America also learning how to tune the instrument, a brief demonstration and lesson.

MemoryMap Art Workshop : ‘Connecting Spaces’ with Darlene Charneco
Saturday March 22nd, 12pm-3pm. For children ages 8+
Join us for an afternoon of ‘MemoryMapping’ with artist Darlene Charneco. In this fun art project we will connect memories of two spaces that are familiar and special to you! Using paper collage and mixed-media, participants will create new and unique works of art bridging remembered places and favorite memories in their lives. 

Textile Creation Workshop with Constance and Zaida. Saturday March 29th 12:30am-2pm and Sunday March 30th 12:30pm-2pm. For children ages 6 -10 

Artists, Constance and Zaida, will instruct a class for young students on weaving using lap looms. Students will be encouraged to weave their own personal textiles by using different methods to embellish their designs with color and pattern. 

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2011, after spending two years studying at POLIMODA in Florence, and the Politecnico di Milano, in Milan. She has a B.F.A. in International Fashion Design: Knitwear Specialization, and a minor in Italian. Zaida is the artist/designer/maker behind BALMASEDA, a small label that creates garments/products that embrace a new kind of luxury; one that combines humble materials with exquisite artisanal techniques. Zaida’s work has been exhibited at the MMXIproject (Tribeca Grand Hotel, NYC), Mittelmoda (Gorizia, Italy), the Ethical Fashion Show (Paris, France), The Green Fashion Competition (Amsterdam Fashion Week), The Green Fashion Bazaar (at de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam Fashion Week), Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, Holland) and Fete for The Senses (NYC).

Darlene Charneco is a contemporary Latin-American artist whose own mixed-media mapping series looks at people, networks, homes, and communities as part of a larger organism's growth stage. She is inspired by the blurring boundaries between dream and waking activities, natural and urban environments, the implications of our rapidly increasing interconnectivity and the evolution of an accessible collective memory. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US at venues including the Katonah Museum, the Hunterdon Museum, The Islip Art Museum and Parrish Art Museum. Her work is featured in the recent book ‘The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography’ by Katherine Harmon 2009. Charneco lives and works on the east end of Long Island. www.darlenecharneco.com

Since 1995, Walter Purizaca has been making flutes professionally. He is a musician from Peru. Mr. Purizaca specializes in organic methods of making bamboo and wooden flutes along with his own music, which is based on traditional sounds from the Andes of South America, mainly Peru.

Constance Sepulveda was raised in Southampton. In 2003, she attended the Rhode Island School of Design and earned a BFA in Furniture Design.   She is the co-owner, designer and maker of Scout By Two. This Fall she will begin her Artist-in-Residence at the Textile Arts Center located in Brooklyn, New York.