Independent Arts News Reporting Arts Council of Princeton to Host Free Art Making Workshop & Community Gathering in Honor of MLK Day
Reported Friday, January 10, 2025.
Pictured Above: The Arts Council of Princeton will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an art-making workshop led by artist Tamara Torres, free and open to all ages. Photo Credit: Contributed.
Newsroom Post: PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
The MKK Free Art Making Workshop is scheduled for Monday, January 20th from 1 - 3 pm in Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ – The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an art-making workshop, food drive, and community gathering, free and open to all ages.
In this workshop, artist Tamara Torres will lead participants to explore color’s varying effects on emotions and together, discuss ways to express feelings through abstract art. Participants will spend ten minutes to create freely on a sheet of paper, allowing themselves to express their feelings without the constraints of perfection, rules, or judgment. Afterward, they’ll be challenged to tear up their paper and use the pieces to create a new collage that represents a different perspective, transforming it into something new. This exercise encourages conversations about changing perspectives and looking at things in a fresh way.
Community partner activities will be provided by the Historical Society of Princeton (HSP) and the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society. In addition, pages from the coloring book ACP created in partnership with HSP and local historian Shirley Satterfield will be available for children to color, read through the short stories, and learn a little more about how Princeton came to be the place it is today. These pages detail MLK’s visit to Princeton University in 1960 and celebrate Black Princetonians and their businesses, stories, and invaluable contributions to this town. Light snacks will be served.
Attendees are encouraged to bring with them canned goods to fill ACP’s accessible Food Pantry coordinated in partnership with Send Hunger Packing Princeton. Shelf-stable goods will be accepted during ACP business hours, 9am-5pm.
This free community event is supported by Princeton University Office of Community and Regional Affairs and Lydia and Johan Pfeiffer.
Monday, January 20, 1-3pm. Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. For more information, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609.924.8777.
About the Arts Council of Princeton
The Arts Council of Princeton, a non-profit organization founded in 1967, fulfills its mission of building community through the arts by presenting a wide range of programs including public art projects, exhibitions, performances, free community cultural events, and studio-based classes and workshops. Arts Council of Princeton programs are designed to be high-quality, engaging, affordable and accessible for the diverse population in the greater Princeton region. To learn more, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or follow @artscouncilofprinceton.com.
