A Playdate with Color and Symbols

This interactive Art making session with Author-illustrator/Storyteller/ Career Visual Artist/Art Educator Aleathia Brown uses the selected pages from Her published book set Coloring and Time. Designed for Adults but Family friendly! with 35 plus years as a Career Visual and Teaching Artist Aleathia intentionally provides a safe space for Non-Artists and Creative's to experience Art making. Participants walk away lighter, stressless and Proud-filled from their creations. Coloring promotes a mindful balance activating the brain while stress-melting. As a Teaching Artist Aleathia utilizes Her skills and experiences to entice participants to engage in the act of coloring in layers. Ms. Brown a color expert uses varied hues, textures and patterns to tell a visual story. Through demonstration the application of technique is very impactful allowing Participants on varied skill levels to use their imagination. Aleathia welcomes patrons to unpack outer distractions and make a playdate spending time immersed in this 90-minute session sharing Adinkra and Underground Railroad symbols, colored pencils, ink pens and torn pages with historically relevant messages gathered and copied from Black History literature at the Bronx Library where the interactive workshop will take place.
Aleathia invites Color-filled Conversations during the session with a backdrop of music from Her playlist by DJ Masai to add ambiance to this creative experience. Aleathia intends for folks to walk away with a connection to Art as purpose, wellness and a connectedness as well as Pride and Joy seeing what came from each in a shared space