Transforming our Realities | A Collage Workshop

In this workshop, participants are encouraged to reimagine and transform their realities with love at the core. What does love look like in your community- at home, on the street, in church, at the corner store?

In this Collage Workshop featuring artist Yannick Lowery, we will encourage participants to explore love as a revolutionary force through visual storytelling. Participants will create a collage using personal images, magazine clippings, and drawings that represent love, healing, and joy that can help reimagine the communities they call home.

As NextFab x Leeway Artist-in-Residence, jasmine is creating an immersive installation for public viewing at parks, community festivals, schools, and other social settings that will encourage the community to come together.

The immersive installation, The Love Machine II, will be a life-sized booth containing three VHS monitors displaying collage videos on loop, of images of black love, care, collectivity, and joy. The booth will be designed to accommodate one person at a time, providing a safe and intimate experience for reflection and healing. Equipped in the booth are multimedia capabilities, including audio, visual, and sensory elements, to recreate the immersive experience portrayed in their short film, The Love Machine.

Participants will have the option to include their transformed realities collages in the art piece opening in the fall.

Venue Accessibility

NextFab is ADA accessible. There are no steps to enter the building – only a paved, concrete ramp to the front door. Free on-site parking is available for members and visitors. There are gender neutral restrooms close to the workshop space. Tables and chairs will be available for the duration of the workshop.