Drawings in Space

with Zehra Khan

Tuesday–Friday, July 30–August 2, 2024, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $210

Four-day workshops do not include lunch. A four-day lunch plan is available for an additional $75. Please select this option when registering if you wish to join us for lunch each day at 1 p.m.

Playfully expand your art practice! We will begin by making drawings. We will then cut out and pose our 2D drawings into 3D environments, creating different ways to experience the work – both in-person and through basic photographic and video documentation. We will use unconventional materials like found objects and organic matter and try varied processes, putting our drawing into the contexts of sculptures, texts, and more. We will use our experiments to discuss the different venues for experiencing art – online, in galleries, and in public spaces. Students will be required to bring some of their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

Zehra Khan is a multi-disciplinary artist whose current preferred medium is hot glue. Often absurdist and provocative, Khan uses unconventional found materials and methods to create combinations of drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and film. Zehra is Pakistani and American, born in Indonesia. She received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2007, and a BS from Skidmore College. Khan loves attending artist residencies including Yaddo, the Studios of Key West, Ox-Bow, the Vermont Studio Center, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Art Space Sonahmoo in South Korea, and Space A in Kathmandu. Zehra is based out of Chicago where she works as an artist and educator.

Zehra Khan, Last Cigarette, 2010, acrylic paint on canvas, paper and self, 69 x 84 x 36 inches. Images courtesy of the artist.