INFLATABLES! (TechARTS for Girls Special Edition!)

Saturday, October 15th, 2016
2pm – 5pm
@ Squeaky Wheel
$10 General | Free for Members
Register via phone (716) 884-7172 or contact ekrem@squeaky.org. First-come, first-serve.

We’re excited to present a one-off TechARTS for Girls* class with our artist in resident Stella Marrs! ONE DAY ONLY! Open to all girls, ages 10-16!

“Calling All Girls that want to make a blow-up inflatable on Saturday afternoon!
This 3-hour workshop is for up to 6 girls to design and make an inflatable out of silver mylar, tape and fans.
We will meet and design inflatables together that we will make on the spot and see blown up before we depart this workshop.
Come with ideas, willing to make new friends and work quickly together to make a shiny and spectacular inflatable!” – Stella Marrs

About the artist

Stella Marrs is an interdisciplinary artist who creates alternative female narratives and images that circulate in the public sphere. Her work has taken the form of performance, community events, publications, printmaking and video. Her current projects, Big Lady and Disco Deployment Unit, combine large inflatable sculptural forms with multimedia elements and an accompanying social event. She has presented at venues including MIT, Lesley University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Texas, Austin, California College of the Arts and York University (UK) and her work has been written about in Bust, Venus, Time Out NY, Punk Planet, and L.A. Weekly. She attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and received her MFA degree in Visual Studies (Emerging Practices) from University at Buffalo. She currently lives and works in Burlington, VT.

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Registration must occur at least one day prior to the start date of workshop.

While our website is under construction, please register via phone (716) 884-7172 or contact ekrem@squeaky.org.

*TechARTS for Girls (est. 1999) is a community action project that encourages girls from the city of Buffalo and Erie County to receive an affordable hands-on education in computers, technology and media literacy.

TechARTS for Girls has received generous support from Hodgson Russ LLP, Children’s Foundation of Erie County, Ronald McDonald House Charities of WNY, Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation, and the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation.