DrawNow! with Teen Art Salon

Apr 26, 2022, 5 PM

DrawNow! Online! with Teen Art Salon

From the sketchbook of teaching artist Melissa Velasquez, 2022.

Alongside Teen Art Salon, young artists will use the sketchbook as a tool for experimentation, risk-taking, and imagination. Featuring artworks from The Drawing Center’s current exhibition Fernanda Laguna: The Path of the Heart, this workshop looks to the artist's sketchbook as a cherished possession, visual diary, and confidante.

Guided by teaching artists Isabella Bustamante and Melissa Velasquez, participants will explore individual style and spatial awareness on and/or across the page. Each participant will be given art prompts and exercises to deepen their conceptual and observational drawing skills in order to start reimagining the sketchbook as the foundation of artistic practice.

For ages 14-19, all levels of experience are welcomed.

Tips for a Successful Zoom Session
- Log in 5-10 minutes before the workshop begins to avoid any technical delays.
- Use a desktop or laptop for the best image quality. A tablet will also do, but on a smartphone, the image may be too small.
- Make sure you have a stable wifi connection before the workshop begins

Isabella Bustamante

Isabella Bustamante currently designs, develops, and teaches arts programming for MoMA PS1, Queens Public Library, and The Drawing Center. Since founding Teen Art Salon in 2015, the organization has partnered with Ace Hotel, Starwood Retail Properties, and Blick Art Materials. Her students have received full scholarships to schools like The Cooper Union and Rhode Island School of Design. Isabella has coached three National YoungArts Foundation award winners and served as a juror for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Prior to founding TAS, Isabella received an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and worked for architect David Adjaye. Born and raised as a proud Queens resident, Isabella lives between New York City and New Orleans, and is currently developing a curatorial and research-based project that historicizes the contributions of adolescents to visual culture.
Melissa Velasquez

Melissa Velasquez is a Colombian-American illustrator born and raised in Queens, New York. She began attending Teen Art Salon in her sophomore year of high school shortly after the launch of their debut exhibition, Juvenilia, and since then has worked alongside the organization as an Outreach Assistant. Melissa’s illustration work is inspired by the media she connects with in everyday life as well as the friends, family and colleagues that surround her. Her work includes a variety of experimentations through linework and use of color. Melissa is set to graduate with her BFA in Illustration at The Fashion Institute of Technology this spring.

Credits

Education and Community Programs at The Drawing Center are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation.

Tips for a Successful Zoom Session

Credits