About this Event
Attendees are invited to learn how to make beaded bookmark charms while practicing mindfulness exercises with the community. This workshop will teach guests the spiral stitch fringe technique to create Spanish shawl nudibranch charms! All the while, guests will practice mindfulness exercises, which include patience, destress through repeated movements, present-minded focus, and taking breaks.
This workshop will be led in the Overtime gallery by artist John Paul Amaral, whose artwork Birth of Snow is on view!
Pre-registration is recommended, but not required. Kits for this workshop are limited and pre-registered guests will be given priority.
Ages 13+. Ages 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
We are asking for a $5 fee to cover the cost of materials. If you are unable to pay this fee, but still wish to participate, please email [email protected].
About John Paul Amaral
Continuing his late grandmother Pablita (Paulette) Marshall’s legacy in American Indigenous art traditions, John Paul Amaral carries on the practice of creating Living Art, each made with the spark of purpose and duty. Gemstones and jewelry had always fascinated him, and creating jewelry allowed him to delve into his first love. After beading a tapestry for one of his aunts in 2023, she challenged him further to submit to museums. He then used tapestries to explore the impacts of colonization and rebellions. He made his museum debut in the summer of 2024 with the Museum of Beadwork’s Emerging Beader Program and genARTS Silicon Valley’s 4th annual experimental exhibition, Boundaries. Currently, his works are on display at Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
John Paul leads community beading circles for people to share and learn about their cultures and traditions. You can view more of his work on his Instagram .
About Overtime: The Work of Living
We asked artists from Santa Clara County to create paintings, sculptures, photography, digital art, and mixed media responding to the theme Overtime. 38 fantastic pieces were accepted into the show.
Exhibition made in partnership with Works / San José. Thank you!
Overtime: The Work of Living examines life outside the conventional workday. This exhibition asks: what do we do when no one is managing, watching, or judging? Artists were encouraged to interpret the theme broadly. Submissions might explore creative practice, domestic and emotional labor, rest, refusal, dreams, play, grief, care, and the rhythms of everyday life, or the body outside of productivity. Their work might celebrate the quiet moments that sustain us, challenge systems that consume our time, or illuminate the richness and contradiction of life beyond the workday. This exhibition aims to spark dialogue about what we value after clocking out and what it might look like to reclaim our hours.
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Works/San José, 38 South Second Street, San Jose, United States
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