We are hosting a series of workshops at RTS this spring. Check out what we have to offer and email the workshop instructor to reserve your spot! Spots fill up quickly, so reserve yours ASAP. All workshops are free.
Art Emergency! Visual Intervention Skillshare
April 13th 4-6pm
Its an art emergency! Visual Interventions needed Stat!! Join this fun hands on worksop on creating and using stencils, wheatpaste, messaging and other creative techniques for posters, stickers and more. Every participant gets a stencil and a spraycan.
10 spots. Email: inesixierda@gmail.com to reserve
Containers for a Miniature Alpine Rock Garden
April 19th 11-2pm and April 20th 3-4pm
If you’ve not already been seduced by alpine plants, it’s only a matter of time. Their adaptations to high elevations make them diminutive and compact, and their jewel-like flowers are vibrantly colored. (Check out alpine gentian– “gentian blue” comes from the intense color of the flowers).
Join me for this sculpture-meets-plant-nerd workshop where you’ll create a hypertufa container for your own alpine rock garden. Natural tufa is a porous limestone rock that alpine plants root into. It is rare, expensive, and makes a very heavy container. Hypertufa is an affordable, lighter weight, cement-based substitute that mimics tufa, making it possible to grow these gems down here at sea level. Come prepared to get messy.
8 spots. Email Beth Krebs beth.krebs@gmail.com to confirm your spot.
From Path to Page: Walking, Photography, and Zine-Making
May 3rd 12-3pm
This workshop is for anyone who enjoys exploring the intersection of digital art, photography, and walking as an art form. We will examine the work of various artists who incorporate walking into their practice and discuss the role of photography and video documentation as artistic mediums. Participants will create their own artwork inspired by the experience and documentation of a walk, culminating in the creation of a zine.
10 spots. Email Minoosh Zomorodinia: raheleh.zomorrodinia@gmail.com to confirm your spot
Queer Gaze
May 4th 3-5:30 pm
This is a movement and performance workshop. We will practice making tiny little performances and witness each other doing them! We will do some light physical warm ups and then practice making little ephemeral experiences for each other. All levels of experience are welcome. No dance or performance background needed- this could be your first time!. “Performing” is scary and fun so I want to offer low key space to practice. Queer centered but all folks welcome.
6 spots. Email Chani Bockwinkel: chanibocks@gmail.com to confirm your spot
California Forever Police Department: Collective Critique of California’s Techno Rich Future
May 18th 3-6pm
Who is California for? In this workshop, participants will create a speculative recruitment video for a fictional police force that will guard the new planned community called California Forever. Since 2017, wealthy venture capitalists have formed a real estate company called Flannery Associates, and spent over $800 million to anonymously acquire 60,000+ acres in Solano County as a “stealth campaign” — with announced plans to build a new city for 400,000 people. They have titled this project California Forever. Since the beginning, there has been building controversy around this plan, particularly around water supply concerns, traffic, urban sprawl, and impact on local communities. Critics have noted that designs for the new city resemble The Jetsons in their simple futurism, blustering techno-optimism, and retro desire to double down on failed approaches of the past.
One thing that history has taught us is that California Utopianism is not for everyone: it is for the white and wealthy. What California Forever wants is to guard the wealth they have acquired and protect it for themselves. (Indeed California Forever’s city renderings show only white, able bodied, thin people exercising and engaging in leisure, never work.) California Forever has not yet announced their plans for a police department to protect their wealth, but we know it is coming. Drawing from the practices of culture jamming, tactical media, and performance, together we will critique this narrow vision of the future by creating a speculative recruitment video for the yet to be created California Forever Police Department. Participants are welcome to contribute as performers, behind the scenes, or both. Join us!
10 spots. email: liat.berdugo@gmail.com to confirm your spot
Pastel Pal: A Drawing Workshop
May 24th 6-8 pm
Join this fun drawing event where we will draw with our friends ….. soft pastels. Soft pastels are a buttery delight to work with and how oh the fun awaits. Never worked with soft pastels before, no problem. Artist Kico Le Strange will be your soft pastel guru guide. Already a pro with our pal soft pastels thats fantastic. Bring a buddy and have a chill drawing night with us.
15 spots. Email Kico Le Strange kicolestrange@gmail.com to confirm your spot.
Cameras: Obscura + Pinhole
June 8th 1:30-3pm
Experience the magic of a camera obscura! We’ll convert a closed container cargo trailer into an immersive art installation suitable for all ages. Our workshop begins with a short, illustrated presentation exploring the history of this optical device. Participants will then have the opportunity to step inside the trailer and witness the incredible effect firsthand. Projected images of the surrounding environment will come to life on the interior walls. Groups of 5-6 will explore the camera obscura at a time. Inside the trailer, we’ll offer paper and pencils for those who wish to trace the projected images. Alongside the trailer, we’ll host a pinhole camera activity, where participants can construct their own miniature camera obscuras to take home. The entire workshop lasts approximately 2.5 hours. This workshop will be ADA compliant. Inside of the truck, masks will be encouraged.
15-20 spots email: muz@muzcollective.com to reserve a spot