Self-Portraiture and Rediscovery | Illustration Workshop with Maite Nazario

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Facilitator: , MARTA Artbound Artist-in-Residence

In a world defined by constant self-documentation and digital presence, how do we reconnect with the image we hold of ourselves? Between video calls, social media posts, and the stories we craft for public view, our reflection often lives more on our screens than in our own sense of self.

Join illustrator and animator Maite Nazario for Self-Portraiture and Rediscovery, a free hands-on workshop that invites participants to slow down, look inward, and reimagine their own image through drawing. Using traditional and digital tools, Maite will guide attendees in reconnecting with self-image as an act of care and creative ownership.

Please bring your drawing tablet or digital tools if you have them; paper, markers, and colored pencils will be provided.

This workshop expands on Maite’s ongoing residency at the Public Art Futures Lab with MARTA Artbound, where they are creating a series of animations that transform community-submitted writings into vibrant visual narratives. Their project explores how public art can amplify unseen voices and reframe urban spaces as sites of shared cultural storytelling.

As part of their MARTA Artbound residency, Maite is using digital tools to illustrate, animate, and bring narrative life to community writing submitted through the Write Down the Line project in collaboration with LostintheLetters. These animations will be shared on MARTA stations, digital signage, and online - celebrating the voices of MARTA riders. The work uplifts everyday transit stories and encourages a creative writing practice for anyone who finds reflection and inspiration while riding.

About the Current Artist in Residence:

MARTA Artbound Artist in Residence - - Maite Nazario is a nonbinary multidisciplinary artist with a focus on social justice. Growing up between Guatemala and Puerto Rico gave Nazario the clarity of knowing that no borders can contain the power of community and resilience. Their work focuses on documenting and celebrating lived experiences through animations, paintings, murals, and audio-visual archives. They have painted murals in the U.S. and internationally including: Georgia, Alabama, New York, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Puerto Rico. Their work has been exhibited at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs in Atlanta, as well as two solo shows in the Dominican Republic at Casa de Teatro and the United States Embassy, and their animation’s displayed at #Prendetuvoto music festival in Puerto Rico. The purpose of their practice is to use art to uplift and empower stories that need to be heard. Every piece of work is a testament of love to their community.

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How to Find Us:The Public Art Futures Lab (Underground Atlanta, 88 Lower Alabama Street, Atlanta, GA 30303). A simple way to find us is by using the MARTA Five Points Station as your starting point (30 Alabama St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303).

Exit the station and cross Peachtree Street toward the Underground Atlanta Tower. Look for the Underground Atlanta signage and follow it to a stairway leading down to a courtyard. Once in the courtyard, look for the row of glass doors, use the far-right entrance glass door. You’ll see the Public Art Futures Lab directly ahead, and restrooms are located to the right of the space.

If you require ADA assistance to access our space, please email [email protected] ahead of time or call UG security at 770-829-7282 to direct you to the ADA elevator.

Parking: There is street parking along Pryor Street and Peachtree Street SW and several paid parking decks and parking lots nearby on Wall Street. We suggest carpooling, using a rideshare or using MARTA Five Points Station to reach us. Please check for up to date rider information

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About the Public Art Futures Lab: The Public Art Futures Lab is a space to exhibit, experiment, educate and experience the role of technology as it relates to public art. By reducing barriers to creating and participating in this emerging space, the Lab seeks to expand access to cultural enrichment, provide the tools for local artists to thrive and maintain Fulton County's status as a creative cultural capital. The Futures Lab is made possible through the support of our host Underground Atlanta, and our residency partners Atlanta Downtown and MARTA Artbound, as well as our knowledge and outreach partners.

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Public Art Futures Lab, 88 Lower Alabama Street, Atlanta, United States

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